Well, there you have it

Thank you all for your amazingly kind comments! It's hard to believe that it's been eighteen months since I first tried out. I actually feel pretty good about how I looked and sounded last night. It was hard - that dang buzzer! I'm glad they didn't show how hard I was actually wrestling with it. I made a good comeback in the double jeopardy round but really - four letter fish?!?! I studied Africa, Anatomy, Architecture, Pop Culture - who the heck studies four letter fish? And two entirely unrelated things? What kind of a category is that? My family liked my shout out. Ben is a sweet guy - I wish him nothing but the best.


The next morning, I met up with Ben and the two holdover contestants from the day before before they left. Since there were co-champions, there were extra holdovers.


Sisters 6, 9 and 11 arranged a nice party for me. They rented a hotel room down by the Mall. We watched Jeopardy! together and then went down and watched the fireworks. That is such a civilized way to do it. After the fireworks we went back to the hotel room and had dessert while we waited for the crowds to thin out. I have a ton of photos. After I weed them out I'll post some.

And contrary to Weird Al, I did not bring shame and disgrace onto my family for generations to come. Yay!