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I don't know about all of you, but I'm fiercely competitive. I find that even simple games I am compelled to win, and usually do.
Today, the school I work for had a games day. For my lunch break, I wanted to play games, and my friend wanted a shirt. (She's one the Gemini's I've been getting along with so well lately.) Well, the only game going on when we were able to go was the egg toss, and so I entered us in. She's not very competitive, but wanted a shirt, so I was able to get her to throw eggs at me and visa versa. (Otherwise, she probably would've just sat around and whined about not getting a shirt, instead of actively doing something about it. Blah!)
Well, she had never been in an egg toss, and didn't know how to throw or catch, so before the toss, I gave her a quick demo on both. She was a little shaky at first, but I was determined to win, and wasn't going to let her drop the egg.
There were quite a few teams but by the time we were about 8 paces away, it had dropped down to us and 2 other teams. Around 12 paces it was down to us and another team. Back and forth we went until we were impossibly far away from each other just hurling eggs in the air, and matching each other toss for catch. Finally, it was my friends turn to toss the egg back to me, and she really had to hurl it though the air for it just to reach my side...I caught and cradled to reduce the momentum, and the other teams egg cracked against her hand when she caught it. I held the egg up triumphantly and my friend and I offered to sign the egg to give it to the other team. (That was my idea!)
Well, my friend got her shirt, and I got to taste victory! VICTORY!
A friend came up and congratulated us on our victory in the egg toss, and was like, "you did such a good job!" To this my response was my typical, "I know." My friend was like, "Such humility!" All I had to say to that was, "Humility is sooo beneath me!"
=) Have fun today everyone!
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