[smurfgirl]

Wow... we're home, I'm unpacked... and it's really kind of anticlimactic. I had a great time on Archimedes, and I'm really sad it's over. That was the last big event of my time on 1124 before I graduate this spring, so I'm glad we made it our furthest ever and went out with a bang. Making it to Einstein was an incredible experience- being on that field is so different than a regional or a divisional field. Speaking on behalf of my team, we were definitely not prepared for the Einstein experience, but it was a lot of fun, and we learned a ton from it. Thanks so much to our amazing alliance partners for helping us to get there! It was really an honor to work with both of your incredible teams. 1024, as soon as I saw the divisions that 1024 + 1124 sounded like a winning alliance. (-: You had a truly impressive robot, and I can see where all those regional wins and awards came from. 177, it was so much nicer to be working with you instead of against you in the finals. That strategy that you used against us last year definitely helped our alliance to win this year- it's a lot more fun when you know both sides of it. Your team has been such a help to us through our history, and it was great to team up again like our first win in 2006. (P.S. - Did you like the invitation to join our alliance? My teammates made fun of me because I talk a lot.) Your robot performed really well, and if I hadn't seen it in CT, I wouldn't have known that you finished the design at the Championship. 987, your robot was incredible this year. You were so close to another divisional win this season, and we thought you had it. We're a little bit disappointed that we didn't get to work with you because of 525's invitation, but it was fun to play against you again. Team 11, congrats on the first seed in Archimedes. You had a great robot, and seeding first is no easy feat. Congrats also to team 525 for an undefeated record. To the 365, 190, 177 alliance in our last qualifying match, another congrats. You had great strategy, and that gave you a win you deserved, and broke our undefeated record for the season. And... I definitely had a lot more congrats and comments I wanted to dole out, but I forget now that my mom came in and interrupted me. I guess I'll have to get to the rest of it later. Thank you to everyone for a great time on Archimedes!