Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Speed Dating

Last night our ward was invited to another ward for their activity night. This ward has decided to invite one ward from the stake every month to join them. Another ploy for meeting new people and such, which I think would be pretty fun depending on the activity at hand. Ours last night was not the case. I don't mind them wanting us to get to know other people and such, but some of the games that they have us play are just ridiculous and put everyone in really awkward situations. When I got there they were playing a game that looked pretty fun, but since I was late I just got to watch, but they were all intertwined and had to get all out of the group into one big circle. Looked like fun, and turned out to be the least awkward game of the night. They next had us get in lines, boys and girls and gave each of us a number. We were then supposed to get in groups of our numbers and prepare for the fate of which ever weird game was heading our way. I don't know if there is a name for the game, I'm sure there is but basically we got in boy girl fashion, each took a tooth pick and were given a lifesaver. The rules of the game are as follows get the live saver from first to last and then back without touching it or letting it hit the ground. Basically we had to get as close as humanly possible to people we didn't really know at all and pass along this candy. My team won, but it was still pretty weird. We then played kissing rugby. Basically the guys are given a letter, the girls a number and someone starts in the middle, boy or girl. A number is called and a letter and if the person in the middle is a girl, the guy has to get to her and give her a kiss while the other girl tries to stop him. Likewise it's the other way for the girls.

They then took us into a room where we were to line up on tables girls on one side and boys the other. The basic rules of speed dating are this. Each guy is given an amount of time to talk to each girl in the room. Basically it's a really fast version of a first date.....in my opinion it's a pretty stupid way to get to know a person. So much info is thrown at you from so many different people at one time that it has to be hard to remember it all if any of it. So basically we just go through the motions. There were a couple girls that were pretty fun to talk to, but most of them just kinda sat there like ok go ahead....This is what I don't get, can't they come up with any other games that don't include us doing exactly what we do every Sunday? Just sit and talk. It's funny because our ward is so close. We love being together and doing whatever. Yes we have our clicks, but everyone is pretty chill with each other. We have all noticed that in so many other wards this is just not the case. Not always that they dislike each other or anything like that, but it's very rarely that they embrace other wards. Ex. When this whole putting together of YSA wards into stakes was put into play by the church they hoped that people would be able to meet get married and so on, because everything they did was meant to put us together lots more. Our ward was moved out of the building we were in because it was also a family ward building and moved down to a building where there is now 3 wards. One for the handicapped then 2 singles wards. We initially were put together and had church at the same time. The switch was that one ward went to sacrament first and the other ward started with classes first. We had a munch and mingle I think twice a month. This was all done to see if this would work. Not only did it not work, but we were asked by the other wards bishop to switch our time because they didn't like dealing with us. I just laughed at this. It was pretty dang obvious that their plan wasn't going to work though. Each ward was set in their ways and friends and hardly if ever talked to one another. Munch and Mingle was supposed to make us mingle and talk with one another, but each ward sat on one side of the church and never talked to the other. It's great that they want us to meet one another and all, but I think some of the ideas lack luster....basically forcing a bunch of teens to do things they really don't want to do never really works. It usually gets the exact opposite reaction. Which is what I have noticed a lot of in the last few months. I hope the dating world around here starts to change soon though. Either that or I need to find the club that is out there of people that actually want to get married. Instead of just hanging out, or dating everyone and their dogs till they get bored....Not my lifestyle anymore...But it's getting harder and harder to find a way out. Thus we will continue to do participate in the awkward speed dating games and forced love days...

Monday, February 6, 2012

Crazy Weekned!

Wow what a weekend. From the Superbowl which do to the team that lost I won't be speaking much about the game...I love the Patriots, they are my team always will be. They just didn't make the plays they needed to. The Giants got a lucky break yet AGAIN and had a few more plays then the Pats. It just surprises me how many fair weather fans that they have. I will never stray the course lol. Can't wait to see them come back next year with hopefully a better defense then this season.

