Today was dance competition day, which meant a five a.m. wake up time. We were both very tired but got up with our alarms. Getting ready went smoothly but took the whole two hours we‘d budgeted. We were out the door on time and got to the venue with just a minute or two to spare.

This was an optional competition, which means a group only competed if every person in the routine chose to attend. None of Madeline‘s group dances competed, so it was just her solo and duet today. She danced great, and we were back at the hotel by noon. We ordered lunch for delivery to the hotel, and after we ate we both were ready for a nap. I set an alarm, but we didn‘t get up with it, and we ended up sleeping a couple hours!

After our nap we decided to go shopping at a nearby mall. The mall was nothing special, but we made purchases at JoAnn, Claire‘s, H&M, and Bath & Body Works. Then we picked up dinner and took it back to the hotel room.

Besides a quick run back to the competition venue to pick up awards for our studio, we spend the rest of the evening in the room relaxing. We both needed some down time.

Tomorrow we zip line!