August 2nd

We left Tallahassee and drove to Brunswick, GA. We got to Brunswick and the GPS lead us into a kind of neighborhood…which was obviously NOT where we were supposed to be. Mr. Payne called the people at the church and we got there alright, but it was kind of funny. We had lunch (sandwiches) and loaded in. Aaron told us about a dream he had had about other people trying to set up our set and doing it all wrong. They were trying to hang the curtains on a pole of lights, and something happened and the whole big row of lights fell. One of the other people’s toe was broken, and Katie D said “a toe is broken!”. Ha ha. Also Katie P (who was, for some reason, already in her unicorn costume) had blood all over her from the lights apparently falling on her. Aaron said he was really mad and woke up fuming…and then realized he was just dreaming. Gee said she couldn’t imagine why he would have a dream like that. Ha ha. So, after getting everything set up and running a crazy long tech, we started mic checks. It was about 4:45 when we started, and the show was at 6, and it is really best for us to have a full hour to get ready. There was some big issue with feedback (probably because of the huge speakers that were right on the stage), and it took a long time. He said he just needed someone to talk for a while so he could fix something, and somehow I ended up being the one. I talked for at least 10 minutes. I was racking my brain to think of things to say. I think I said the abc’s all wrong. First I was pretending I couldn’t remember them so it would take longer to say, and then I got all mixed up and couldn’t remember what I had just said. Everyone was laughing at me, so I think I did say them wrong. After I finished saying them wrong I said them backwards (correctly), so everyone wouldn’t think I was completely stupid. ;) So, it was about 5:15 and they said we could go and we just wouldn’t use mics (other than Gee, who HAS to have one) and they would keep working on it. About 2 minutes later Mr. Payne called us all back again. He said they couldn’t get us loud without getting feedback, so they were going to run the mics really low. Okay, great. We ran back to get ready, and some of us (Faith and me) just barely got ready in time. It was a good show. We signed a ton of autographs after the show. There were 3 little boys (about 8 years old) who went around hugging everyone. It was funny because they kept on coming back. The first time they asked me if they could have a hug. I said sure, and they hugged me and left. A few minutes later they came back and didn’t ask. Then they came back again and were standing about 3 feet away…and one just dived into me, followed by the rest. It was pretty funny. Thad and Katie’s parents came to that show, since they live in Macon, GA, which it relatively close. So, they went back home with their family. Katie P. went to the other van for the trip home, and it was strangely quiet in our van. :( But we pretty much slept all the way home, so it was okay. :) We got to the college yesterday at 4:00, and got home about 4:45. Nothing else eventful to report. We’re just home. Something interesting happened this morning. I was supposed to babysit, but when I got there there was already an Allison there. The lady who called me is out of town, so it was just her husband there, and he said apparently she had booked us both. It was hilarious. None of us had been in that situation before, so we had no idea what to do. The other girl (who goes to our church, so I knew her) had gotten there first, but I was the one he had sent directions the night before. Both of us didn’t really care who stayed and who left, so I just left. It was really weird/embarrassing/funny. I was highly amused. Anyhow, that’s it. :)