Relay for Life went pretty well last night. It was cool to see one of my friends from school (whose team I was on for the event) proudly walk in the Survivor lap to begin the event. The event started off great, though windy, and everyone was pumped to be walking. As the night went along, it started to rain, and the wind didn't let up much. I lost count of how many times people's tents or canopies fell over, but it was a lot. Luckily, my team's tent managed to make it through the weather, though we weren't exactly sure how to set it up at first. There was plenty of dancing, laughing, and eating through the event, and the moving luminary portion of the evening was quite powerful. Lots of people were moved to tears to hear the names of loved ones called out in honor of or in memory of their battles with cancer. Once it started to get late, our small, but mighty, team decided to take shifts on who was out walking while other slept in the tent. I walked with one other team member, and of course it started to pour. When our shift was over at 3am, my clothes were completely soaked (even after a trip to the restroom to ring them out in the sink), and instead of bringing my soggy clothes into the team tent, I went out to my car to try to dry off by blasting the heat in my car. Unfortunately it didn't work, and with the bowl of chili that I got right before we switched who was walking, I felt terrible. I decided to run home to change my clothes before I was going to walk again, but by the time I got home, my stomach was wrecked. Apparently lightning came through the event, and everyone got moved in, so I'm not sure how much I missed out on. When I woke up (at 10, though I wasn't planning on sleeping that late, because I wanted to get back and walk), I quickly got dressed, and headed back up to campus. I walked up to the quad, and saw that no one was left. Apparently the rest of the event got canceled due to weather (I'm guessing), but that doesn't surprise me, because very few people were out walking when it was pouring earlier in the night. Overall, it was cool to be a part of it, and I think it would have gone a lot better if the rain and wind didn't make things a bit rough.
Today I've been pretty lazy. I've caught up on a bunch of sleep, and now my stomach is feeling better, so I'm going out with my friend Meghan to do some much needed dancing. Being able to cut loose and go dance to terrible Top 40 music is actually a lot of fun. I'm hoping the evening will end with BBQ (like it usually does), but we'll have to wait and see. I should get my dancin' shoes (which are my normal shoes) on, and get ready to go out. It's time to get ROWDY!
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