You guys! I had my first all-nighter for the first TIME!! WOWZAS! Hamlet acting company was meeting from 8 to 12 and from then until 5 I worked on my government project. *excited* So I am a bit off and looney. I just need my beauty sleep and then i'll be my old proper self again.

Man, so much has happened that I'm just too excited to go to sleep yet. Okay, so yesterday, during 3rd period, we were rehearsing our play. As the bell was about to ring, we had to decide when and where are next meeting should take place. Alicia said something about she needing to get ready for a mission trip, but anytime after 8 would be good. I suddenly got excited and wanted to ask her about it. So, I asked casually, "Where are you going?"
"Papua, New Guinea. It's in the Australia area. I'm going with this organization called Wycliffe"
"Really, wow"
"Yeah, it's cool. I'm so excited"
"What do you usually do?" [making light conversation]
"We usually do a drama that shares the gospel aanndd some other stuff, but mostly just sharing about Christ"
"Man, that's exciting. I actually went to China this last summer."
[Pause]
"Who did you go with?"
"Teen Mania"
[a shriek comes from her mouth] "FOORRREALLL? Me too!, I mean Wycliffe is newly added this year to Teen Mania. Man! [high five] That is soo awesome! You know, like it's really hard to find someone here who has been on a mission trip to Teen Mania. Oh, this makes me so happy."
[I nod excitedly in agreement...still surprised about her reaction]
We talked nonstop until the bell rang for the next class. Gee Golly Whiz. That was soo coool. AND after school, we had to rehearse again. After the rehearsal, she and I talked more about God and mission trips and God's calling and stuff. It was so refreshing that I couldn't contain my excitement. I told her over and over again how I had longed for somebody that can understand what I went through close to home. AND now I do!! YAY!!!

So that's that...
Today, we performed the play that we've been practicing so hard on that I've lost sleep because of it. =) But anyway, MAAAANNNN. It was sooo fun. I wish I can record the play. It was hilarious. What we were supposed to do with our acting companies was basically to pick a scene and use a theme to accentuate it. What we chose to do was a Batman theme, where the hero is obviously, Batman, with his sidekick, Robin, and the villians of Joker, Cat-woman, and Penguin. Oh and the Butler, Alfred is in it too. We just replaced the characters to make it more interesting, but still saying the same Hamlet lines and names. [You may not have gotten what i had previously typed, so if you want explanation, do ask]

The play itself was fantastic. On Monday afternoon, half of our group did not show up for the meeting, and none of our props were set, and lines weren't memorized. Things didn't seem to look to bright. But Monday night, we spent 3 hours organizing the logistics and then Tuesday night, 4 hours perfecting. And today, it was awesome. After school, EHS had a meeting. My friend Deeba came up to me and said something about me. Our teacher has been praising [not exactly, but more like complimenting] my acting performance to all her classes. I was like, "Whaaa?" I was literally clueless. When I went into the room, Mrs. Spradley was like "GRACE, I'm so proud of you. You did an amazing job! I mean I would expect Alicia to do her part, but YOU wow you did so goood. I'm so proud of you." [I'm sure i was blushing by now] So yeah. During my visit, she'd talk about something. And then she looked at me, and she would stopped talking and smile and say "Grace, you really blew me away!" The first time I did well in a group project. FIRST TIME. Yeah, seriously, i don't work well with groups. And this is literally the first time I had fun at what I was doing and being productive. Oh, man that's a good feeling.

So yeah, the last 48 hour period has been action packed. I must retire and let mine eyes take rest. And I will embrace it freely. Good night, sweet prince and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.