I'm a day late!! But I was very sleepy yesterday after all of the Miss Indiana festivities. Since it was Father's Day, my dad got up early with me to help me move in and spend what little time with me that he could. Even though I slept most of the way down, he still had a smile on his face. I'm so serious, I have the greatest dad in the world... even if you want to dispute that, I know it's the truth!
We left home at 8:00 a.m. in order to make it to the PAC and unload all of my competition wardrobe by noon. We made it just in time then drove over to the Pet Parade, sponsored by the Zionsville Merchants Association, down Main Street. Unfortunately it had a very rainy start but by the time most of the pets finished the parade and were greeted by the Miss Indiana contestants, the rain had stopped for the day!
After the parade we all went down to the Brick Street Inn for a little welcoming ceremony where we were welcomed to the city of Zionsville by Ray Cortopassi of the Zionsville Chamber of Commerce, all of the Miss and Teen contestants introduced themselves and we were treated with some delicious cupcakes from a new bakery here in Zionsville.
We finished our day by moving into our hotel, going to dinner at Amore's and having a video shoot at our hotel. Since Miss USA was last night, we all gathered in the hotel lobby to watch the pageant together. I had to leave a little early and finish in my room so I could shower before bed (I really enjoy sleep so waking up early is not what I prefer to do lol)
My roomie, Miss Vincennes University Alexia Brewer and I woke up with enough time to get ready before heading to the PAC to learn the opening number. The dance is so cute and I love the song!! It's going to be stuck in my head all day, but I'm OK with it. We went to lunch at Cobblestone Grill, the sweet potato fries were incredible and took lots of pictures outside (of course) then headed back for some more rehearsals before dinner.
Since we are all professional dancers here at the Miss Indiana pageant, we rocked out the number a few times then headed back to the hotel for a nice break before going to dinner with the Zionsville Lions Club! I figured this was the perfect opportunity to blog about my time here so far and plan on updating on the rest of today right before bed.
Thank you for all of your support and prayers through this week, I have been blessed with a feeling of peace and am very excited for competition to begin on Wednesday! Don't forget that voting for the People's Choice is open until Friday evening. The votes are only $1 (although you can donate as much as you like) and the funds go to the Miss Indiana Scholarship Fund and Children's Miracle Network. Tickets are still available online for both preliminary competition nights and finals night.
Hope to see many of you there!
