Expect the Unexpected- Homecoming Week

Last week was our annual Homecoming week, which basically means that we're almost entirely off the academic hook for a whole school week. Hallways are decorated, everyone is dressed in costume, and teachers are encouraged to not give homework!

The week started off with Movie Star Monday and Too Tired Tuesday. On Around the World Wednesday, I kicked off my morning with middle school Wyldlife Donut Olympics! We ran around playing games (all involving donuts) and I even went up front and led one of them (snaps for Rachel).

Wednesday night I heard from my friend Bo who lives in Athens, informing me that his school was on a field trip to Columbus- and eating at one of my favorite restaurants! Expect the unexpected- right? I headed over there with one of my Link Crew peeps who also had some Athens friends and we had a great night catching up and goofing off!

Next was Throwback Thursday, so my friends and I decided to dress up as Biblical characters. Among us were David (me), Mary (with babydoll Jesus), grown-up Jesus, Noah, Moses, and Angels. At first we were worried that we would get in trouble for being offensive or sacrilegious, but quickly discovered that our teachers and admin found it hilarious! We even won the dress-up award for the day. Expect the unexpected! After eating with my Athens friends again, I headed over to school to play in our annual Powder Puff game. Our grade has never won a single game before, but we changed that on this beautiful Thursday night. We ended up in second place (Seniors in first), which was a huge step up from our 2-year last place losing streak. Expect the Unexpected!!!!

Friday was a blast. The school day was spent doing almost nothing. We had a pep rally in the morning, and after that I had a study hall in almost all of my classes. After school, my friends and I picked up our boxes of Happy Club t-shirts and they turned out wonderfully! The game was a lot of fun, but the end result was very disappointing with a Cougar loss. On the bright side, one of my good friends was voted as Homecoming Queen, and deserved it more than anyone else I've ever known! The Junior class won the competition in the Hallway category, and with fingers crossed we listened as the Juniors were announced to have won Homecoming Week overall!! The Seniors always win, so this was extremely unexpected. Big props to our SGA and everyone who volunteered to help with the hallway, video, and Powder-Puff!

Saturday was an awesome day, and the dance was so much fun! The band was amazing and I had a great time with all of my friends. This year's Homecoming was a huge success!!

I learned a lot from this week, the most important thing being that nothing is impossible. So go ahead- try out that new thing and don't be scared. Expect the most out of every single day because this life is beautiful and precious and amazingly unexpected. Make the most of it.

xoxo,
Rachel

"Come now, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit' -- yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes." -James 4:13-14

"But life inevitably throws us curve balls, unexpected circumstances that remind us to expect the unexpected. I've come to understand these curve balls are are the beautiful unfolding of both karma and current." - Carre Otis