Last weekend was out big regional Destination Imagination tournament in Lubbock, Texas. It's a two-hour drive from here, and since he had to be there pretty early for registration, we left Amarillo around 6:30, bag full of pre-toasted bagels at the ready.
It was a busy day, and since both Suzanne and I were the managers of two different teams (yet again, the only teams from Amarillo were our two) we were dashing around the high school were the tournament was being held, zipping here and there and mainly rounding up parents who had no idea where they were supposed to be.
Each team had their main challenge performance time and an instant challenge time (main challenges are the puzzles they've worked on since October; instant challenges are quickie and trickie assignments that get popped on the team and then the team is given five or so minutes to come up with a solution). Suzanne had the tougher part of everything during the tournament because she had to make her own team's regular challenge time, their instant challenge time, and my fourth grade team's instant challenge time (she was my team's instant challenge coach - no one else is allowed in an instant challenge room except for the team, the judges, and one team manager.
The results? (Drumroll.) Both Colleen's sixth grade team and Megan's fourth grade team came in second place in their divisions, which is really terrific. And no state tournament this year means Suzanne and I can take a break from Destination Imagination until next fall, which is also terrific.
We had lunch at a Lubbock burger place called Spanky's or Stinky's (it was something like that). Here's a sign on the stairs going up to the dining room. Apparently it instructs people to drink beer and then impale themselves on the stairs. Now that's a destination for some imagination!
