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2025 FRC Champs CHILL OUT
  • NurseLisa Lyons
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2025 FRC Champs CHILL OUT

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    15 de abril de 2025
    NurseLisa Lyons2025 FRC Champs CHILL OUTViajero

    Leaving Seattle

    15 de abril de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F

    Getting on the plane towards Houston took coordination, but all went well. No hiccups.
    All the kids checked their carry-on at the gate. Unfortunately (we discovered later) that we didn't guide one of the students well. They didn't drop their bag at the corner of the ramp before they got on the plane. They carried it into the plane. The flight attendant saw the tag, took it, and did something with it. More on that later.

    I slipped a note to the 1st Attendant about the teams on board. They gave us a shout out over the intercom.

    Later, MY NAME was called over the intercom, to go back towards the aft bathrooms. One of our students stood up to use the BR. He got woozy and kind of sat on his seatmate (who was a good sport). I think he just got up fast after sitting for hours. The attendant did make me go back and assist him to the BR a bit later. A lot of people saw my bum on the plane. It's a long distance between row 10 to row 35!    Leer más

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    Landed in Houston

    15–20 abr. 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ 🌙 73 °F

    We landed in Houston just fine. I gathered the kids I was riding with and waited for luggage. We were short 2 bags. One was found after a while, but Maya's bag was lost.

    We looked EVERYWHERE. Went to the counter and left her info with the attendant... Who wrote it on a scrap of paper. Fabric dark grey carryon. The helper Emparted very little trust in the process.

    As we left for the hotel, Maya called her dad who was giving LOTS of advice on what to do. She was pretty upset about the bag and did not trust that it would be delivered during the night. Her dad and put in a new Apple Air Tag. He found it. It looked like it was in the parking garage, so we turned around and went back.

    It turns out that the entire parking garage at the Houston-Bush Airport is built on top of the baggage claim Dad kept texting saying "You are so close!" We looked all around again. We saw a bunch of bags, but Maya was sure that her bag was not there.
    We went back to the info desk and asked again. The new attendant was pretty cagey about what she saw on the screen. We were like "Do you have new info?!" She said,"Yes, I do." And handed us a slip of paper.

    We went back to where the collected bags were. By this time, Maya's dad had texted us a pic of her bag... Her HARD-SIDED BAG. Yes, it was there. The young man who gave us her bag gave her the very appropriate sassy look when he handed her the bag.

    Maya was overjoyed, but we got to the hotel at 11:30pm. Joey and I got to sleep at about 12:30am. Luckily, we got to sleep in a bit for one day. Poor Maya is on the drive team, so she had to leave the hotel at 0630! Poor happy girl.    Leer más

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  • NurseLisa Lyons2025 FRC Champs CHILL OUTViajero
    Joey ate a Soft Shelled Crab platter. We also had hushpuppies and fried Okra!
    Joey ate a Soft Shelled Crab platter. We also had hushpuppies and fried Okra!Joey & Elijah with Strawberry Lemoades that are packages like one of Tressa's Boba TeasSausage Fried RiceMy friend Tuba from TurkeyExample of a Lego robotA REALLY SCARY Elementary school aged Lego TeamHere is a video that the Publicity Team made to recap the day

    Day 1 Recap

    16 de abril de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F

    Wednesday at FRC Worlds was pretty CHILL. It was mainly a day to get the pit set up, make sure the robot was working well, go around and visit other teams, and grab as many stickers, pins, and small banners to add to your name tag as you can get.

    FRC also sponsors many workshops for the students and mentors - like how to promote your FIRST experience on your LinkedIn page, scouting, team communication. There was even one called “Networking for Introverts”. Joey attended one on job interviews. He and Elijah also spent some time on homework. I walked around and looked in on the other FIRST championships including LEGO Robotics!

    I made a new friend from Turkey! Her name was Tuba. We met in the restroom, where she was pretty sad and feeling left out of her team. So, she and I hung out for a while - seeing the different demonstrations, and visiting the college tables until she perked up and felt herself again.

    We had dinner at a restaurant called CLAWDADDY. We had hush puppies, fried mushrooms, and fried OKRA!
    Joey ate a soft shell crab!

    After all that, my brain was tired, but my body still felt on Pacific time zone. Joey went to sleep around 11pm. I just couldn’t sleep until midnight. The alarm was set for 0530, and God woke me up at 0500…. Thursday might be sketchy.    Leer más

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    Joey studying while saving seats.
    Joey studying while saving seats.Elijah studying while saving seats.It feels like half the teams wear our same blue shirts

    Day 2 Recap - Qualifying Matches Part 1

    17 de abril de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F

    OK… Day 2.

    We left the hotel at 0630, yep. Short night. The doors were opening early to save seats before the Opening Ceremonies at 0800. We were in the Newton Division. There are 8 divisions in the championships, each names for a famous scientist. The tournament has each division playing 125 matches over 2 days. Then they do alliance selection and playoffs like every other tournament. However, the winning alliance of their division goes on to compete in the EINSTEIN FINAL PLAYOFFS with the top alliance from each division.

    We had 5 matches on the day. One we won one which we weren’t expecting. Going into our 5th match, we were in 2nd place, only behind Jack in the Bot! Unfortunately, our Bot had a case of the dropsies and we lost the match. We dropped from 2nd to 9th! But we ended the day in 6th place.    Leer más

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    Fin del viaje
    20 de abril de 2025