Anatomy of a Family Competitions Trifecta
Dateline: March 2006, victory
Competition season starts off on a high note with my unprecedented 7-for-7 Oscar picks performance and 1st ever family victory.
Dateline: late March-early April 2006, victory
Feeling good about my college basketball instincts, I predict success in my brackets and end up winning all 3 pools in which I participated, including my family's.
Dateline: Mid-April, Easter Sunday, victory*
For the first time, the 2-person family hunt was done with artificial eggs, and I jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead. Eggs were just jumping out at me waiting to go in my basket. My competitor closed in picking up 2 in a row, but then we reached a lull...All the normal spots were egg-less, and we went back over room after room finding nothing. Suddenly, eggs started popping up in spots we were sure we'd scoured, with the Hunt Organizer standing in the corner, hands in lumpy pockets, smiling. Then we realized...just like in years past, when defeat would send the younger competitor into fits of tears and screams, only some of the eggs were hidden beforehand. The rest were left in the H.O.'s pockets, to be "hidden" somewhere conspicuous near the losing competitor. Soon there was just one egg left to find and I was in a one-egg lead. With the H.O. sitting in the living room giggling, the competitors looked at each other, looked at the couch, and dove towards the pillows. I went for the right pillow, since I'd already checked the left pillow several times. My competitor found the last egg under the left pillow, and for the 21st year in a row the hunt ended in a tie. *I refuse to accept defeat.
Competition season starts off on a high note with my unprecedented 7-for-7 Oscar picks performance and 1st ever family victory.
Dateline: late March-early April 2006, victory
Feeling good about my college basketball instincts, I predict success in my brackets and end up winning all 3 pools in which I participated, including my family's.
Dateline: Mid-April, Easter Sunday, victory*
For the first time, the 2-person family hunt was done with artificial eggs, and I jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead. Eggs were just jumping out at me waiting to go in my basket. My competitor closed in picking up 2 in a row, but then we reached a lull...All the normal spots were egg-less, and we went back over room after room finding nothing. Suddenly, eggs started popping up in spots we were sure we'd scoured, with the Hunt Organizer standing in the corner, hands in lumpy pockets, smiling. Then we realized...just like in years past, when defeat would send the younger competitor into fits of tears and screams, only some of the eggs were hidden beforehand. The rest were left in the H.O.'s pockets, to be "hidden" somewhere conspicuous near the losing competitor. Soon there was just one egg left to find and I was in a one-egg lead. With the H.O. sitting in the living room giggling, the competitors looked at each other, looked at the couch, and dove towards the pillows. I went for the right pillow, since I'd already checked the left pillow several times. My competitor found the last egg under the left pillow, and for the 21st year in a row the hunt ended in a tie. *I refuse to accept defeat.
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