WE GOT TO SCHOOL AT 2:45 IN THE MORNING! WHEN WE GOT TO THE CAREER CENTER, THERE WERE COPS IN THE PARKING LOT, WHICH WAS STRANGE. SLOWLY, EACH STUDENT BEGAN SHOWING UP ONE BY ONE. EVENTUALLY, WE WERE ALL THERE AND JEFF PULLED UP IN THE BLACK VAN AROUND 2:56. THAT PROBABLY LOOKED SO SUSPICIOUS! WE SPENT A LONG TIME IN THE VAN (4 HOURS). OLIVE AND BLU HAD A MINI CONCERT IN THE BACKSEAT WHILE EVERYONE WAS TRYING TO SLEEP. WE FINALLY GOT TO PITTSBURGH AROUND 7:32 THAT MORNING!
ONCE WE GOT INTO PITTSBURGH, WE FOUND OUR HOTEL. THE ENTRANCE WAS VERY SMALL AND WE ALMOST COULDN'T FIT THE VAN THROUGH, BUT WE MANAGED IN THE END. OUR ROOMS WEREN'T READY, SO WE DECIDED TO LEAVE OUR LUGGAGE ON A CART, AND HEAD TO THE CONVENTION CENTER. JEFF WENT TO PARK THE VAN AND GRAB BREAKFAST. THE REST OF US WALKED TO THE CONVENTION CENTER (ALMOST WENT THE WRONG WAY). ONCE THERE, WE GOT OUR BADGES AND 3 BANNERS TO ATTACH TO IT: EDUCATION SUMMIT, FIRST TIME ATTENDEE, AND POSTER PRESENTER!
WE FINALLY MADE IT TO THE EDUCATION SUMMIT! JEFF WAS STILL OUT PARKING THE VAN SO WE SAT IN LISTENING TO THE FIRST FEW TALKS. OLIVE AND BLU TOOK SOME NOTES ON THINGS WE FOUND INTERESTING. EVENTUALLY IT WAS TIME TO TAKE A BREAK SO OLIVE, BLU AND SHEEL WALKED BACK TO THE HOTEL SO WE COULD GRAB SOME STUFF WE WANTED FOR THE DAY. WE THEN HEADED BACK TO THE CONVENTION CENTER!
AFTER GETTING BACK TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, WE DECIDED TO GO TO EXPO HALL A AND SEE IF WE COULD HANG OUR POSTER EARLY. UNFORTUNATLY, IT WASNT SET UP YET. SO WE WAITED. AND WAITED. AND WAITED SOME MORE. FINALLY, THEY GOT IT SET UP AND WE WERE ABLE TO PUT UP OUR POSTER. IT LOOKED GREAT!
WE MET GUIDO VAN ROSSUM!!!! THE CREATOR OF PYTHON!!! HE SAID THAT HE USUALLY DOESN'T TAKE PHOTOS WITH PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE IS A CARDBOARD CUTOUT OF HIM, BUT FOR US, HE WILL.
AFTER MEETING GUIDO, WE DECIDED TO HEAD DOWN TO LUNCH! IT WAS ON THE MAIN FLOOR IN A BALLROOM WITH LOTS OF SHINY CEILING LIGHTS. LUNCH WAS PERFECT SO WE MADE OUR WAY BACK TO THE EDUCATION SUMMIT. JEFF GAVE A LIGHTNING TALK ABOUT DE COURSES AT ARLINGTON TECH!!! HE DID SO GOOD. WE GOT TO SHOUT, "ITS ALL JUST BITS!" DR. CHUCK ALSO GAVE A LIGHTNING TALK! WE THEN GOT INTO GROUPS AND DISCUSSED DR. CHUCK'S DJANGO COURSE.
OUR ROOMS WERE READY AT 3PM, SO WE HEADED BACK TO THE HOTEL TO CHECK IN. WE GOT TO OUR ROOMS AND ALL DECIDED THAT WE WERE TOO EXHAUSTED TO ATTEND THE OPENING RECEPTION. INSTEAD, WE GRABBED FREE POPCORN FROM THE LOBBY, AND COMPLETED HOMEWORK FOR CLASSES WE WERE MISSING. EVENTUALLY WE ENDED UP DOWN AT THE POOL. OLIVE DECIDED SHE HAD TOO MUCH WORK TO DO AND LOCKED-IN AT THE POOL.
DINNER! AFTER AN EXHAUSTING DAY, WE DECIDED TO JUST HAVE DINNER AT THE HOTEL. DINNER WAS MAC AND CHEESE, HOT DOGS AND NACHOS. NO VEGAN FOOD WOMP WOMP. BLU NEEDED ART SUPPLIES AND OLIVE NEEDED FOOD SO WE WALKED 7 MIN TO TARGET. WE ENDED UP GETTING FROZEN FOOD AND A HUGE SHARPIE. MAYAH AND KIERSTEN DISAPPEAR SO WE WAITED OUTSIDE FOR THEM TO COME BACK. WHILE WAITING OUTSIDE WE DECIDED THAT PITTSBURGH WASN'T A VERY SECURE CITY. THEN, WE WALKED BACK TO THE HOTEL.
WE GOT BACK TO THE ROOM AND MADE SOME FOOD, THEN OLIVE AND BLU WENT UP TO THE TERRACE TO DO HOMEWORK. BECAUSE WE ARE ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, WE HAD LOTS OF WORK FROM THE DAYS OF SCHOOL THAT WE WERE MISSING FOR THE CONFERENCE. WE WERE ALL SO TIRED SO WE WATCHED THE SUN SET THEN GOT READY TO SLEEP.
