A few weekends back, I went to my son’s FIRST Robotics competition, at which I volunteered for field reset. The job isn’t difficult, but two days on my feet for 8-10 hours each day wore me out. And I must have caught something new, because today I am sick again. Boo.
If you’re curious what goes on at a FIRST Robotics competition, below is a link to one of our semi-final matches. Our team (2811) was the second seed captain, which is a pretty good place to be. We earned second place in the tournament. If you look carefully, you can see me, sitting on a chair in the lower right-hand corner of the video. I’m wearing an orange PAC-MAN ghost smock. At the end of the match, I get up and open the lower right-side gate, then come onto the field to help clean up. Also, my son was working the camera a few steps away from me. He’ was wearing a navy blue jacket.
We were at this competition all day on Friday and Saturday. And on Saturday, we even helped tear down the field. Me and another mom folded ALL those blue curtains you see hanging in the back.
That was a lot of curtains.
Have you ever been to a FIRST Robotics competition?
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWrp5WmRtuE[/youtube]
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