Rock it like it’s 1985

I hope I’m done waitressing forever. I don’t think I will EVER give a waitress less than 20% tip on anything. I had to serve on Thursday unexpectedly, and it was the craziest day I have seen there all summer! I was in charge of TEN TABLES. It was insane. People just kept coming and coming…and coming some more. It was the most stressful day I’ve had since I started working at the Dough Roller, but I made $82. Which isn’t GREAT, but not BAD. So when I went to work on Friday (Natalie was off) I was not feeling so great about it and really didn’t want to be there. But it ended up being an awesome day! I got to expedite, so I got to sit down alot. And everyone was just in a really, really good mood! It was fun. And it went by fast!

Earlier this week, Ashley (who is in charge of Women’s Time) told us that Friday night all of us girls were going out to eat and just hang out together, and it was all paid for, and to be ready at 6:15. So we all got ready, you know wearing our sundresses and everything, and gathered on the porch, expecting to just hang out just us, and then Jon (who is in charge of Men’s Time) walks up in a shirt and tie and tells us that the guys have cooked dinner for us! They did a Creative Date without us ever finding out about it! We were wondering why the guys were having so many secret meetings this week, but didn’t really think anything of it. So as we are standing outside, the guys with cars pull them around the corner and open the door for us, and drive us to Atlantic. Then some of the other guys came out and escorted each of us inside! They had put out tables with tablecloths and even made centerpieces out of napkins. And there were typed out menus and a poem that one of the guys had written about how much the guys appreciate us! We were soooo surprised. It was awesome. All of the guys were wearing shirts and ties and they waited on us the entire night. They had made salad and pasta and broccoli and bread, and had three different choices of dessert. It was SO much fun! We felt so special. Later that night we watched Tristan & Isolde, which I thought was mostly a girl movie, but the guys liked it too.

On Saturday I went to Salisbury with Meg, John Mark, and Mark to look at the thrift store for our 80′s prom apparel. We ended up getting lost, and then couldn’t find Goodwill, so it took a little longer than expected. But we finally found the Salvation Army and got some incredibly tacky 80′s bridesmaid/prom dresses. Mine was this obnoxious fuchsia color with puffed sleeves and a big bow on the back. It was fantastic. We headed back to Ocean City then because we had outreach at 1, but the traffic was horrible so we ended up not getting back til 1:30. So we met everyone on the beach, and they had already been playing tug of war, so after a few more minutes of that we all went out in pairs with Soularium, KGP’s, and the Satisfied booklets. I went out with Anna, and we walked up and down the Boardwalk for a long time, but no one wanted to talk to us. It was pretty discouraging because it was the last day of outreach and we didn’t get to talk to anyone, but instead we just prayed for the other people who were evangelizing. It’s really hard to enjoy outreach when I haven’t had very good experiences with it, but we were just trying to remind ourselves that prayer is just as important as talking, and that just because we weren’t talking to people directly didn’t mean we were failures. It’s hard to remember that, because alot of the time I feel like our “success” at being a Christian is measured by how much we DO. But it’s not.

Saturday night we had our 80′s dance party! It was SO much fun. Everyone was so incredibly tacky and we danced ALOT. Laura and I tried to do Thriller, but we realized we have never done it with the music before, so we didn’t know which steps happened when! We remembered a few pieces, but not all of it. So we’re going to keep practicing and hopefully have it down by the Farewell Banquet which is in…only 6 days! AHHH!

I can’t believe today starts the last full week of project. We are going to the beach this afternoon after we eat lunch.  One of the guys in my life group is cooking today, but he’s been cooking for almost 2 hours, and I think all he is making is rice. Hmmm. I think I might go see if he needs help.

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