The good, the bad and the ugly

THE BAD

Not trying to ruin your day or anything....but this last weekend was possibly the worst weekend of my life!
Friday- It was going pretty good. Then all my friends decided to meet for Panda Express. We all went there and I was having fun! Laughing and talking then my friend is like "Ericka!! Lets see a movie!" and I was like "Uhhh...I dont have enough money...." and she even offered to pay but it would be just me and her in the movie theater and ditch my other friends...but if I didn't go to the movie with her, she would think I was "ditching" her. Bad situation. So anyways, I basically got yelled at because I wanted to go home. My so-called "friends" yelled in my face. In front of alot of people. It was kind of embarassing and alot of hurtful things were said. I blinked back tears. My buddy took me home. I ate chips and cried with my guilty pleasure, What Not To Wear, while crying.....with Ziggy.

Saturday: I cleaned my room a little and just did stuff around the house. Then I was invited to this cheerleader girls party and it was downtown at the Sheraton Hotel. I got there and I seriously didn't recognize anyone....(cuz I guess her cousin and her were having their sweet sixteens together) I was looking around and barely saw anyone I actually knew. So I turned around and tried to go back to my moms car when my friend Alexis told me to come back. So I did and figured things would be fun. At first it was pretty fun! Just dancing and laughing with a couple people. THEN....I checked my pockets....every single one of them....and my phone was GONE. In the middle of the dance floor!!! DUN DUN DUN!!!!!! It felt like my stomach was in a knot! My mind was racing and its like I couldn't hear or see anything around me anymore. I was freaking out asking everyone if they had it. No one did. So I went back to the table I was sitting at. I looked all over! Nothing. So I ran into the parking lot and I saw my moms car! (thank heavens) and I was on the brink of tears.
"MOMMY! I LOST MY PHONE!!" Then she immidiately put the car in park and told me that we were going to find it. We walked in and it was LOUD and tons of people were "dirty dancing." I felt so out of place and I just felt like I really didn't belong there. I also felt REALLY white.....if you know what I mean.....

But I couldn't leave, I still needed to find my phone!! So my mom and I looked ALL OVER. Seriously. Nothing. Then I started to cry. It was a WAY expensive phone! Its also a touch screen phone! So my mom was like "Where is a bathroom!?" and so we walked into this tiny bathroom and we said a silent prayer. That we would find my phone and that we would be guided in the right direction of it. Then we left. About ten minutes after searching, nothing. I just was in the hall crying. I kept pleading with my mom, "We're never going to find it!" or "Its gone!" or "Lets just go! I give up!!" So I was about to walk out of the hotel lobby and then my mom tapped me on the shoulder and was in tears and she handed me my phone.
AMAZED, I whispered "MOM! Wh-wh-whhhhat!? W-w-whh-here was it?!" So I guess while I was pouting in the hall, my mom was in the party room looking around for it more, and then I guess a bunch of grungy looking gangsta boys got up and left from a table. So my mom went to go sit down and just wait until the party was over then we could look more. And the tables had huge, over sized table cloths. A bunch of the table cloth material was wadded up at the bottom where her feet were. Then she kicked around the material to move the table cloth....BOOM! My phone just fell out of the table cloth material!! My mom says, "I just couldn't believe it! It just was there!" I think its pretty amazing that she found it. I was really happy and humble. Then we walked out the car, sure enough, a hobo stops us and asks us for money. We just kinda ignored him because it was a rough night and then he kept following us to our car! I was scared! But he left so it was good! I know that heavenly father answered my prayers that night and I know that he even looks out for the small things, like phones, but I couldn't be more thankful. So I was pretty happy about that.
So that was THE GOOD.

Another good is I got asked to prom!! Yay!!

On monday I was in a REALLY bad mood after school. All of Alex's friends were acting sooo weird to me. They were like "Uhh..hey Ericka...can I put my jacket in your locker!?" and I was just kinda like "*long deep sigh*Uhhhhhhh....incase you didn't know but its snowing outside...and its like twenty degrees! But whatever...lets go." So we walked upstairs and then I opened my locker and this was in it:

It had a little note that said, "Of all the fish in the sea....I choose you! Ericka, will you please go to prom with me? Love Alex!"

I was soooo happy! I couldn't stop smiling!! So that made me pretty happy :) I am totally stoked! Its gonna be way fun!

I am answering back this week! (Thanks Terry for the AWESOME idea!!)

Another good thing is...I have been surrounded by people who completely love me! Like.......MY AMAZING YOUNG WOMENS LEADERS! Megan, ANnie, Missy, Reagan and Hollie are so nice! They make me feel so happy! Megan brought me ice cream yesterday because I had a rough weekend. It made me get all emotional! But it really meant alot to me that they love me that much and care about me! I love them! They are so fun and they always make me feel good about myself! So, thank yooooou soooo much! It seriously made my day!

THE UGLY

This was like....the ugliest thing I've ever seen.....I know its random but...ugh...yeah....I bet he has a great personality....

Oh and this is ugly too....this...uh..THING from Star Wars is pretty ugly too!!! ewww I just hate ugly things. No offense Larry King.......

So yeah! There goes your good, bad and ugly.

This weekend will be so much better! Spending it with Lolly and Doug! Yay!

Oh, and This is a picture from Stephany's party 2 weeks ago...I kinda like it! ;)

Liz, Jeremy and me! It was pretty fun!
Well peace out homies!
Best wishes! and make sure to keep your phones close by!!! haha!

XOXO,
Ericka!