Who doesn't love the weekend? Time off from school or work, time for short vacations or just time to relax with friends and family. Whatever way you choose to spend your weekend, it always seems to go by much too fast. For Miss Grand Forks, this weekend was one for the record books! It was a weekend I had been planning for months and had filled to the brim with fun and exciting appearances. Here is a quick breakdown of everything I did!
Friday:
1. Departed from Mankato at 5:00 AM
2. Drove through snow going 45 MPH on the interstate from Fargo to Grand Forks.
3. Arrived at SouthPoint Elementary School just in time to speak to 75 5th graders about Beyond the B Word!
4. Gave a hug to teacher and Medora Musical Cast Mate Misti Koop!
5. Drove across town to South Middle School to spend three hours with three different classes of 25 6th graders.
6. Appeared at Red River Highschool's rehearsal of Brigadoon and met some fantastic kids and faculty.
7. Grabbed a quick coffee!
8. Danced the night away at the Parks and Recreation Daddy Daughter Dance!
Saturday:
1. Meet a wonderful group of kids at the Grand Forks Library for a fun reading and discussion on bullying and the importance of being unique!
2. Attend the Grand Forks Air Force Base Prom Prep Academy!
3. Take plenty of pictures and giggled a lot with some lovely young people!
4. Say a sad goodbye =(
5. Dance the night away AGAIN with the princesses of Grand Forks at the Daddy Daughter Dance!
Sunday:
1. Sleep!
2. Depart for Mankato.
3. Run into a white out blizzard.
4. Swerve across traffic.
5. Pull over.
6. Cry.
7. Find a hotel and wait out the storm.
8. Meet a lovely young lady in the lobby and have her try on the crown and sash!
9. Sleep!
Friday:
1. Departed from Mankato at 5:00 AM
2. Drove through snow going 45 MPH on the interstate from Fargo to Grand Forks.
3. Arrived at SouthPoint Elementary School just in time to speak to 75 5th graders about Beyond the B Word!
4. Gave a hug to teacher and Medora Musical Cast Mate Misti Koop!
5. Drove across town to South Middle School to spend three hours with three different classes of 25 6th graders.
6. Appeared at Red River Highschool's rehearsal of Brigadoon and met some fantastic kids and faculty.
7. Grabbed a quick coffee!
8. Danced the night away at the Parks and Recreation Daddy Daughter Dance!
Saturday:
1. Meet a wonderful group of kids at the Grand Forks Library for a fun reading and discussion on bullying and the importance of being unique!
2. Attend the Grand Forks Air Force Base Prom Prep Academy!
3. Take plenty of pictures and giggled a lot with some lovely young people!
4. Say a sad goodbye =(
5. Dance the night away AGAIN with the princesses of Grand Forks at the Daddy Daughter Dance!
Sunday:
1. Sleep!
2. Depart for Mankato.
3. Run into a white out blizzard.
4. Swerve across traffic.
5. Pull over.
6. Cry.
7. Find a hotel and wait out the storm.
8. Meet a lovely young lady in the lobby and have her try on the crown and sash!
9. Sleep!
So as you can see, it was a fulfilling and adventurous weekend! This is exactly (well, maybe not exactly) how I like to spend my weekend. Working with other people and spreading my message across the community of Grand Forks. Every time I leave an appearance my heart is so full I can hardly stand it and it only gives me more energy to keep working and fighting the good fight against bullying! It is going to be a while before I am able to return, but never fear, big plans are already in the works!
So here is to many more weekends of laughter, smiles and fun. And hopefully many more weekends without snow ;)
Delanie
So here is to many more weekends of laughter, smiles and fun. And hopefully many more weekends without snow ;)
Delanie