My first FIRST competition was in Manchester last March. It was one of the most incredible experiences of my life - I'd had fun working with the kids at school during the previous 6 weeks, but I'd never experienced anything like competition and that was when I really drank the kool-aid. I nerded out and wandered around the pits - it was like being at the coolest science fair ever to see what all the other teams did with the same time constraints. Even though our team didn't place into the finals, it was still a blast.
Once the Boston competition was over 2 weeks later, I felt a bit let down, like, "OMG, I have all this extra TIME, what do I do with myself"
Ever since then I've been in deep.
