Spelling Bee

GOD WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME??!

I totally forgot to post about the Spelling Bee!

It was in the auditorium, which was FREEZING, by the way, and fortunately I got to sit next to Therese and Katia. (Julia was there too, but she sat in the row behind me.)

The Bee started, and the first word given to the first speller, a wee little 6th grader, was "coordinated'. Right away we could see this wasn't going to be easy like last time. My first word was... umm... I don't remember. But anyway, I spelled it right and Katia and Therese spelled their first words right also. The entire second row missed their words, and I am sorry to say that that included Julia. =(

By the second round, like 3/4 of the students were gone. I realized that Therese, Katia, and I were the only seventh graders left. My second round word was tyrannous. I had heard that word before, and I thought I knew how to spell it, but I didn't. The word I spelled was: tyrranous.

You see the difference.

Well, that was it for my chances. Katia missed hers, too, but Therese's word was: crevice. Not quite fair, but we were both thinking of an alternate spelling: crevasse. It turned out to be crevice, and luckily that was what Therese spelled.

After many rounds, the spellers emerged as:
Jack+Maddy, two eighth graders, were going on to the next round. Therese and some little 6th grader named Miguel were their alternates. I joked with Therese about poisoning Jack or Maddy so she could go. She smiled, cuz of course it was funny, but neither Jack or Maddy was sick. I don't think either of them went on to the next round, which is really depressing, because last year I went on like 5 rounds!!!

I am glad that Therese was only an alternate, because then I would have been extremely jealous. >=(
But I wasn't! =)

Yeah, there's still next year, but it will also be our last chance. I'm hoping we get it this time.