Reasons Why I Didn't Expect "My Ideal" Top Ten Thousand To Be My First Event Title:

I had no real intention of playing this event. Well, I did, actually, but there were too many conflicting areas. On Saturday morning, I thought my throat was a little sore, but brushed it off. Sunday afternoon, I was nursing a sinus headache. By Monday morning, I was congested, coughing, and unable to stay awake long enough to play more than two songs. It isn't often that I get sick. When I do, however, I really go down (my asthma makes me prone to bronchitis, and if I had come in a day later, the doctor said I might've had it alongside the flu). I was put on two forms of antibiotics + an inhaler, and by Thursday I was well enough (meaning no longer contagious) to take a prior planned flight to California with my dad.

My dad and I rarely take bonding trips, so I sucked up the last of my flu symptoms and had the TIME of my LIFE in San Francisco! I woke up at 8:30 each morning, and was passed tf out by 10:00 each night (and coming from a FL time zone, no less!!). Between these two things, I had next to no energy to play the "My Ideal" event. On the rare moment I was awake long enough [during the week] or I was waiting for my dad [over the long weekend], I played an easy bop. About two hours before the event ended, though, I actually bothered focus on playing, mostly because I had little else to do (my flight was in the early early morning, so I saw no point in sleeping).

I didn't think these two hours would do anything for me. Apparently, I was wrong! I placed in the top 8000s, and earned myself a top ten thousand title as a result. So, to be honest, I'm rather proud of myself for this :-)

TL;DR : Between catching the flu and traveling to San Francisco, I still managed to place in the top ten thousand for My Ideal. (and subsequently earn my first event title!)