Boy did I have an awesome weekend. The Special Olympics State Bowling Tournament was great. It was great to see the people I worked with while I interned at the state office and it was great to see all the athletes again. What amazing people they all are. One of the athletes shared with me her gold medal from when she attended the national games in Ames Iowa this summer. All the athletes get so excited to win. I love watching them bowl and interact with each other. Friday I drove to the town where the event was being held to get some shopping done and so I didnt have to get up at the butt crack of dawn to drive down on Sat morning. Friday I spent some time at my fave christian book store. I bought the cd I have been anxiously awaiting for…Jeremy Camps new cd Beyond Measure and also bought an Advent calendar etc. Then I headed over to the mall and did some shopping. I bought some new clothes, got some pics developed and explored the new Target store. Then I got my hair cut which by the way, Im absolutely loving at the moment. It was just getting way too long for me. After that, I got some supper and then headed over to Barnes and Noble where I hung out until my friend S called me. I met up with S and D and then we headed over to S’s parents house where we made sandwiches and counted out carrots for the Sunday lunches for Special Olympics athletes and their coaches for on their way home. After everything was finished, we headed to bed. Sat we got up early and were at the bowling alley at 8:30 am to set up tables etc. S’s mom and I counted lunches and got them ready for when the teams arrived. After the lunches, I watched some bowling and then headed over to the awards area where I entered the scores into the computer to calculate final results. They gave me that job because they dont let just anybody into this special program. Sat night we headed over to a local school were we had the opening ceremony and then the dance. The athletes LOVE dancing and its fun to watch them. While the athletes danced, S, D, K, and I went and had supper and then cleaned up after the dance. Sunday we got up and were at the bowling alley at 7:30 am to set up yet again. We have to take down the night before because the bowling alley and bar are open at night. On Sunday, the ramp bowlers bowl so the local university which I am a graduate of sends its football players out to volunteer and help out for the day. In fact its great. The super duper sweet athletic director
(SdsAD) of local university gets all the athletes to volunteer over the course of the weekend. There is never a shortage of athlete volunteers! SdsAD and I even got to chat about life at local university. He couldnt believe that it has been five years since I graduate from there. At noon, the tournament was over. We cleaned up quickly. My friends headed back to the headquarters in other ND town and I decided to check out the new Kohls store because I had never been in it and its been opened almost an entire year. I found some more dress clothes on sale which was great. After that, I headed home, bought groceries, did laundry and just chilled out in front of the tv. I love being with the Special Olympics athletes. They make me appreciate life in so many ways and always put a smile on my face! So that was my fabulous weekend, now Im at work listening to my new Jeremy Camp CD and waiting for the end of the day to come but will close this post because I know people dont like to read really long posts!