The Board is Set The Pieces Are Moving

As you may have well been informed, the bibleschool is once again doing a decathlon. That long awaited tradition has been dug out of it's grave to be celebrated and enjoyed by all, despite it's decomposed state. Actually it's only been about five or six years since the last one, but that is a solid space of time in the perspective of such young ones as myself. The main difference for me in this decathlon is that I actually get to be on a team and participate, or try to, instead of gazing wistfully on the side lines. Therefore we have, after much debating and switching around, been made into teams, be they ever so humble. For those of you who care, here is the list of teams as I can recall them. The Joneses: Bethany, TJ, Andy, Sarah Ann, Bria, Katherine, Jayne & Amelia. The Yaw Ruths (inside joke of a spoonerism that was originally the "raw youth"): Sara Lee, Dave, Andrew, Shannon, Megan, Elizabeth, and Laura (?). Finally, the SWAT team (Seven Wonders Always Triumph): Kimberly, Clyde, Adam, Diane, Vanlora, Amy, and ME!!!

Now the activities are: ice hockey, volleyball, sledding, quiz boll, Rook, ping pong, bible memory, snow sculpturing, drama, indoor soccer, and a team dinner. Naturally we are more or less bubbling with excitement as the events are just beginning. Unfortunately my team lost our first quiz boll match, although we were leading for awhile. Also I was a bit annoyed with myself because of my deafness. My dad was asking us what the nickname of Connecticut is. I'm not positive how I managed to be convinced that he asked for the nickname of Kentucky, but I buzzed and cleverly produced the answer with a flourish, and was a bit perplexed when I was wrong. Of course I felt like hitting myself when I found out he really said Connecticut. I must really be deaf.

The other event we have tried is ice hockey. I am very much afraid that I am miserable at it, or I found out that I am as I played my first ever. It's funny how one can enjoy something so much that you're terrible at. I must be talented or something. Maybe.