Hillbilly Dragons

There are pigtail braids in my hair. I have freckles on my nose. My body is attired in plaid. Hillbillies have taken over my cardigan-wearin’, accounting-lovin’ soul! But never fear, for it was only for one night that my mild alter ego was transformed into a hoedown queen. Because you see, last night was my stag outing!

You don’t know what a stag outing is?? Oh, the horror! It is a wonderful time where all the girls in your society will all get together and do something amazingly fun. Tonight, we all went out to an apple farm with a corn maze, a hayride, hysterical games, barbeque, and a bonfire with s’mores! Ah man. It was great. We had a testimony/song time around the campfire that was purely lovely and uplifting.

Here’s where I need to confess something terrible. I don’t want to, but I feel like I should be totally honest here. So, here it goes . . .  last year, I didn’t like my society.

Isn’t that terrible?! I’m so ashamed. Not only did I convince myself I didn’t like my society, I also convinced myself that since I didn’t like it, I shouldn’t try to get involved at all. And now I’m seriously regretting. I wasted a whole year of getting to know some really wonderful girls and doing some pretty cool things all because of my stupidity and random preconceived notions.

*hitting head against wall*

So I’m trying to change that. I’ll be running for office next semester (Lord willin’ if the creek don’t rise) going to prayer meeting, volunteering for anything involving my society, and having a glorious time doing it.

So here’s my lesson for the day: If at first you don’t like something (or think you don’t like something . . .), go ahead and try, try it out anyway. You never know when something, or someone, will surprise you. Missing out definitely is not the way to go. Learn from my mistakes! Please. It’s the smartest way to learn, I promise. It’s how I avoided so many spankings as a child. But don’t tell my brothers. It’ll just be our lil’ secret.

I love my Dragon sisters!

P.S. We got really cool t-shirts. They have a dragon on them. I like dragons. They’re mythical creatures. Does that make me a nerd?

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