Folks, I am 0-4 in my Scrabble challenges against Tina. I should be studying the dictionary right now, but I'm headed to the pool for a barbecue.
Game #1:
Christmas. On the beach. I came unprepared for the Tina Chau. Who knew she packed such a punch? My pride got the best of me and I held on to WIZARD for far too long. What a rookie mistake. I lost. Big time.
Game #2
It was a great end to Tina and Lauren's day off. We spent all day frolicking around the island and landed on the beach for our Scrabble showdown. We played until there wasn't a drop of sunlight left. And...I lost.
Game #3
An epic evening. Tina's bingo on a triple word score in the beginning of the game dared to destroy any chance of me winning...until I also scored a bingo on a triple word score. The Scrabble fates were on our side that night. Unfortunately they were on Tina's side a little more than mine. I lost (shocker).
Game #4
I came into the game feeling the most confident yet. I was winning in the beginning, but I got careless. Because we were playing at a barbecue, I didn't feel the need to challenge the word XIN. Big mistake. Huge. Hoping Tina would return the kindness, I laid down the word HEMI. She challenged me faster than a redneck running to a corn dog festival. (Bekka, there is nothing wrong with a good corn dog). She won the challenge. Scores were close until the very end, when Tina laid down HERM. Herm? Come on, herm? What the heck is herm? I threw down my metaphorical red flag and asked Sam to check the word. The Scrabble dictionary let me down hard that day. HERM is most definitely a word. HEMI is not, and neither is XIN. I dropped the ball and- yep you guessed it- lost the game. What have I done to deserve this?
Enjoy your streak, Tina. It will end one day.
