Decathlon State

This last weekend was the Decathlon State Competition. I am the co-chair for our Super Quiz section. My co-chair had to work a different event the day of ours, so I was running solo! but, I think it went all right - check me out giving the decathletes directions, and then everyone ready for the event to start!





I think I did pretty well if I do say so myself - everything is so orderly! It is easy to take all the credit when you have 15 NHS students helping you out, a very well organized school, and one of your regional chairs there helping you :)

CDO won the relay - and to the upset of Mtn View, took first place overall! They are state champs! They get to go to Charlotte for nationals in April - I read that as 6 more weeks of studying the same, old material - it will be brutal for sure.

I had the most fun setting up all the social media for the decathlon competition, I used HootSuite to set up tweets and facebook updates ahead of time. Yeah, that is right, I got to schedule my tweets! So they went out a specified time even though I wrote them a week earlier. It was really fun because it made us look like we really were live updating - and we had some great feedback on our fan page on Facebook because of it. It was a good new test for me. I have done a lot of social networking with my job, but it was fun to try an new product (to me) and have it work out so well for the event!

I am just geeking out. It will be fun to do next year as well :)

I will be in Cottonwood this weekend - Saturday into Sunday, because Liz was very welcoming in letting me spend the night :) I heard Don and Karin were going to be in town (and Beth and Bruce Hickman were heading up too) which was good enough for me, but NOW I hear there will be rocky road pie so I will for sure be there! I haven't had rocky road pie in years - so I am super excited :)

I am also happy to wish Grandma Happy Birthday - and hopefully get some Canasta played as well.

See many of you this weekend!