Gee, how come the negatives page is so much longer?
There's lots of positives. #1 is just Being There. It's a total experience.
Working as a judge in FLL was great. A lot of work - I really didn't need 1/2 inch of papers to read on Wed night
But well worth it - it's so much fun to work with the kids. My assignment was teamwork, and there was a hands-on exercise. The most amazing thing was the foreign teams - I didn't need to know a word of Spanish, Danish or Portuguese to figure out the interactions on the Mexican, Danish and Brazilian teams.
Special thanks to whoever turned in our misplaced bag on Sat am - the one that contained our shipper and wristbands for the finale party, among other things. We had some concerns Friday night, to say the least.
And for Team 1188 particularly, the opportunity to finally meet and work with our South African teammembers cannot be beat. They should be getting home in a few hours, after travelling almost continuously since Sunday evening. (Bus from Atlanta to Royal Oak overnight, a few hours at host homes cleaning up and packing, trip to the airport for early check-in, flight to London, 12 hours layover, flight to Johannesburg.) Makes me exhausted just to think about it!