So I'm just gonna share a true story about what happened at my last TSA conference. TSA stands for Technology Student Association and it includes the 48 states connected in the US, Germany and Turkey. This is just going to be a short story about what happened the first night since I cant really remember the order of events on the other nights. It's gonna be in first person form :D
(I was there for 4 days and 4 nights)
8th graders: Me, Ariana, Katherine
6th graders: Natalie (little sis) , Isais
7th grade: Any other student
---the front of double tree hotel---
Me and Ari hopped off the bus full of our team members and some highschool crazies. That bus had taken us to the hotel. Ad far as I knew, my mom was out buying food for us at a Sam's Club. We got our luggage and waited on an ottoman in the lobby and waited for Ethan's mom and Mr. McCullough. (Both annoying at times -_-) Mr. C (I'm too lazy to rewire his name) got our room keys and put us into our assigned rooms. I was written into a different room so we could bend a few rules but I was supposed to be in Ari's room. He told me I was supposed to be in my mom's room so I told him I'd stay in the other room so I wouldn't be alone.
The first thing we did was record ourselves belly flop onto the bed then replay it in slo-mo. We're weird like that okay 😂 Ethan's mom had transported our project and the bridge built (not by me) broke so we ended up having to quit that event. In the room was Ari, Kathy, Valerie, me, and my sis but she didn't end up in my mom's room that night. I think it had been a few hours before my mom came. The boys came to our room (there was a girl's room and a boys room) and asked if we wanted to be woken up early so we said yeah. Our whole team got dressed in pajamas and we went downstairs because the hotel offered free cookies. We were in pajamas, again, because we're weird 😂
When my mom did eventually come she was flustered and barely had time for my funny wits :( I just kinda stayed in my room until about late at night and she texted me about being irresponsible and not working on any of my projects. She had my laptop so I was like wdym and she said I could've came to her room to get the laptop. And man, when I say she was pissed, I mean she was REALLY pissed. I got up and went to her room door where she scolded and yelled at me in the door way about wasting time and slammed the door. I texted her again telling her I was sorry and she wasn't having it. I spent the night with a bad feeling in my gut. One of the guys texted and asked if I needed help with my animation since I had been the only one who worked on the project but I explained that my mom who saw me as hell had it.
I shared a bed with Ari and Kathy and Val shared a bed.
I actually had a comfy sleep. At about 5:30 in the dang morning I thought I heard a soft knock but then I was thinking it might be been someone else's door. I opened my eyes but it was dark. I heard the knock again. I jumped out of bed and opened the door and two of the boys were standing there bright and awake. I was like, is the clock wrong or something?!?! They were sheepish and apologized for waking me up so early. My eyes were red. I just waved it off and said it's okay and went back to bed. I was a bit chilly so I had to quietly step over Ari to reach the a/c.
*Bam-bam-bam*
A few minutes later I heard pounding at the door. Just when I thought I could get some sleep. Dang it. I was like no one would be that loud and I got up to get the door again. My mom was there back at it again to make me feel like a complete disappointment. "How come you didn't get your laptop?!?" She was furious with me. I was still half asleep.
"You yelled at me and were angry and I learned not to bother someone when they were like that."
"My door was open."
"When?!?!"
"I was hoping you'd be smart enough to come back and get it" apparently I wasn't smart enough. I was so confused.
"Fine, I'll get it" I growled and I walked past her, got my laptop and went back to my room.
"You know you probably can't finish it"
"Might as well try." I went to the desk in the room, set up my project and got a cinnamon roll. It was about 3:45 am. Kathy had been awakened when she heard the loud knocking.
"Wh... What was that?"
"Mmm don't worry about it."
"Are we working right now?"
"I'm just getting an early start since the boys woke me up but you can start whenever" and then we set to work. That was the absolute worst night of my life. Eventually when the others woke up, they helped me with the project. The boys apologized to everyone for waking us so early. They said it was because they heard that it takes "a long time for girls to get ready".
First of all, none of us wore makeup except Ari, who wears a little concealer. But that doesn't take 2 hours! I have to put on a tar treatment for my eczema but that only takes a few seconds.
Anyways, that was my first night at the hotel! The other nights were better btw :P
