Win some, lose some...

Today, my students went to UIL competition.  It was about as exciting as it sounds.  Kids showed up, they competed in events and life went right on...

I wish there was more art to it.  There was a schedule, and students went to classrooms.  Big deal.  I did this last year, and one student advanced to regional competition.  I had to drive her to Waco, and from there, we went exactly nowhere.  It just sucked a day out of my springtime and got her hopes up.  Maybe I'm cynical.  Okay, I'm cynical.

I must be, because I was pretty okay with the fact that none of the kids today placed in third or higher.  That means no regionals, and that also means I don't have to find my way to Waco with one or more children in May.

So, I am sad for those who didn't fare well today.  However, I am happy I have no immediate plans to head to head halfway to Austin next month.

As for my personal life, I have a wholly Cas-free Saturday.  Upsetting, really.  He is at his school's prom this evening.  I'm told that this particular prom is super-fancy.  It's at the former location of the Ghost Bar located in The W hotel.  I can't afford to stand in the parking lot of that place, let alone buy a drink in the lobby bar- or, God forbid, sleep there.  

Of course, Cas sent me a selfie to show me a pretty view from the window.

Prettiest thing in the picture is the man in the tie.  Of course.  He also sent me a photo of the children prom-ming.  Woo-hoo!

Anyhow, that's not nearly as fun looking to me as the happy hour we went to yesterday with our friends Jerone and Julie.  Cas knows those two, but he may have been unfamiliar with Mariah.  That would be the woman in this photo with the scarf on her head:

Julie wanted to try out her phone's reverse-panoramic photo feature. Seems it worked, though she was so focused on the task that she forgot to smile. 

Anyhow, that's all I have for this evening.  I have been working on newspaper stuff for several hours on end, now.  I do, however, have these lovely tulips to keep me company.  It's a beautiful type of flower- I mean, look:

The darn things look like they couldn't possibly have grown from dirt.