Yes, you heard it here first....WE WON!!! The first day is officially over, and by George (wherever George is), we won it! The score was 7-4 in our favor against Laurier (Ontario, Canada). We had a shaky start (I will take full ownership, as I couldn't quite get a handle on my trembling hands), but picked up the pace, and finished strong. I will speak for myself when I say the feedback we received from our coaches (all three of them, as Mother Mary pitched in too) was probably more rewarding then any feedback that we received from the judges.
Just after the final question was asked - remember it's a 25 minute presentation, followed by a 15 minute Q&A session that seemed to last FOREVER - we congregated to receive our comments from our coaches. Strategy talk quickly turned to hunger pangs, and off to a Mandarin restaurant (Orchid) we went. At the conclusion of dinner, Dr. Mahon received an email that told of the results of the scoring. Did we find out then? Oh no....apparently his Blackberry didn't want to pull up the attachment and shed light on the results and the document wouldn't load. As we approached the hotel, he was able to receive the results, and boy, the whoops of joy of our win could be heard throughout the snowy streets of Montreal!
We have our longest day tomorrow, where we will have a regular case in the morning (early of course), and then the "short" case (crisis case) in the afternoon. We will face Asper and Paris tomorrow, and you better believe I will keep you posted (only if it's good news...). :) Luckily we won't face our biggest, blondest competition until Friday, when we go up against the Finnish team of Aalto. Who says blonds have more fun????
Don't worry - we won't get cocky, I promise - we still have 4 more cases to go before the announcement of the semi-finalists draw. Thank you to all who are praying for our team - we really need it and most certainly appreciate it! Bonne nuit! N
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