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Competing in a Best Friend Vs. Sister Challenge (things got weird)

Due to my compulsion to document everything (I’m a journalism major, give me a break!), the much-anticipated (mostly by Elaine who knew she would beat me) sister vs. best friend trivia challenge ensued.

Elaine has been my sister’s best friend for over 10 years now, and along with her weirdly good memory and my weirdly bad one, we truly had no idea how this challenge would play out.

I spent about a day editing this, mostly because I insert random vines and memes that don’t make much sense, but I think it turned out pretty entertaining. Enjoy!!

My Accidental Reverse Bucket List

Now there’s bucket lists, and then there are reverse bucket lists. Things in your life you’ve already done. But I’m going to take it a step further and present you all with my reverse accidental bucket list. These are things I didn’t think would ever happen until they actually did happen. I think it’s fun to sit down and realize all the random cool things that have happened to you. If you want, think of some from your own life and comment a list!

Watched the Phantom of the Opera in the theater it was first performed
Gotten my writing published in a book (Regarding Franz)
Gotten photobombed by a SWAT team in Paris
Climbed up a mountain in heels
Seen Big Time Rush in Walmart
Been messaged by Perrie Edwards
Been whistled at by R2D2
Seen Billie Piper
Been asked to speak in front of 1,000 people within two hour’s notice
Been to a fashion show
Swam with an olympian swimmer
Gotten on the newspaper (don’t remember why)
Became godmother to a grouse in Alaska (Google it)
Been in a live audience in a TV show featuring Nick Vujick
Gotten paid to taste test for Cheetos

Random Questions to Ask Your Friends

Watch out, awkward silences.

P.S. I made these up all by myself 😉 you’re welcome

If you had to be renamed based on what you ate for breakfast, what would be your new name?
What’s the first thing that pops into your head when I say “don’t do it!”?
What restaurant have you probably eaten the most at?
What’s a unique skill you have that you wish you could get paid for?
What’s your spirit animal when you’re angry?
Which celebrity do you want to be friends with?
What TV or movie family you think you’d fit in with?
Would you rather fight off 3 toddler-sized adults or one adult-sized toddler?
What’s your fictional dream job? (super spy, superhero, mermaid…)
Would you rather have to act like you just won the lottery every time you saw a vending machine or cry a single tear every time you forget someone’s name?
What time period would you most like to live in and what one thing would you want to bring with you from the present?
If you had to be roommates with a movie villain, who would it be?
If you had to take a bath in a breakfast food, which one would you choose?
If you had to be renamed after a name of a restaurant, which restaurant would you pick?
What song describes your relationship with food?
Would you rather be a bird that can swim or a fish that can fly?
Which do you think is the most unnecessary letter in the alphabet?
If you had to trade places with one of your friend’s parents, who would that be?
If you had to dress like one movie or TV character the rest of your life, who would that be?
Which pop star would make the best math tutor and why?
What’s the nicest house you’ve ever been in?
Would you rather have an ugly car, an ugly house, or ugly clothes?
What board game do you wish you could earn money with?
What’s the nerdiest thing you’ve ever done?
What’s the smartest thing you’ve ever done?
What cartoon character describes you when you’re tired?
Weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten that you actually liked?
Which historical figure would you like to have as a sibling?
You’re stuck in the last book you read. What are you doing?
If you could master 3 skills right now, what would they be?
What commercial would you love to be in?
If you had an exercise routine based on the last book you read, how fit would you be?
During a zombie apocalypse, would you rather go to an office supply store or a craft supply store?
If you had to/got to relive a day from last week, which one would you choose?
If you got to scroll through your Instagram feed from 1 year into the future, would you do it?
What book would you love to live in?
If you had to switch lives with one of your grandparents, which one would that be?
Who do you wish could sing you to sleep every night?
What store/restaurant would you rather be the manager of?
You have to spend the next 24 hours on one app. Which one?
If you had to change languages right now, which one would you pick?
What first comes to mind when I say “favorite”?
If you had a superpower based on the last restaurant you ate at, what power would that be?
If you got to talk to your childhood self but only got to share advice using song lyrics, what would you say?
What would your autobiography called?
What movie genre would your life be and what would it be called?
If you had to perform a commercial jingle in front of a live audience, which one would you choose?
What would you choose as the theme song for a sitcom based on your year?

That’s all for now, folks! Let me know if you’d like more, there’s a lot where that came from! Thanks for reading!

Adventures in Alaska- Part 2

The day we got to the camp, the Hope Youth Corps leader told us that we had 5 days until we had to actually run a church camp. There were 30 kids from 2nd to 10th grade coming to stay with us for 3 days, and we were totally in charge. (Obviously, there was adult supervision, don’t worry, but we called the shots.) 22 teenagers were supposed to be the counselors, lead lessons and activities, feed the kids, and we had to plan all of this on our own while doing the 8-hour-a-day blue-collar labor. This was our big second task. Kids.

We thought it was impossible. At least, I did. I was shocked that they were giving all these responsibilities to us. We had just gotten to know each other, now we were expected to run a camp? We were just teenagers!

But we had no choice. We had to pull off this camp for the kids. We each thought of our experiences with church camp and wanted to give someone else that great experience. I was so surprised at what we were capable of. I think the world has such low expectations of teenagers sometimes, and things like this reminded me of how much of an impact we can make with God and each other.

We had a blast those three days. It was great. It felt like one big play date. We got to know each kid and spend time with them, play with them, teach them, talk to them. It felt like a big family at the end of it.

Yes, there were smores. What else would we do in the woods in Alaska?

On one of the weekends when we drove down to Anchorage, we got to climb Flat Top. Being from mountain-less Texas, I had never climbed a mountain before. (The picture above was taken probably when we were a third of the way up. ) I’m not going to lie, it was super hard. But I’m glad I did it. I’ll spare you a cheesy mountain analogy.

What’s a mountain adventure without a motivational speech? This is my friend, Nathan, giving the best mountain speech I’ve ever heard. Yes, he was very intense.