HUGE UPDATES #2

   4) I got re-baptized!! As you can see, so much has happened in my life in just six months, let alone the five years that have passed since I was first baptized. So I just wanted a little re-affirmation of my faith in Jesus. I went under the water, and came up anew. I just love Jesus. 

       5) I WROTE A PLAY! And submitted it to Hollomon for me to direct it in this year's Lions in the Limelight. No other seniors submitted to direct, so the directors ended up being me, my friend Brooke, and this girl Krista who farts all the time. Not the gorgeous Krista Heard, but an awkward junior who likes to listen in on conversations. We had auditions and the first time I saw people read for my characters, there were tears in my eyes. It feels amazing to watch people be characters that you created, and read dialogue you wrote. It's great. So we all casted our plays and mine is going amazing. We just had cast bonding with a bucket of chicken, games and sharing our feelings. I won't post their names for privacy reasons, but they're a great bunch of actors. I will definitely post pictures, the video of the play, and everything :) it's gonna be great! I know it.

       6) Last night I went to prom! This was my first and my last. I would've gone with Lane, but he supposedly had no money, plus he just got a job, so he worked last night anyway. So I asked my friend Jio to go with me, and he said yes. He was very excited, he's a freshman. He played General Schmitz in Seussical, and he was a HUGE hit. He's so talented. He was in Spring Show with me too. He has adorable little brothers that love me. :) So yeah, we went to prom together and had so much fun. We slow danced, fast danced, and did every dance imaginable! That boy knows what he's doin' on the dance floor. And so do I, we're a perfect match ;) but I don't like him like that. Oh, the dinner was amazing! I could've eaten all that pasta Alfredo. I had fun with my other friends too. Bonnie & Matt, and Maddie was there! I was so glad she came, I can always count on a good time with her. She's hilarious and neither of us care what other people think. The three of us took pictures (that were free!) in this photobooth thing with props and it was really cute and fun. OH AND GUESS WHAT. The DJ played Teach Me How to Dougie, the dance to which I first impressed everyone with at a party two years ago. This girl Edina dragged me out to the middle of the dance floor screaming, "MAKE A CIRCLE, ERIN'S GONNA DOUGIE!" So I did, and everyone loved it :D all the popular people saw me, and they were loving it! It was so fun. I don't usually put myself out there like that, but I'm sooo glad I did! I hope someone took a video or something, that needed documentation! People kept saying, "Erin, I didn't know you could dance so black!" and other variations of that. Mainly because those people don't really know me. And people kept telling me how pretty I looked and how Jio and I looked so cute together. It's wonderful to get all dressed up for a night, go dance with people you do know and people you don't, and just enjoy your life. My first and last prom was one of the best nights of my life. 

Sooo there ya go! Hope that update was sufficient. Those were the main events that have occurred since the last time I posted. I'm really gonna have to keep up with this so I don't have to make super long posts like this one. I'll be at UT Arlington, so I don't know if I'll have time. I feel like I don't have time now, I wonder how college will be :o maybe I'll do a video diary on my YouTube! I posted the Cup Song, and it got 600+ views :) it's nice to be noticed. Thanks for reading all this.

Have a great week!

xoxo, Erin

 Me getting re-baptized! The water & weather were cold.

 Me in the car on my way to pick up Jiovanni, my prom date.

 Me & Jio at prom! We look so cute together. But I'm taller than him. Sigh.

 Me & Jio outside his house! He picked a gorgeous corsage :)

 Me outside my house! & the Coach wristlet my cousin let me keep!!

 Me and baby Merryn. I love this picture. We're so grown up!

 Me & Ronnie! This picture looks like we're straight from the 50s. Love it.

HUGE UPDATES

     

       

       I've meant to upload! Really, I have. I haven't posted since October. I suck. So much has happened in the past six months. SO HERE I GO GET READY WOO

       1) I didn't get the Sour Kangaroo in Seussical. I was absolutely distraught when I saw this random sophomore's name next to the character that should have been me. So Lane took me to McDonald's and to his house to vent and cry. I ended up being a Who. I had two kids, Audrey and Mackenzie. I bonded so much with them, especially since they already knew me from Annie last year. The musical ended up being a huge success! Mueggenborg was in it, lol. Lane was an awesome Grinch! I had so much fun with the kids and my friends.

       2) I sent college applications to Harvard, Baylor, and Oklahoma Christian. I ended up getting into the last two colleges, with $20,000 from each one :) a huge blessing. But what I, my family, and my friends were waiting for was acceptance to Harvard. We all spent months praying for it. When I got an email from them on March 28, and it was paragraphs explaining why they couldn't accept me, I was devastated. My friend who also got rejected by them picked me up that night and we just drove around and chilled, while ranting and cussing about the unfairness of life. We ended up getting Pillow Pets, I got a unicorn that I named Friday. :) I'm over it now, but I will apply every new school year. I won't give up. And even if they never accept me, I can still be successful, and I'm still a very smart young lady.

       3) I auditioned for Spring Show, this play at school that's directed by this well-known director, Demond Wilson. I improved my audition monologue and I cried and impressed everyone in the room! I ended up getting the lead role of Beth Willow, the emotional mother of a paraplegic young girl who wants her daughter to stay under her wing forever. I've learned so much about acting and becoming a character. The director was awesome and I had so much fun. Although I had to kiss a gay guy who played my husband. Lol. And people at school aren't letting that go. Oh well. It was such an amazing experience to have such a great lead role. It was set in like the 50s-60s, so I wore my grandma's old denim dress! Very authentic. Yeah.

    

More updates in the next post! :)

NOW FOR PICTURES EEEE

 Me and Lane in his Thing costume! He's adorable, my boo.

 Me and Merryn, who played Mrs. Mayor! She's gorgeous.

 Me, Yaritza & Krista, who were Bird Girls. They're so pretty!