ME!
I won first place for my business and financial writing in the Virginia Press Association's annual contest. If only some of those smarts would translate to running my own life, all would be good. Seriously, the stories probably won because they were on topics like an Alpaca farm and a beekeeper. That's how those kind of contests work. Somebody reads 35 stories on the housing market and gas prices and suddenly a story about cute woolly creatures from Peru sounds like a first place winner.
We headed to Roanoke this weekend for the awards ceremony. Sawyer stayed with my parents. It was 2-on-1 defense all weekend. He worked them over like a neckbone - playing them off each other, they said. 'I don't know how you do it with one person,' my mom said when we got home. Of course, she DID do it with only one of her and two of us for many years and we all survived.
Arden came with us. She was a complete angel except for the three hour window surrounding the awards ceremony itself. She slept for the entire 4 hour car ride - both ways, didn't cry at all two nights in a row, and even slept through dinner in a quiet restaurant Friday night. But as soon as we hit the publisher's suite for cocktails on Saturday, she started fussing. She screamed her head off in the hallways of the hotel on the way to the ceremony and she wailed during the invocation. Good thing my award was first. We made it to the end, rocking her in our arms and stuffing a pacifier in her mouth. But we were so worn out afterwards that all we could do was to head back to the room, order a second dinner (yummy pastrami sandwich and bananas foster) and pass out watching Bobby Flay.
I didn't get a picture of me in my dress with my award, and I didn't get a picture of Arden swinging in the hotel room. That's right. Scott actually brought the entire Fisher Price Ocean Wonders Aquarium Swing. He loves that thing and wasn't about to be left alone in the hotel room with Arden and NO swing while I schmoozed with the Fourth Estate. But I did find a picture of the lovely, and historic, Hotel Roanoke where we stayed.
Don't leave home without it:
Sunday, March 16, 2008
And the award goes to . . . .
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8 comments:
yay-- congratulations!!
congratulations on the awards! and i love that you brought the swing. whatever works right?
Reid- way to go. i wasn't brave enough to bring susannah (five months) along. hope you don't mind that i enjoy reading your adventures in mommy-reporter hood, can use all the help i can get. although i'm not updated nearly as often, we're on at mandghall.blogspot.com
congrats on the winnings!
congratulations on the award. your writing is always impressive, so I am glad people are noticing.
ps: they make a take-a-long version of the swing. it folds up and can travel. It is so worth it for overnight trips, or just day trips to a friends. http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=2002&e=product&pid=32833
Congratulations! Sounds like the weekend was neat too. Maybe we can walk this week?
Jayne
good work worker bee! hip hip horray! please tell me you had surf and turf.
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Best wishes, Samantha
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