Okay, so I went to a state judging contest for livestock and dairy, and completely bombed the livestock classes. It was like I either scored the very best, or I absolutely failed, and in the end the bad vanquished the good (so typical, don't you think?). In Dairy Judging, however, I did really well, and actually ended up placing 1st in my age group. Good news, right? Wrong. My older brother, Ty, scored a 190 to my 189. While for my laid back, modest friends this might not seem like such horrible information, I'm sure my competitive friends understand how truly devastating it was. To make things worse, my brother has an oversized ego - I honestly don't know how he makes it through doorways without someone deflating his head each time. He, being the jerk that he is, won the adult division, beating his former ag teachers in he process (I swear his head inflated right before my eyes!). I would have been happy for him, but there is absolutely NO satisfaction in being beat with ONE POINT! Today,my world took a turn for the best. The official scores came in, and I BEAT TY!!! I had written down all of the classes and scored them, and I miscalculated somewhere (actually, it was the one Ty helped me with,so I'm not sure it was an accident), so my actual score was a 191! Ty hasn't answered the phone yet, but I'm sure he's seen the results . I can't say I blame him for blocking all communication; a Junior in college was beat by a Freshman in highschool, who, I might add, has never (officially) judged Dairy Cattle before! PLUS I'm his younger sister! I'm pretty sure my horror at the original news is nothing close to his current disgrace.

Anyways, enough gloating, I just had to share! He'll never hear the end of this one, not in a million years .