Masha’s Swim Competition

Masha is a trainer for competitive swimmers.  Her first meet was today and our family was looking forward attending.  We made a few stops along the way and had lots of time to navigate the unpredictable St Pete traffic…or so we thought!!!  The GPS said that we would arrive in 15 minutes at our destination, but it had no clue that there was a major tram, trolley bus traffic jam.  Over 15 buses and a million cars were trying to get through the intersection.  Our 15 minute trip took over an hour.  When we finally arrived, the kids and I were racing up the steps, but were told we needed covers for our shoes.  We found the shoe cover vending machine, but did not have any change.  So we tried again with our uncovered shoes and were stopped again.  I told the hall-monitor that we did not have any change and they directed us to the Accounting Office.  I pulled out the only bill in my possession, $30, but they lady just shock her head and said that she could not make change.  Our third attempt to sneak past the hall-monitor was also unsuccessful.  We updated him on our unsuccessful attempts to purchase $0.17 shoe covers and as we were about to resort to just going bare foot and carrying our boots, a bystander took off his shoes covers and gave them to me and the hall-monitor got 2 more pairs from the trash.  Once admitted into the competition, Masha called and told us she was finish and waiting for us in the Lobby!!!