There have been many experiences in my life where I have faced failure. A couple months ago I lied to my mom which eventually back fired and caused her to lose trust in me. My friend decided to throw a party when her parents were out of town and I guess you could say I helped instigate her in making the final decision. We were all pretty excited because I think that the thrill of "breaking the rules" is exhilarating . We re-arranged her furniture and hid most of her embarrassing baby pictures, we had planned everything out so well that we even made a list of things we had to make sure went back so that her parents wouldn't realize. When people started to show up, we didn't have a back up plan in case something bad were to happen. What would we do if cops showed up? What if her parents found out? A million thoughts were running through our minds, but we were still excited. If we are being honest, the party for us wasn't even fun because we were constantly worried about things potentially getting broken, or there being too many cars outside. The party lasted a couple of hours and once everyone left, a group of us girls started cleaning right away so that there wouldn't be much to do in the morning when her parents came home. The house was spotless (even cleaner than before) and we felt good because nothing bad had happened. No cops, no crazy amounts of people, everything had gone off without a hitch...that is until her parents returned home in the morning. I was the only one home with her in the morning by the time her parents got back and we were both so confident with how everything had turned out. Little did we know, her parents had gotten a call from her neighbors and from then on the rest was history. Her dad threatened to call everyone's parents so I decided I should tell my mom before he did. My mom was disappointed that I had lied about what I was doing that night, but c'mon what mama don't know, don't hurt her! Her anger lasted about a day and now everything is fine and in the end I learned my lesson.
http://www.hmtk.com/archives/188-a-few-tips-on-throwing-a-party-when-your-parents-are-away.html
This entry was really entertaining to read! I love the link you chose as well, it is quite relevant. I think you explained the story really well but I would love to hear more exactly how you felt when her parents came home and your feelings when you told your mom. It would give the story more of a personal feel. But on the brighter side, what was the best part of the party for you?
ReplyDeleteThanks for your feedback, I will definitely take that into consideration next time! The best part of the party for me was probably when we realized what we were doing. It was comical because we never anticipated our boring weekend to turn into that. The rest of the night ended up being pretty fun too! After everyone had left we drove to town to get food and just chilled out.
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ReplyDeleteThis is a very funny blog entry in my opinion! Although it must have not been very fun having to tell your mom everything I still think it is funny that even when the party was a success and nothing went wrong you still had to get in trouble with your mom. What kind of thoughts were going through your head when you were telling her about the party? Would you have tried to call the party off if you knew this was going to happen?
Thanks Val! Looking back at it now, it's always really funny and me and the person always enjoy making a joke or two about it. I don't think I would have called the party off if I knew what was going to happen because things like these are memories that I will never forget when reflecting back on high school. Personally, I didn't even get in big trouble with my mom, she was just disappointed in me. The thoughts that were going through my head were anxious ones. I wasn't sure if she would be okay with it or if she would get mad. I guess you can say I tell her the truth more often now!
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