Falling Behind: April in a nutshell

I feel so overwhelmed with things I could've posted about, but didn't get around to that I don't quite know where to begin. Its kinda been one of those months. One of those we're so close to the end of May so why can't it just get here already months. One of those do I really have to do my homework months. One of those I just want it to be warm all the time and to go to camp already months.

The week after I arrived home from Florida (I still miss it) was a frenzy of final preparations for Net Night at my school. Net Night was April 8. At school there are so so so so so many opportunities to become involved and do things you love. What I love is kids. So, naturally, my favorite club/organization at NC is All For Children. AFC spends the school year working on local and global projects to help all kinds of kids in all kinds of situations. This year was AFC's second annual net night, and I had the opportunity of helping to plan it. It was a huge success.

Net Night is a basketball tournament and carnival held in our school gyms. All the proceeds from the night go towards buying bed nights to send to Africa to prevent kids from getting Malaria, a disease caused by mosquitoes.

Hayley and I ran the concession stand filled with donated pizza, burritos, cookies, and soda. All night people stopped by and bought food after a hard-fought basketball game or just some intense cheering. It was a community effort for a good cause- and as the gym filled with adults, teenagers, and children I couldn't help but feel like I was apart of something special- apart of something big.

At the end of the night the current president of AFC, Elise, told me something really exciting.
Elise, who is a senior and will graduate next month, said to me:
"So, are you excited to do all of this again next year??"
Feeling extremely exhausted from the night I answered, "Oh yeah!" in a not too enthusiastic tone
"Well people all night have been asking who's going to be the one to take over for me next year... and I didn't want to say anything, but..."
"But...." I replied this time with excitement.
"Well, I think you'll make a great president of the club next year Molly" Elise said with a smile.
I was overjoyed. I hugged Elise tight and jumped up and down. I can't wait to add my ideas to the club, run the meetings, expand student memberships, and help kids all year long. The opportunities with this new responsibility feel endless.

Last weekend, on April 16th, was Junior Prom. I got to wear a pretty dress, sport a Tswift up-do, and hang out with my friends all night. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the night:

  

After a long night of prom, I woke up the next morning, showered, and hopped in Col's Car to head to Sarah's. We were going to the Day Camp Open house! It was my first experience as a real live official counselor, and I loved every second of it. I spent the afternoon sending campers down the Black Hole, meeting other counselors, talking in a British accent, and playing an intense game of Catch Phrase (where I may or may not have yelled a whole lot... out of excitement of course) If anything, last Sunday made me more excited for this Summer than ever. The long days of running around with little kids, pool time, the black hole, pop stop, the lake, friendship bracelets, the Day Camp cheer, campfires and some of my best friends cannot come soon enough.