So this past Wednesday, ya know....the 4th of July....we ventured down to the area around "fabulous" (well, formerly at least) Ft Lauderdale beach. That's where the Convention Center is located and where this year's NATIONAL AAU competiton in Tae Kwon Do was taking place. Kellie was entered in the event, primarily because our schedules this summer would not allow us to travel with the rest of the team out to San Jose, Calif (damn the luck) for the Junior Olympics. Trust me, I would have lost my mind.
So unluck some tournaments, this one actually featured some people who were, ya know, in Kellie's actual weight and skill level. There is nothing worse than paying to enter a tournment and having your daughter fight someone from her own school.
This one actually was scheduled to feature up to 10 girls in Kellie's classification, which meant that Kellie would finally get to have some new opponents. After some checking, we discovered that Kellie's first match would take place at 6:30pm. That meant that we were still able to have our 4th of July cookout, featuring a delicious meal prepared by----you got it....yours truly. Kellie survived anyway.
So we get down to the convention center, and shockingly.....and I do totally mean....SHOCKINGLY....the event seems to be running on time!!! Trust me, the words "event running on time" usually does not coincide with any tae kwon do event.
So were there, and its finally time for Kellie's match. This is a special occasion, not only because its a national event...but because its the first time that Kellie's current boytoy, Kyle, will be seeing his main babe....uh.....trying to destroy the girl in front of her.
It can be a disturbing experience. So Kellie hits the mat, and promptly begins to LOSE to her opponent. I was reminded of that classic quote from Strother Martin in the alltime great film, Slapshot.
"We're.....LOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Her Mom quickly reassures me that the match has a 2nd round to it, and Kellie is losing by something like 7-2 as it starts. She eventually overtakes her opponent to lead 9-8 when, you're not going to believe it...her opponent....
Vomits.
No, really. Puke City. Blew chunks. Lost her lunch. Tossed her cookies. Ya know.
The match ended. Kellie advances to round 2 by....ahem...making her opponent quit.
All I know is, after Kyle reports this back at school, Kellie is going to have an awesome rep.
Now, before I get to the 2nd round....and I know I should have mentioned this before, but...Kellie had been having problems with her hip in the weeks leading up to the event.
We took her to see a physical therapist friend of Kim's who told Kim that it should be okay for the tournament, but if the pain continued that a doctor should really look at it.
So the 2nd match starts....and her opponent was like Dennis Rodman. Seriously, the girl must have been 6'5". How the hell does a 13 yr old get to be that tall? It looked like Kellie was fighting a praying mantis. She was losing 7-4 in the 2nd round of the match when her hip began bothering her too much.....she conceded the match....but finished in 3rd place in her classification....ahem....that would be....IN THE NATION!!!
Let's give the lady a little hand....not to be confused with the one that Kyle was holding most of the day. I'll deal with that situation....eventually....before I stroke out.
Later,
Jeff
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