Dayton Diaries: Day Three

The kids had a great show tonight.  They didn't make finals; however, they met their goal, which was to make semi-finals and perform a better show than they did in preliminaries. They did both those things. That should make anyone happy.

I hope they're as proud of themselves as their families are of them. They had a rougher season than they should have had, but they kept plugging away. They've earned their day of fun tomorrow. While they sleep late, eat a bunch of junk, drive go-carts and enjoy whatever other surprises their coaches have for them, we parents will be breathing a sigh of relief that this season is over. We'll all meet tomorrow night for the World Class finals.

If I have the energy tomorrow, I'll report on my continued (though involuntary) pattern of meeting the police in every state I visit.  I had two experiences with representatives of the Dayton Police Department within ten minutes of each other this evening.  The second encounter was Tripsy's fault, I swear.

I have to say... people in Ohio are some of the friendliest and nicest people I've ever met.  Thank you, officers.  I made it back to the hotel safely.