Yesterday was the St. Edith youth group lock-in. Olivia and I got ready together and we were somewhat excited. We packed our bags, bringing comfy clothes, pillows and sleeping bags. When we were all packed up, we hopped in the van and my mom drove us to Ally's house, because she decided to come last minute. Well once we got there, we realized we were totally, 100% out of our element. In youth group, everyone has their own little group of friends and although everyone is nice there, its still a little intimidating. When we walked in, we realized that basically no one had brought stuff. All three of us piled are stuff on the floor. I basically felt like a dork for having so much stuff. We saw an empty couch and sat there, sort of unsure of the whole situation. Soon enough, they told us to go ahead and grab some food. When Olivia, Ally and I went in the kitchen, we saw 9 pizzas and a bunch of chips along with quite a few different types of cookies. YUM! Well that is, until I actually opened the box of pizza. It was so so so so saucy and I absolutely hate pizza sauce. I have no idea why, it's just one of those weird things. So I just settled for a few Doritos instead. With food in our hands, we went back to "our" couch and ate our little snack. After this, the lock-in officially started.
First we all went around said our names and that type of thing. Then we played some ice breakers. The first one was called "Baby I love you." Everyone sat in a circle, and one person was in the middle. The person in the middle went around and sat on someones lap. Then they would say "Baby if you love me, please just smile." The other person would say "baby I love you, but I just can't smile." The hard part about it was you weren't allowed to smile or laugh. I personally was horrible at this game because I just laugh so easily. When Olivia was in the middle, she would come to me. All she had to say was "Baby" and I totally lost it. After this ice breaker, we did another one then we had a little bit of free time. The three of us went into the gym and had a great time. We played a little bit of basketball, Olivia and Ally against me. That was totally unfair because Ally is so much better then both of us! Then we decided to just sit and talk. We sat and talked and it basically was wonderful. The next thing we did was paint a brick on the wall in the youth group room. We saw three bricks next to each other so we decided to paint those particular ones. Of course the spot we wanted to paint was much taller then us, so we stood on chairs. Unfortunately, the chairs were spinny chairs so it was hard to balance. Once we got all situated, we decided what we were going to paint. Olivia picked peace, Ally picked love and I picked happiness. In the end, it looked pretty cool. We finished up faster then everyone else so we ran back in the gym and talked more. We did a few more activities and by this time, it was around 2 a.m.. Olivia, Ally and I were basically exhausted. We spread out our sleeping bags "heads in the middle" style and finally just got to relax. We decided to watch Raise Your Voice, that super sad Hilary Duff movie. Wow. I hadn't seen that movie in years and it was just how I remembered it- sad. Olivia and I cried during all the sad parts and quietly sang the lyrics of all the songs to each other during our "favorite" songs. Ally fell asleep in the middle of the movie so eventually me and Olivia just laid there and basically had a much needed heart to heart conversation. We talked, about everything. Seriously everything. Around 3:00 a.m. we both fell asleep, only to be woken up at 4a.m. by all the people in youth group who were still up. They came in literally banging pots and pans, telling us to wake-up and come play dodge ball. UGH. I have never woken up so crabby in my life. We told them to go away so we could sleep and eventually, they did. We fell back asleep until 6 when they woke us up again. This time they told us to go get breakfast. No, no I don't want to go each breakfast at 6 o'clock on a Saturday morning I thought to myself. So we got up and rolled up our sleeping bags and packed up our stuff. We went into the kitchen and pretended to eat, that way they would just leave us alone. Around 6:45, Olivia's mom came to get us. As soon as we saw her we sprinted to the car, ready to go home and sleep. When we pulled into my driveway, Olivia helped me bring my stuff in. After we said goodbye, I went inside and fell asleep until 12:30. I'm so glad I got to spend the lock-in with my best friends
First we all went around said our names and that type of thing. Then we played some ice breakers. The first one was called "Baby I love you." Everyone sat in a circle, and one person was in the middle. The person in the middle went around and sat on someones lap. Then they would say "Baby if you love me, please just smile." The other person would say "baby I love you, but I just can't smile." The hard part about it was you weren't allowed to smile or laugh. I personally was horrible at this game because I just laugh so easily. When Olivia was in the middle, she would come to me. All she had to say was "Baby" and I totally lost it. After this ice breaker, we did another one then we had a little bit of free time. The three of us went into the gym and had a great time. We played a little bit of basketball, Olivia and Ally against me. That was totally unfair because Ally is so much better then both of us! Then we decided to just sit and talk. We sat and talked and it basically was wonderful. The next thing we did was paint a brick on the wall in the youth group room. We saw three bricks next to each other so we decided to paint those particular ones. Of course the spot we wanted to paint was much taller then us, so we stood on chairs. Unfortunately, the chairs were spinny chairs so it was hard to balance. Once we got all situated, we decided what we were going to paint. Olivia picked peace, Ally picked love and I picked happiness. In the end, it looked pretty cool. We finished up faster then everyone else so we ran back in the gym and talked more. We did a few more activities and by this time, it was around 2 a.m.. Olivia, Ally and I were basically exhausted. We spread out our sleeping bags "heads in the middle" style and finally just got to relax. We decided to watch Raise Your Voice, that super sad Hilary Duff movie. Wow. I hadn't seen that movie in years and it was just how I remembered it- sad. Olivia and I cried during all the sad parts and quietly sang the lyrics of all the songs to each other during our "favorite" songs. Ally fell asleep in the middle of the movie so eventually me and Olivia just laid there and basically had a much needed heart to heart conversation. We talked, about everything. Seriously everything. Around 3:00 a.m. we both fell asleep, only to be woken up at 4a.m. by all the people in youth group who were still up. They came in literally banging pots and pans, telling us to wake-up and come play dodge ball. UGH. I have never woken up so crabby in my life. We told them to go away so we could sleep and eventually, they did. We fell back asleep until 6 when they woke us up again. This time they told us to go get breakfast. No, no I don't want to go each breakfast at 6 o'clock on a Saturday morning I thought to myself. So we got up and rolled up our sleeping bags and packed up our stuff. We went into the kitchen and pretended to eat, that way they would just leave us alone. Around 6:45, Olivia's mom came to get us. As soon as we saw her we sprinted to the car, ready to go home and sleep. When we pulled into my driveway, Olivia helped me bring my stuff in. After we said goodbye, I went inside and fell asleep until 12:30. I'm so glad I got to spend the lock-in with my best friends
