Ann Arbor weekend!

I spent Friday and Saturday in Ann Arbor for the forensics state final tournment! Well, Ypsilanti actually, but the hotel was in Ann Arbor. When we drove past the Whole Foods Market (remember our first shopping experience in A2, Emily and Isaac?) I felt like I had to share my return with a TASPer, so I called Meredith. Well, the complete randomness and the fact that it was a Friday night when Meri was probably out somewhere and I was on a bus with 30 screaming forensicators made the phone call incredibly awkward (sorry about that, I'm blushing just thinking about it), but it was really cool to go back. The weekend turned out alright, because I got first, but it was completely insane. I used to think orators were really nice people who honestly want to change the world, but I discovered that a number of them are just rude, self-righteous idiots. As it turns out, TASPers are the only group of people who are reliably really nice people who want to change the world. It was fun to win, and I can't remember a year when I had more fun with my team or my friends from other schools, but at the same time, one of my good friends was disqualified and I think she should have won, really. So it was a bitter-sweet return. All I can say is, I can't wait to go back many times next year to visit Ridley! I'm so glad you're going to be in Michigan!!! And now, I need to go sleep for a very long time.