almost missed it...

so- i almost didnt go to formal tonight- i just wasnt really feeling like getting out, i dunno, hard to explain, i actually got dressed and ready to go about 9:15 (it started at 9) but just started to feel tired and i layed down for about 45 minutes or so honestly thinking to myself "i know some people will miss me, but it wont ruin the party or anything...".... well- after i got about 10 calls that i let go to voicemail, i finally decided i should go- so i got up and went- i got there in about 15 minutes and went in and everyone was hugging me and stuff- and they all said they had a suprise for me- and the brought me over to the big cake and right in the middle, was an 8x10 of me in my hawaiian shirt (i'll attach the picture below)- i had used it as a joke for a christmas present for the christmas party a few months ago and apparantly it had circulated around and people decided to use it for the formal cake (i taste like chocolate, by the way!)-

i guess it just made me realize that while it was really my choice to go or not, it really is selfish of me to have thought that my absence wouldnt have mattered enough to worry about- i was really flattered by the whole thing, honestly- i wouldnt have ever expected that- its so hard to explain how the night went from me sitting in my room just not feeling like being social and thinking nobody would really miss me to being swarmed by people telling me they missed me and were very happy to see me and had baked me into the big cake- i'd say that was most certainly God giving me a wake-up call about not sitting around feeling sorry for myself-