Day #32: 4.5 Champions!

Woah! Wowzers! OMG! Today was Game Day for the BEST robotics competition in Kansas. A day full of driving robots to score points and showing off our team via spirit and a booth. Crazy! Oh, and guess what? My lovely team and I qualified for regionals in Arkansas! We got 5th in robots overall after narrowly making it into the semifinals via the wildcard slot (thanks to my notebook). We then went on to get 4th in the BEST competition! ASDFaweij asfehowheoawoe ajwoe! Whoo!

Today, I learned...

1. ... that two years can be enough time to rock it. This is only our second year in BEST robotics and look how far we have gotten! I am so awesomely proud! 
2. ... that there is no victory quite like a CG Robotics victory. We went crazy! 5th place, yes please! Screaming, chanting, jumping, dancing, hugging. I might have seen a few tears.
3. ... that scary witch faces and little children are very scary. Sure, being tired added to my fear, but my loud squealing in the theater was mostly due to the scary witch faces. Thanks Paranormal Activity 4.

Also, congrats to the other teams going to Arkansas from the Kansas hub (Wichita Homeschool, Ambassadors for Christ, Circle, Kapuan). Wichita Homeschool dominated taking first in robots and BEST. I thank them so much for helping push us in the right direction last year.

Day #31: OMGOMGOMGOMG

Stress! But the BEST kind. After school, I set to work figuring out how to build our booth for robotics. And ya know what? I now have an elevator. Yes! It is probably one of the most beautiful things ever.

Today, I learned...

1. ... that when you take over a project for someone else, you run the risk of becoming possessive. That's what happened with the booth. But I treat all of my projects as if they were my metaphorical children. The notebook had to be awesome, the marketing presentation had to be awesome, so the booth had to be awesome. 
2. ... that I am devoted to robotics. My hands are proof. They are covered in silver spray paint and grey house paint because I used my hands to splatter spray paint on pens (they look like stars in space!) and to help paint the boot. Go robotics and finger painting!

Oh gosh, there was something else. Oh well, GAMEDAYGAMEDAYGAMEDAY!

Day #30: A New Month

Uh-oh, it's November already? Where is all this time going?! Bleh!

In other news, my marketing team (Erica, Scott, Nick, Luke, and I) did amazing today! We presented to the judges and the whole thing went swimmingly. The judges really seemed to like the presentation and we probably scored a 115%. After that awesome display, we picked up some booth items from Hobby Lobby (we're making keychains!) and then headed to Cracker Barrel for lunch. I (kind of) beat Erica in a game of checkers and the food was delish. We then headed home. On this long car ride I had science cause water to splash all over me and played a scary game (I'm a youtube star now! Search Mary's slender reaction. You might be able to find it. I apologize for the swearing.).

Today, I learned...

1. ... that the gas laws weren't kidding. Charles' Law states that pressure is directly related to temperature. Meaning that when the temp goes up, the pressure goes up. Well, my water bottle was very warm when we returned to the car. So when I flipped the straw up, the water rushed from the area of high pressure to an area of low pressure. The water flew up and hit the top of the car and then fell right back down my shirt. It was crazy!
2. ... it is hard to trust people when they've freaked out. We had some girls in robotics that had bad attitudes. So Erica and I kind of took charge of their project. Well, they returned today and we only shared some of the responsibilities with them. All the art projects (keychains, fancy pens, coloring pages) to be handed out, well, Erica and I will making those solo considering we don't trust them not to freak out or complain.
3. ... that arts and crafts are a good thing to bond over. Love ya, Erica!

Finals Block Party tomorrow!

Day #29: Happy Halloween!

Ah! My almost favorite holiday! Fall is a wonderful time of year, I love dress up, candy is delicious, and scary things are da bomb. I mean, in one night I led little kids in a parade, helped hand out books, handed out candy, and watched The Lost Boys and Hocus Pocus! All while dressed as a 1920s flapper girl dressed as a cat for Halloween. Costume-ception.

Today, I learned...

1. ... that it takes a lot of energy to recover from being ill. I got sick last night. *tear* I then spent most of today feeling like I was swimming through caramel. But I'm good now!
2. ... that sometimes people freak out when they think they had to do more work than you did. So I am in an engineering design class. It is the first time we've had it and the trimester is drawing to a close. It is during the last hour of school, so I had missed quite a bit of it for xc and other things. Annnd, I spent a lot of time working on robotics in there. Well, when I politely as the teacher (Mrs. Schroeder!) if my group could skip presenting Friday and just compete on Tuesday, this other group of kids in the class freaked out on me. They were genuinely upset. Schroeder had to tell them to mind their own business. Meh. 

And so Halloween draws to a close, but hopefully it will continue for me because Saturday I'm (probably) going to see Paranormal Activity 4!

Day #28: Exhaustion

That exhaustion from being me is starting to kick in. That's why I'm calling it early tonight. Sure, there are things I need to work on or get done, but all of it is for naught if I am sick tomorrow.

Today, I learned...

1. ... that I live in the shifty, penny-pinching side of town. Ok, not really. But when I was trick or treating for UNICEF, the peeps in my neighborhood either didn't have any money, didn't answer the door, or were mean/creepy. Some doors we just avoided. Thank you to all of the very generous and helpful people! (Including my mumsy <3)

*dies*

Day #27: Silver is the Color

Whoop! My SB team and I got second today at our meet. The team was Erica, Grace, Nate, Garrett and I. Good times. We had some delish Chinese food after (but I left my leftovers in the van :\ ). Life is exhausting.

Today, I learned...

1. ... that some groups of kids don't get better as they age. These kids were nice enough in middle school, but now that they are ridiculously tall(er), all smarticles, and killer at sports, they've become very snooty. Remember when, Amy?
2. ... that sequin shirts are mesmerizing and seizure-inducing. It is quite a thing when you walk past a window and the sun reflecting of your shirt scares the bejeezus out of you. Just saying. Go sequins!

Marm.

Day #26: Lazy Days

Let's see, I woke up 10ish (late), had breakfast with the family, cleaned my room some more, did some laundry, lazed to music, went to robotics, lazed to memes, had dinner, watched The Walking Dead, did economics work, posted on the blog... Oh wait, that is happening now! Yeah, not much exciting happening today. I guess there was some teenage angst earlier, but we'll ignore that.

Today, I learned...

1. ... that Prezi is a lot of fun! I made a practice presentation today and it was ridiculous. I am thinking maybe I can make one that kind of looks like Mikey for Thursday? We shall see.
2. ... that The Walking Dead show has a Governor that is a lot different from the ones in the comics. This Governor is almost scarier since he doesn't look super scary (more like a rough dad who means well). Oh! *spoiler* he still has the room with the zombeh heads in tanks. lawls

Must. Sleep. Bleh.