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PROM IS TOMORROW!

Okay, so you probably knew that already, but you just heard it again, from me. This is my first prom and I'm really excited for it. Our theme is really elegant and pretty and I'm pretty sure that it's going to look absolutely gorgeous. We're having a dinner at my house before and we're having 13 people which is kind of big for any house, but I'm sure we'll all fit. There are only two problems that come with this prom. The first is that I have to clean my house to perfection, and the weather may not cooperate.

The cleaning thing is not fun. My mom is about to go crazy because she thinks she has to have the house absolutely spotless. No matter how many times I tell her that my friends don't care, she just comes back and says, "I don't care what your friends say, I'm going to have my house clean." So that means that I get to go home today, and get up tomorrow to make sure all the final preparations are done. Oh its going to look so good and be so fun!

Well, the other problem that comes with this is the weather. Storms are supposed to come in tonight and have it rain all the way through the weekend. It's so bumming because we were going to take pictures outside and spend lots of time outside so it wouldn't be so crazy inside. Oh well, maybe it will just rain in the morning and go away for prom and then rain sunday if it has to. I'm not sure what's going to happen, but I'm ready for a good time and it's only a daaaaaay aaaaaaawaaaaaaaay!!! (Sorry I had an Annie moment)

KOM Training

Today we had our day of KOM training, and it was so much fun. Last year, I didn't really have a clue of what I was doing and what I needed to do in order to be the best mentor that I could possibly be. Now, after being a mentor for a year, I kind of know what to expect now.

Well, today was really pretty fun. Besides getting out of an entire day's worth of classes, we got to play games, learn a new dance, and meet many new friends. The people who are on my "team" are really nice and we love to tease each other and get the others to come out of their shell. Trisha was one of the new people I met. She's a sophomore and really sweet, and I can't wait to get to know her. Another girl on my team is Kaitlyn. Come to find out, we're both going to be gone on the actual Kick Off day, so we kept trying to find a way to be there without actually being there. I think we've decided that we're going to get together before school's out and run through all the things we're supposed to do on that day. I think we can get it done.

I just have to say, though, that my favorite part of the day was learning the dance. I had my buddies all around me, and we were being as stupid as we possibly could. Screaming things like, "Knee, knee, heel, heel, snake, snake, LOOOOOWWWWW!" we seriously looked like we had gone of the deep end. Oh well, this is to make the freshmen comfortable with us while having a fun time so it doesn't matter how silly we look. :) Now I just can't wait for next year so I can meet my new freshmen and help them get accustomed to high school life.

You Can't Dance

So, at my church we have this thing called Children's Church. Because many times the older adult service goes over children's heads, some people decided to make another service geared to help them understand the message of Jesus. They allow the older youth to help during services once or twice a month, and that's what I get to do.

I've been working with Kid's Church since I was in fifth grade and I've loved it. The little kids are so cute and they get so excited for church. What's really fun is that I get to be a team captain most of the time so I get to act as silly as I want, and they just love it. One day, I was trying to get these kids to practice the dance they were supposed to perform in front of the church and I started dancing crazy to get them to smile. Well, one of the kids started laughing his head off, so I was like, yes! my life is complete. Then, after the dance he came up to me and said, "Oh my gosh! You looked so silly up there. You really can't dance can you?" All I could do was laugh. Yeah, I'm just that good.

Prom's almost here!

So I know that right about now everyone is blogging about prom and everything that comes with it. Now I'll join the fun :).

For a while, prom didn't seem to be so exciting. I've been to high school dances before, and some (if not most) of them are pretty boring. I ususally don't know the music, and the dancing....well, let's just say that it's not 1950 anymore. But now that it's getting closer to the date, I'm actually getting pretty excited. A pretty large group is coming to my house before, and even more to the after. We're all close friends so it's going to be a night of laughing, playing, and music....and looking gorgeous of course!

Well, with this whole prom party thing comes a whole bunch of cleaning. With a family of seven and a dog, we can get our house messy in no time. But for parents, teens, and pictures it's got to be amazing after we're done. Over the years I've noticed that my family doesn't really do the whole "spring cleaning" thing, we do "prom cleaning" instead. If we don't have a reason to clean then we probably won't do it. However, prom is the perfect excuse to get everything in tip-top shape before summer kicks in. And with that I'm off, gotta make sure this house is clean before my mom gets home!

Drama Drama Drama

A couple of my last blogs have been about some of my experiences on the tennis court. Mostly, they're about how the other team is snooty and whatever, right? Well, I just realized today that all of the teams that I've played in doubles are DRAMA QUEENS. So seriously. I mean, sure I can be a little dramatic, but it's not because I'm mad at the other team, but it's because I'm angry at the way I'm playing. So my doubles partner and I have many favorite teams. Here are some of them:

• Catholic: Raye and Stephanie
• Hancock: Blondie and Curly (don't know their names)
• Butler: Blondie and the Beast

Our most recent match was against Butler County. And I promise, Sam and I thought we were going to get jumped after the match. Like, I'd already played the girl in singles, and I'd beaten her. So basically, she's angry that I whooped her butt. Oh well :). Anyways, so we go to play her in doubles with her partner, who was a beast at tennis. So we were just like whatever. Well, we were losing pretty bad, like 2-7 i think, and we just said, "Screw it, let's just play." So we started slowly coming back, and Blondie started getting really angry. She thought that I was calling the balls out when they were in (which I was sooo not doing), and she kept trying to make calls when she was the furthest from the ball! Yeah, it was crazy. And once, I got a killer net shot and she goes, "Um, your racket crossed the net!!" and I said, "No, it didn't." Because of course I would know if my own racket had crossed the net, but for some reason she thought that I was too stupid to realize that. Well, it ended up that we came back to make it 6-7. and I swear, the girls were SOOOO angry. I was quite scared. We ended up losing that game so they won the match. I was kind of happy because I didn't want to die that day.

Anyways, I just wanted to say that we do not start the drama. It just like hits us in the face at every match. I was actually trying to calm my partner down so I felt pretty proud of myself at that one :). Oh well, maybe the second go around we will have our revenge and beast everyone! :)