and the winners are...

last weekend i was back in my hometown for my old dance studio's 25th anniversary alumni recital performance, performing a lovely rendition of chorus line. yikes. quite comical, really. i remember now how hot stage lights are, how butterflies are silly because no one is really watching you (except maybe your mom), and how much i do not like sweating. it's true, i try to avoid sweating at all costs, and really most types of exercise all together.

in between performances, i get an update on nic's weekend (see video below):

then i get a text: "i didn't win $20,000." 

sad day. but that's okay, life goes on. 

then i get a text: "but i got second."

FLIPPED OUT, called him and had to hear every last detail. in short, out of about 500-600 teams in the kansas city Nexus S 4G scavenger hunt, they lost the $20k by 6 points and beat the 3rd place team by 1 point, how amazing is that! he came home with some pretty sweet prizes and the well deserved victory that goes along being awesome. 

i still can't believe this! congratulations!

we came to the realization that this is one of those stories we will tell our grandkids over and over and over again. not because we forget we told it, but because we want to relive the moment. i can hear the complains now, "yes, grandpa, you've told us about the time you jogged 7 miles around downtown kansas city, with that archaic phone with a, what do you call it? (an app), where you submitted pictures and answers, and you won 2nd place.... we know..."  

also, the next plan is for nic to quit his job and become a full time scavenger hunter. i'm okay with that.