[Elyse Holguin]

ok... first off: radisson- our room had roaches, about an 1/8 in. of mold inside the vents, very bad for people w/ allergies, smelled like mildew, spiders in the bed, had stucco falling everywhere, stains were all over...NASTY!!! chief delphi called the corporate headquarters because it was so bad, we had 2 rooms- mine was one of those 2- moved because the smell and nastiness was just way more than the other rooms. ugh. there are teams here, and we're all pretty unhappy. the new room isn't too bad... but it's still in the same building and all, so we don't trust it.

the pits are about a ten minute hike up four ramps on a nasty incline to the actual arena, longer to get to the divisional playing fields, which make you feel all special because it's all big and bright and in the reliant arena... that's the old enron field to most of you... but the stands make it harder to cheer on your team. the pits themselves are the astrodome, but there's dust and dirt from the moving of the pitching mound.... but that's tolerable. the field layout isn't bad.... two division fields back to back on each side, and einstein in the middle- which is going to be used exclusively for finals this year. still- i'd rather be on a rookie team or a team (or even a person) that hadn't ever been to florida nats, because then i might appreciate this all more... because epcot was soooo much better, the walk from the pit to the arena every match makes me wonder why we ever complained about the walk to einstein last year.... it seriously was less than half the walk of this year from the pits to the arena every match. great america isn't open all day like disney was either, so it's kinda like.... aww... we can't goof off on down time...

also... yeah.... we're not seeding too well, but we're hoping we'll be picked... and GOOO 108 !! (i've been adopted onto their team since i'm in their pits alomost equal to the time spent in mine...)and of course to everyonne, tomorrow's finals!!! w00t!!!