Last night was the historic event of...my first stake dance! actually thats not entirely true, its not my first stake dance, but it felt like it, sicne that was my first stake dance in over 2 years! it was pretty interesting, since my last memories of a dance were when i was 14 or maybe just turned 15. i remeber feeling soo young! oh man it was too crazy! now at this dance, i felt like one of the oldest ones there, ranking in at the big 1-7! anyway, shaylon wasnt there, and none of the dobson crowd showed up, so i mostly hung out with zack and the mt airy crowd. i also have to say that last night was probably the most fun ive ever had at a stake dance! i think thats mostly beacuse i used to be soo uptight about if girls liked me or not, u know, the usual stuff! this time i felt way more at ease, which made the dance 10 times better. so, on to the "juicy details" as kristen would say. i got to the stake center about 4pm to help decorate for the dance. some people began moving chairs and tables to clear the gym floor, while others hung up brooms to show off our "big sweep" dance theme. i left about 430 with sister gage to go help get refreshments for the dance. it was hilarious since we bought out sams club of all their freezy pops (we got 330 total). this mother and son were trying to pick out which kind of freeze pop to get, so me and sister gage go in a rake out a shelf full of them! then we picked up 2 boxes of the 24 packs of popcorn and finally three enormous bags of chex mix. we mad it back to the stake center and i helped unload all the refreshments and stuff. fastforward to the supper at 6. we ordered 80 papa johns pizzas, so there was PLENTY to go around. i only ate a couple of slices, but sister gage gave me a whole box to take home to help keep me awake (since ive got the longest drive). that was really nice of her, and it was cool being on the "inside" of the stake leadership circle...haha! finally, the dance started. i goofed off, just being my crazy self. there was some comedy, especially these two dances i had. i danced with this one girl who looked like she was 16...nope...14! just perfect!...wait...for ethan that is! (just kidding ethan...well partially :) she was nice, and it was still cool, just it felt funny to be sooo old! then another dance was with this one girl who it was her 2nd dance...ever! she was only 14! and she looked 14 too! i think she mustve been really nervous, because she was like afraid to look at me...idk...maybe im just that scary?! anyway, the only question she asked was my name! it was tough just trying to make conversation!

adam: so where are you from
girl: kernersville
adam: cool place, do u like it there?
girl: yes
adam: excellent, so have u lived there your whole life?
girl: yes
(awkward pause)
adam: are u a freshmen this year?
girl: yes
adam: do u enjoy it?
girl: yes
adam: do u like middle school or high school better?
girl: not sure
(awkward pause, song not even halfway over)

well...u get the idea! but it was...interesting! that was about my dance night! oh yeah, one other minor detail, was that after the dance and people were cleaning up and leaving, me, kelsey, daniel, david riska, and i think zack were standing around in the gym. if anyones seen the matrix, i always try to do the "run on walls" thing on the soft padded mats underneath the bball hoops at the stake center (and at dobson). anyway, daniel was bragging about how well he could do it, so i was just getting bored, so i decided to make a fool of myself and try it. however, the cool part was that i actually did it! i ran all the way up the wall and touched my should to the backboard! it was sweet! everybody was just like "woah...that was soo cool!" then daniel tried it and fell halfway though...lol...i felt bad for the kid, but it was still an aweosme feeling! now...if only i had a picture!

3 comments

1. Anonymous on 9/18/2005 4:54 PM

   this is cory. this is a good learning experience because in the mission field they teach you to ask questions that are not only yes/no questions. a better question would have been, "who came with you to the dance?" or "what was your most embarrassing moment?" or "what is your favorite part of school?". translated into missionary language, instead of asking, "do you think the book of mormon would change your life?" ask, "how do you think the book of mormon would change your life?" aha! he can be taught!

    
2. Kristen on 9/18/2005 4:59 PM

   sounds like fun. man, i love papa johns pizza. i wish i had a slice! i remember that "old" feeling from my last efy, when i was already 18 & cory was home from his mission. everybody was just babies! all the guys were like, "i'm 14" "this is my first efy" and all that stuff. but it's kind of nice to be older too. i enjoyed hearing the details...it brings back a lot of memories!

    
3. sj on 9/19/2005 6:37 AM

   That sounds like a fun night. I'm so glad you are able to have those experiences. Serving on the youth council will give you the opportunity for leadership roles and you will learn a lot from getting to be involved in that way.