The Shell is Cracking

I actually did it. I danced in public. To awesome music. I am on the lunch and dinner cleanup crews and Eve, Anyjame, and I were mopping the floor.  There was an awesome Group 1 Crew song on, called Movin', and I love, love, love that song. All Eve and Amyjane were dancing and then, before I knew it, I danced. It felt pretty good. I don't even dance at home! I'm always afraid that people will laugh at me. But no one did. I probably could have danced all night, but we had work to do. Right now, I'm sitting in the grass, by the volleyball court, listening to people play their guitars and watching people play volleyball. It's pretty interesting to watch, because we have Europeans playing, so there are totally different rules.  So cool. Ya gotta love new rules.

Revenge is Off

I decided to not take my revenge. Just as long as people don't throw candy corn at me.  And it's much easier for me to be friendly now. I used to be pretty anti-social before. Now  I'm initiating conversation on my own. I used to wait for someone else to tell me something first. It's a pretty big step for me. But I hope at the end of this DTS, I hope to be a totally new person.

Planning of Revenge

I absolutely HATE candy corn!!! Tonight a group of us went to Wal-Mart and Steven, one of my fellow students bought a bag of candy corn. In the bus on the way home, I found out that on a trip to Tokyo, Steven drank stick tea, which is one of my all time favorite things to drink. Apparently, he loves it too. Anyway, several people threw candy corn at me. Just the smell of candy corn makes me slightly nauseous. I threw all the missiles I found at Steve. And now I'm planning my revenge. Nothing violent, or offensive, or harmful. Just something funny.

Early Bird

I never wake up before 8:30. But here I am this morning, awake at 6:30. I woke up at exactly 5:59. Crazy insanity. Unfortunately, it's overcast here, so I won't get to see a sunrise, unless it clears up pretty soon. Which totally sucks. But I don't control the weather. I hope there's a clear sky tomorrow morning. It's a little cool this morning, but it should be nice and warm by mid-afternoon. Which is okay, as long as it doesn't get to 110 degrees.
Can't wait for the day to officially begin. It should be pretty big, since it's the first day of the DTS.

Coming out of My shell

I don't think I've had this much fun in a long time. I never want to play any sort of group game where the player might look remotely stupid. But tonight, I did it. I played, not one stupid game, but three. It was so fun. It made me realize that by being so serious, I was missing out on life. I found out that I won't be as busy as I thought I would be. Which made me happy. I still have to get up pretty early, like at 6:00, but still...

Arrival and Setting Up

So...I got in at the YWAM base for my DTS yesterday at 1:30 pm. It was pretty quiet, because it was Saturday. All the girls from my dorm were at the pool, so I got to unpack and set up my half of my room by myself. I met my roommate, Eve. She's awesome. I had an awful headache. I hope I didn't scowl at everyone I met. I unconsciously scowl when I have bad headaches. I eventually got unpacked, although it took me an hour and a half, even though I only had two bags. I met the rest of the girls in the dorm later at supper. They're all pretty awesome. One of them, Amyjane, had already planned a prank to play on the guys, but somehow they found out, I think. And none of us really wanted the guys' revenge. Our Wal-Mart trip was fun. This one guy looked at our huge group and said, "What is this? A field trip to Wal-Mart?" It was really funny. We bought some necessities that none of us had, if you count sodas and ice cream as necessities.

I can't wait until 3:00, when Registration is. I'm pretty excited for the next 6 months, but a tiny part of me wants to go home, back to the family. I hope to get over my homesickness in the next week. There's a bunch of cool stuff to do around the base. It's a thirty minute walk to a huge swimming pool. There's a polo club and a fencing studio close by. The weather is gorgeous and the people are great. I wonder what great things God has in store for me.