Still feel like a 15 year old...

In the event of a tie in any of the SkillsUSA Championships (there are almost 100 or something), the tie is broken by your performance on a "SkillsUSA Etiquette" exam that the entire Utah delegation had to take at seven this morning, and it is seriously the dumbest thing in the world.  "When dining, what is considered improper use of the napkin?"  Exactly what kind of a question is that?  I'll tell you, a ridiculous one, and it had 49 little friends who were all bothering Kelton at 7 am when he would have much rather been sleeping.  Haha.  Shae and I didn't have to be downtown for our Competition Information Meeting until 2, so I spent the morning finishing The Bible (soundeffects version), and regaining the sleep that was stolen from me by a stupid test.

We wanted to make sure we had plenty of time to find our meeting room, so we planned to catch one of the shuttle buses at noon.  I was shocked to realize that the "buses" were school buses!  Yup, this trip is definitely making me feel like I'm only fifteen years old.  Oh well.  I'll live.  :)  I'm definitely glad we planned for the extra time to find our meeting room, because it took forever.  The Downtown Marriott in Kansas City is the most contorted building ever.  It's like it was added onto fifteen or so times, so none of the hallways actually connect to each other.  Here was the process to get to our room (which we're lucky to have found at all)

1. Go in front door.
2. Go upstairs.
3. Go downstairs (and yes, you had to go upstairs first.)
4. Walk past restaurant (where we ended up having lunch.  Not too bad either.)
5. Down more stairs.
6. Walk down the most beautiful hallway ever!  (Beautiful marble and wooden paneling everywhere).
7. Go up gorgeous marble staircase.
8. Go down a very, very long escalator.

And seriously, none of these places were connected to each other in any way other than by following the path I just described to you; it was very, very odd.

In case you were wondering, Kansas City is  HOT  and HUMID which makes it feel even HOTTER.  Like to a ridiculous degree.  Right now it is 93 degrees, but feels like 107.  The sidewalk is 123 degrees, and metal slides are upwards of 143 degrees; a report on the news just said that little kids are actually getting really bad burns from slides.  The ride back from KC to our hotel (about a thirty minute ride) on the good ole' school bus was seriously misery.  I'm back in my hotel room now, and the air conditioner seriously only shuts off for like 30 seconds before it turns back on.  I tried to play nice and cooperate with the heat and humidity, but that sneaky little hoe got the best of me.

Shae and are now going to take the hotel shuttle (NOT a school bus, thank heavens) to find a Wal-Mart, a mall, and some dinner.  Twill be a fun evening!

PS: I would have uploaded some pictures, but downtown Kansas City (at least where we were today) isn't really that picturesque...hopefully we'll have more luck in this department!