A Wild Week!!!!

Ok now for the detailed remembrance of the last week.

Sunday, we sang in Farmersville. That was a drive there and drive back kind of thing. But people were already crying after the performances. And at that point we weren't even really close as a choir!

Monday morning, we had to be on the bus at 7. So we were all tired. We were on our way to Quincy, home of Megan's high school. So we sang there. It was the beginning of bus happiness, so we did a section a day. Tenors were first. What bus happiness is is everyone gets a cheap gift or something, and then also people could pass notes to each other and you would have to do what it said on the note. For example, Dan had to say "Don't mess with Texas" every time Lauren went to the front of the bus and speak on the microphone. I didn't get any and I think I was the only one who didn't. Another thing we did was the Chamber Chain, in which all of us got one chain that everyone wrote something on, and then after that you could write a chain for someone who did something significant to you or something nice or something like that.

Monday night, we were at Pekin in a church. I was hoping Aunt Barb would be there but I kind of figured she wouldn't be since she was going to a basketball game. But it was cool. Every church we sang at was cool on the inside. And this was the smallest church we sang at. It was Mary's church. We sang well. And after when we circled up more were crying and Mike is like "People. This is the first day." So that was funny. We saw the beginnings of a close bond form between us that night. Our host family was awesome. She made brownies and we had ice cream and their daughter was so cute and THEIR SON WAS A PACKER FAN! So he was like cool you are from Green Bay. His room was all done in Packer just like mine was at his age.

Tuesday morning we had a long drive ahead of us. It was soprano 1 day. We were on our way to Glenview, to perform at Natalia's high school. Her high school, she reinforced to us, was NOT the one with the hazing incident. That was Glenbrook South, she was at Glenbrook North. So fun stuff. Then after that we drove to Rockford which was Kyle's home church. The cathedral was beautiful, and it reminded me of St. Norbert Abbey. We sang really well. And then after Mike was like "Dude, this is the second night and we are already so close. It's nuts!" And then Kate is like, "Yeah by the end we're going to be doing it." Then me and Stephen went to our host families, and it was the first time they ever hosted somebody but they were the perfect hosts and so I hope they host someone again. And Stephen took a picture of every room he stayed in. He was like so psyched that every family was so awesome.

Wednesday we headed to Gurnee. We went to Gurnee Mills Mall and shopped for a while. I bought myself a shirt for going out in Indy. After that we sang at Tim's high school. It would be our worst performance on tour, but it's not like it wasn't bad. I think it was the mid-week lull lots of people have. Plus the fact we really didn't warm up before. Then we headed to Naperville, to sing at the church there. Another big cathedral. Oh, I forgot to mention that Mike was like so amazed by all the organs he saw in the churches before and he was mad he couldn't play them but they let him play the organ that night after the performance so he was excited. And then our homestay was good too. Like they had this kog that kept nudging if it wasn't petted so it was like Millie reincarnate. So that was that.

Thursday we sang at Naperville North, which was Marcy's high school. That was the worst because it was at 8:30 in the morning. I was SO tired. Then after that, we drove to Indianapolis. When we checked into the hotel, we learned that there was a shuttle that could take us to the mall. Some people took advantage of it, I didn't. I wanted to chill, plus I fully expected people to be back at like 7 to go to dinner. Boy was I wrong. People didn't get back until like 9 or so, and so I didn't get to dinner until like 10. We ate at Champp's. Then, we learned that there was a karaoke contest that night (awesome) with a top prize of $100 (double awesome) but it was 21 and over (you suck Champp's). However, a few of us performed from the group. They awarded prizes for top male, top female, and random drawing. Megan and Jarvs both won so that was awesome. Then I went back. I slept on the floor. It was a little more comfortable than when I was a the Par-A-Dice because I had a pillow, but I didn't want to wake them up to get a blanket, you know? I'm nice like that.

Friday we didn't check out until like 11:30 so we got to sleep in, then we all went downtown to the mall for lunch. That was fun. We walked around downtown a while after the mall, got something from starbucks (I hate coffee so I got tea) and then we headed to Ft. Wayne for our final performance. It was Jason's church, and I'm not sure if it is Emilie's as well but I know she's from there. Once again, Mike had his fun with the organ. Then we sang. And we NAILED it. It was SO AWESOME. We all were crying at circle up. And the tour wasn't even offically over.

Saturday we drove back. It was unusually quiet (except the back of the bus which was always loud) and we watched movies. Then we were in Decatur. Depressing Decatur. Ha. But it was so weird since you would think that we would be sick of each other by now, right? WRONG!! We watched The Count Of Monte Cristo at Liz's apartment. So that was fun. The girl's face looked like Lauren's.

Sunday was the day of our final performance. And our final performance went really well. I was afraid that UChoir wasn't going to be there because I knew their tour ended but I didn't know when they would get back and a group of them showed up a couple of songs into the concert so that was awesome that they would do that. Then after that was a party at Shanti's, which was great. She threw a party because her house got robbed the night before and she needed company. It was funny because Barrett, who was the quietest person on tour, got drunk and was blabbing his mouth away and he totally opened up. The highlight of the evening was most definately when everyone was trying to persuade me to have some shots and I was like "No I'm driving people home" because I've never had shots so how was I supposed to know how it affected me? And then I'm like "OK FINE I'll have a shot" and Megan was like shouting "YAY!!" And then she got everyone else to gather in the kitchen and watch me have my first shot. And surprisingly, I LIKED IT! The chaser helped (it was mountain dew) but it was really really good! And everyone cheered and Shanti even took a picture. I had another shot later. I didn't feel much of anything except in my stomach. It was like a pleasant tingling; I guess that is what a buzz is because I didn't feel anything in my head and I thought that is what a buzz was. So yeah. I mean I was fine. People were asking me if I was OK and I didn't feel anything. So that was kind of weird. But yeah I'd do it again. But 3 months from now, when it's my 21st birthday, Megan said she was going to get me tanked. So let's see what happens!

That was the summary for the best week of my life. Hope you enjoyed it! And hope something like that happens again in my lifetime.