At GV I've made two really good girl friends and this weekend we made our first "family trip" together. It was my high school's homecoming this weekend so Shay and I got home just in time for the football game, sat and froze our butts off, got some hot chocolate and then left. Thankfully in-between the hot chocolate and leaving, Igot to see two of the best people to have ever worked at Jackson High. My newspaper advisor, LC and my AP english teacher, La-a.
I can definitely say that their advice and encouragement have really shaped me into the person I'm becoming or am (I never know if I'm supposed to be finding myself in college, or if I should already know...). I always vented to LC about whatever was going on in my life and she always had a way of either showing me what I wasn't realizing about the situation, fixing it all, or she would side with me and take me to get hot cocoa to make it all better. Those moments are ones that I will always appreciate because without her knowing it, it helped me look at things from other views other than just my own. La-a was the best way to end the day. I had AP english as my 5th hour every day of my senior year and I loved it. Ending my day with the Yiddish Word of the Day, class discussions, having class outside, or the giraffe dance, always made it a good day. When I saw these two lovely women I was ecstatic! You know how they say you don't realize how much you missed someone until you see them? That's exactly how it was with LC and La-a! I feel like I'm starting to sound like a little teachers-pet, but I just really clicked with them and they were people I could open up to and felt totally comfortable with, LC was like my mom at school and La-a always made me feel welcomed in whatever was happening and both of them were always incredibly supportive of my dancing and school work.
Friday night Shay and I left the game and went back to my house to do what we do best, we sat on our computers all night then went to bed. Saturday morning I got to see my little man play, and might I add that this year, he actually plays soccer. I've surprised him at two of his games and both times he'll see me, you'll see the excitement in his face, then seconds later he remembers that he has to look cool in front of his team and tries so hard to play it off like it's no big deal that I'm there to watch him... But I know it does, because of the tight hugs I get when he comes to the sidelines during his games.
(Their team is called The Jedis, Jack-Attack likes to force the ball to the goal)
Saturday afternoon Shay and I picked up Delores and the three of us helped Keegs and her friends get ready for their last homecoming dance. It was fun getting the girls ready and listening to the drama going on with her and all of her friends and relieving because I wasn't having to deal with the drama of when and where pictures were, where everyone was getting ready at, where everyone was hanging out after the dance... Don't miss that. But helping them get ready made me miss my friends and reminded me of last year when we were getting ready for our last homecoming and how we were late getting ready, as always, and that pictures were taken at the same place they were our freshmen year. The weirdest parts? Doing one of my best friends' little sister's hair and taking their group pictures. Sooooooo weird.
After everyone was off to the dance my mom too Delores, Shay and I to see Footloose. It was amazing. Perfectly remade! We ended our weekend with a trip to Walmart to get a couple piercings. We all got two each and boy, was that fun! The earring lady didn't seem to believe that the 3 of us really were 18 until we showed her our IDs and even then she didn't seem too happy to be piercing our ears until Delores got her first hole done and it definitely lightened the mood! I swear, if we were a sitcom we'd have the highest ratings. We were laughing so hard we were crying, but on my end, crying and snorting. There were plenty of pictures taken to document the faces made as the gun pierced our ears and as we reacted to the slight shock of pain.
The weekend was nice and relaxing but filled with activities. I'd say the 3 of us had a very successful first family vacation together and I'm sure it will be happening again some time soon... But definitely not before Thanksgiving. We're all ready for some Laker Weekends ;)
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