'M' as in Misson Meadows

This is not a blog.

Repeat. This is not a blog.

If this were a blog,

I'd be breaking the

"I swear, I won't blog this!"

promise I made to a few people.

I choose to call this a

"public record for future reminiscing purposes."

See? Not a blog.

Jerrilyn invited me to go to New York with her church. Only a small part of me was hesitant. (Something I'm glad to say I'm getting over...finally!) My trip started on Thursday, though, because she also invited me to her school's Faculty Minute To Win It. That was fun...even with the 25 elementary girls screaming in front of us. We went back to her house and watched "To Save A Life"...freakin' awesome! I'll admit, I was kind of on the fence about it because certain people said it was good and I don't agree with anything they say. But it was really a great movie. It makes you think about all of the people you encounter everyday and what they're going through that you don't know about.

We left Friday morning and I really didn't know what I was getting myself into. I had only ever met the church family two or three times. I had only met Mikael (Jerrilyn's best friend) once. I'm intimidated by people so I was nervous..kind of. Being the only people there for the first hours helped take my mind off of it. That, and the Marco Polo/nerf gun/assassin game we played for what seemed like hours. By the time the others had arrived, I realized that unless I laughed the whole weekend, I would probably say things I shouldn't. Do you know what I mean? I just don't understand maturity levels at all. Does that make me immature? I don't get how people can act years younger than they are all the time while others act years older. There should be some sort of balance, I think. Maybe because that's what I do...well, I try to do at least.

Anywho, we played Apples to Apples. It was during this game that Mikael told me how the Atomic Bomb 2 was going to be made...and to think it will all start with a spam e-mail! Carpet ball, air hockey, pool, ping-pong, dodgeball, noodle fights, basketball, volleyball, Life...all of that stuff happened that weekend. There was some "homemade pazza!!", anger management demonstrations, "naked" people, pranks, energy drinks, Lady Gaga, a weird dog/moose/deer/cow sculpture, and a barricaded door. There was a bug in the light, grape juice, Slim Jims, a rock wall, fireworks (or nerf gun darts), and an endless joke about my eating like a bird and having to put everything in a ziploc bag to keep fresh.

We had devotionals, which were good. Though I don't agree with the beliefs of the man who wrote the book we studied, I agree with his philosophy. Pastor John had service and communion on Sunday. We also went to the Polar Plunge on Lake Chautauqua. First time walking on something frozen that wasn't my driveway. I wore the wrong shoes for it, though. The shoe got stuck in the snow and I had to dig it out. Poor Jerrilyn was in a "bad mood" on the way home. Mikael writing on her face with a Sharpie probably had something to do with it. :)

But they had the last laugh when they realized I was allergic to pretty much everything. They were completely taken with my epiPen and wanted to use it. So, they plotted my demise. "What if you accidentally had oranges in your spaghetti? And then accidentally drank orange juice because we mixed it with your cranberry juice?" They decided they would accompany me to my doctors appointment in a few weeks to ask my doctor exactly what would happen if I ate this stuff. Aren't they just the greatest friends?! Yeah...I thought so, too.

But they were the sources behind some positive peer pressure. While they have no idea what they did, I'm still stewin' over what they said and pretty sure I'm going to act upon it.

So how did you like this "public record for future reminiscing purposes"? Yeah, it was pretty great. I didn't elaborate on much, because I figured you probably don't care enough to know everything that went on, but it's okay. I have a list! :P That I wrote down in my notebook. That I bought. In New York. Because I'm lame. But now I have this awesome PRFRP. Who's laughing now?