Afterglow 2006

No one was as surprised as Tim when he picked up a second place award for his sandcastle. He was expecting something along the lines of most unique, most creative or most interesting. In all of of years, a Reck has never placed higher than 3rd. Nice Job Tim.

The celebration continued in cabin #2 with one too many Jager bombs. Every time that shots and I get together, we have a disagreement and we start fighting. Unfortunately for me, shots always kick my ass. Even though I'm getting old, I still like to try and beat the shots.

Sometimes I worry that I am getting too old to learn new things. That's always why I am pleasantly surpri7sed to discover something for the very first time. This year we found out that Pete Gail put on a firework display for the entire resort after video/awards night if people are willing to pony up the dough. Personally, I'd rather be the one lighting them off because that is were all the fun comes from, but at least I won't get accosted by the Vilas County Sheriff this time. So Gail handed us some sparklers for the pre-show audience participation segment of tonight's events, and I danced my drunk ass around and taught Faith how to spell things in the air with the sparklers.

My Mom and I won the horseshoe tournament by default. I'm not really sure why we were given the award, but I'll happily accept the blue ribbon and boast next year that we are the defending champions. And to think, we only had to beat Kevin and Brain in order to be named Afterglow Horseshoe Champions 2006. I know that Gail has her tested and true bracket system for the competition, but this year it got complicated because there was a lack of interest among Afterglow adults. I think we won because we had a bye sometime during the tournament that counted as a win, giving us a 2-0 record versus everyone else who only went 1-0 or 0-1. But hey, a win is a win.

James was awarded the Afterglow 2006 Athlete of the week, an award that he has been denied of his entire life. Technically, only kids under 18 are eligible to win the award, so it was more like a lifetime achievement award for our week's greatest currently active athlete.

Mom was a little late arriving to the awards night, so I accepted her award in her honor. When she finally got there, I presented her with her award and raised my mug of alcohol in her honor. At this point, I was waaaay deep in celebration of my achievements.