Okay so life has been delightful lately. First of all we won the Gordon-Rushville Tournament. I was very happy to beat Hay Springs, Gordon-Rushville, and Cody-Kilgore in one day! In one game I scored 20 points and the second I scored 27 points. I made 3 three pointers and missed a grand total of ZERO! Okay now that my bragging spell is done, I can tell you about the spelling bees. Well first of all I won the Crawford spelling bee, Clayton Stansbury got second, and Terra Lane got third. I really don't care about that, because only 40 kids signed up. First let me explain that on the day that we went to Chadron, we took Mrs. Gartner's car. When we first were ready to go, we all made a mad dash to the back seat. I felt kind of bad that no one wanted to sit by Mrs. Gartner but I wasn't going to sit up front with her for 20 whole minutes. So I hopped in the back seat on the driver's side and Terra and Clayton duked it out to see who would have to sit up front. Terra lost and very rudely made a big deal about it while she went to the front seat. So needless to say, she was reading or texting on her cell phone almost the whole ride until I told her she should talk to us. There also was very many awkward silences that were hard to break after you've already gone over the first million things you can say in a conversation. Eventually we arrived there. We were the first kids to arrive. Soon to find out that we were the only normal ones to arrive. Eventually every contestant arrives at the court house, and while us Crawford kids are talking it up, the rest of the kids are sitting there like little hermits who don't do anything else but spell. Go figure. So we had to do this one thing where we had to say our grade, our name, and how we wanted to be remembered. Crawford kids went first and we all gave relatively normal answers. The other kids go and they give their answers in little squeaky 6 inch voices. Announcer: Okay, what's your name? Shy girl who must not have any friends. Girl: Abigail, squeak. Announcer: What grade are you in? Girl: 6th. Announcer: How do you want us to remember you by. Girls Mom says after long pause: Say the quiet one.-----No response-----Girls grandma: say the quiet one. -----long dramatic pause of silence. Girl: The quiet one.
So now that that was over, we drew numbers to see who goes first. I got the number 5. Terra got 6, and Clayton got 4. We were all in a row. So we had two warm up rounds. Guy number one spells his word in a booming voice compared to his squeaky tiny voice he had in the beginning. Go figure. Then the real contest began. First word I got right. Only one girl got out that round and she started to bawl. It was hilarious! You know what the other parents and contestants are thinking in their head about the poor girl who got out on the first round with a humongous word that I would have never spelled correctly. They were all thinking, "Haha sucker. One down, 7 to go before we go to Omaha!" Well I was not thinking that because two years ago when I was at the spelling be in Chadron, I was the first one out! I know how she feels. I didn't start to cry but you don't feel the happiest in the world. Anyways, I ended up tying for 3rd of 4th with about 5 other people. I missed the stinking word "hector". Oh my goodness I could shoot myself. That is like the easiest word in the world! instead I spelled it h-e-c-t-e-r. I only spelt it that way because Mrs. Gartner corrected the lady saying the words by saying it was pronounced hecter instead of pronounced hector. I blame Mrs. Gartner. Lol. Well afterward, Terra went home with her mom, and Clayton and I went home with Mrs. Gartner. We went for ice cream and had an awkward ride home. It was quite funny when Mrs. Gartner almost jumped out of her seat when she saw a bald eagle on the way home. It was pretty cool but she almost stinking rolled the car she got so enthused. It is just a stupid bird that was munching on some dead animal that has probably been rotting for the last 2 years. Here is something to ponder. Look at these two birds.
Eagle-large carcass eating bird that occasionally kills its own snake or rat or other small animal
Vulture- large carcass eating bird that occasionally kills it own snake or rat or other small animal
One is our national animal. One we look upon with disgust. Isn't that the way life goes?
That's my story.
Taylor
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