A Girl's Guide to Guys and God.

Homecoming Highlights

Hello ladies. Happy homecoming to SHC (my highschool)! Literally an hour before writing this I got home from my school homecoming dance. It was so much fun! No giant overall life lesson today. Sorry but I do have some little tidbits here and there.

Shall we start with the dresses? I noticed that this year the skimpy dresses weren't so much short as they were backless. In past years the girls forgot half of their skirt. This year the forgot the back or a small strip where the skirt meets the bodice. What is with that anyway? Why does anyone want to see a two inch line of your stomach? And why does anyone want to see your back? If you want my opinion on this topic, go back a few chapters to "Sun's Up, Cover Up".

Next, let's talk about the music. As pretty much usual, some of the music was dirty. (You know which songs I mean. I don't have to or want to list them.) God wants us to listen to things that are good for us. I think it's better to listen to healthy Christian music than dirty secular music. I'm technically not supposed to listen to anything other than Christian music, but I do listen to a little One Direction or Country or whatever's popular music every now and then. Obviously not the stuff about___________. Mentally fill in the blank.

On to the dancing. It wasn't too bad but some of it kind of scared me for life. The song didn't help any, mainly just added to the fire. Girls, you can go and have a good time without conforming to the crowd. You can go and keep it clean and still have a good time. You can go and hang out with friends, no date needed either.

I know you're wondering so I'll just say it. Yes, I did get a slow dance. No, it wasn't with Barry. One of my friends from band asked me --I'll add that this was my first slow dance ever-- by the time we got it figured out (with some guidance from Avalon) we had about 30 seconds to dance.

It kinda surprised me that he asked because he is EXTREMELY shy. And I'm pretty outgoing. Still, he worked up the courage to ask. Another one of my friends really likes this kid. So when the DJ played the last slow song, I stepped aside and let her dance with him. (She had earlier in the night as well). Girls, sometimes you just have to know when to step back and give your friend the "spotlight" if you will. Would I have liked a little more that 30 seconds? Probably. Was it the right thing to do to step aside? Yes.

Avalon-- being herself-- also made the effort to pinot out the Barry was exceptionally good at the "hands on your knees" part of The Cupid Shuffle. All I could do us shake my head, roll my eyes, and smile my embarrassed smile. I also was a little self conscious for a while of what he would think. What would he think of me dancing like no one is watching? All at once I realized. Who cares?! I sure don't. If he doesn't like it. Oh well.

Although, (I'm gonna get girly again just fair warning) I did catch him looking at me a couple times. I'll admit I kind of hoped he would. I kind of hoped he would see me being myself. I kind of hoped that my little group would somehow wind up in with his little group. It didn't and that's okay. I had a great time with my friends. That's all that matters.