Enough on that now. Friday was a pretty sweet day, work went on for what seemed like forever. We had a pretty cool ward activity coming on that night though. We were doing our annual Hockey game. The guys and I all piled in my car and we headed up to the game, what a game it was! Honestly hockey bores me to death to watch. Especially if there is no fights or anything like that. It's just back and forth with a little puck. I do enjoy playing though. Yes I know that doesn't make any sense. Everyone in the ward had a whole section of the stands to ourselves and we kinda all spread out. The usual group of us were together and we got all riled up, shouting and screaming FIGHT FIGHT...The mascot from the U was there and we taunted him like no other. He was making his rounds and got in front of us and tried to get us to cheer for him but I got a BYU chant going. It was pretty dang funny. The bird didn't look pleased at all. He walked off and we got back to the game. Well the bird came back like ten minutes later with a couple cans of silly string and dowsed our hole group. We all took off after him and he ran off. Good times. The game finished finally, we lost. The cool thing though was that we got to go play broom hockey on the ice after. It was pretty sweet! I've only played on the ice a few times without skates and it was pretty crazy. Our team won and it was fun. We all left and I went to bed around 2 after I cooled down a bit. Saturday morning I woke up pretty stoked cause I had a date with someone that I have been pretty interested in. This was gonna be our first date and she was planning it all cause she lives up in Salt Lake and I don't know the area to well. Well I got up on that morning ate, took care of the animals and took a shower, got out of the shower and had a text from said date. She had to cancel because she had "Work" Asked if she could do a rain check which I was fine with until I asked if this weekend would of been better for her. No response. I have learned from previous time being rejected that not hearing back after something like that usually means that she wasn't interested in the first place, but was just being nice..I thought I was done dealing with high school girls. Guess not.

So my whole day was kind of shot, because I had planned things around driving up there and spending the evening with her. Now I had nothing to do and was kinda feeling down on myself. I had to get some pants fixed and drove up to my grandparents to see if my gma could get them fixed for me. She of course did because she is awesome. We got talking, the main topic of course was how I need to get married soon lol. They were going to dinner with my parents so I decided to tag along. It was pretty fun. I saw my old partner from Christmas Carol there and we talked for a bit. After dinner I headed over to the Scera and got my ticket for A Night Of Broadway. I have a few friends that are in the show and a couple of them I haven't seen in a pretty long time. So I figured I might as well go. Besides what else was I gonna do that night? Also I always run into a few friends when I go see a show. It was a pretty amazing show. I have always wanted to try out for the show, but never did, but next year might be the first time that I do. I hooked up with some of the friends in the show after and it was great seeing them again. They did an amazing job! Also got to see Amy Lyn W. I have admired her videos ever since I first saw them and was so stoked to see her perform that night. Man she did not dissapoint one bit, she was phenomenal! She seems like a pretty incredible person. I just went home after the show and kinda chilled for a bit before bed. It was a pretty fun day, but I would of enjoyed spending it with my date for the night. Who I still haven't heard anything back from. Pretty sure that is done with.

Sunday came along and I was super nervous about my new calling. A calling from the stake is always something freaky to me. I got my first one before my mission. They asked me to be the single adult rep for my stake. No clue why. I was 19 about ready to leave on a mission and I was put in charge of keeping track of a ward of people that I never had even been to. About a 3 years after I got home I got my next one. DON"T ever answer your phone at 6 in the morning on a Sunday! Not a good idea lol I answered the phone and it was my stake president. He wanted me to come in at 6 I convinced him to let me wait till 7. What I didn't tell him is that I was up till 5 that morning with a girl I just started dating that night. I was called to be in the elders quorum presidency. Was there for 3 years...super tough but very fun calling. I learned a lot. So I was a little worried about this next one. I got to the church and we went into a room to talk. They called me to be an assistant ward clerk. My new job is basically to take care of anything that has to do with members. So that should be fun. Probably will learn a ton there as well. Church was fun, then headed to the Superbowl party. Party was fun, Superbowl made me sad...

All in all besides getting stood up on my date the weekend was pretty fun. I'm used to doing things by myself. I'll admit that it does take a few months to get used to again after going through a break up, but I am used to it. I really do with that I didn't have to be though. I really would enjoy someones company. Especially around this time of year. I feel pretty lonely during the month of February. I kinda go into my cave during this time of year, but that's for another day to talk about.