Faminized

Ok, I do know that "Faminized" is not a real word. But if it was a word it would be a word that seems to describe me.

Yesterday I took part in my youth group's 30 Hour Famine. Well, it started at 12:01 midnight on Friday and ended today at 8:00. It had the strangest effect on me.

When I woke up on Friday I was really hungry. Probably because I hadn't eaten for 12 hours. Then at theatre I continued to be hungry until break and then I was fine. During the time at the church/school I went on and off being hungry and not hungry. It was weird, sometimes I would feel like I'd been eating all day.

At the Famine we also learned about real world hunger. We even played some games. One of them, which we played at night in the woods, we were supposed to be africans who were starving and we were trying to get food from World Vision. In the game, we collected bread. Of course we didn't eat it though! But we had to be careful because there were rebel soldiers trying to kill us. Really, we did have to be careful because if we got the light flashed on us we were dead (or out and had to start again)

The rest of the famine was really fun too, besides getting super hungry. I drank 10 cups of juice yesterday, which is like 8 or 9 times the amount I normally have in a day. I went to bed at 5:00 in the morning which was not a good choice because breakfast was at 8:00.

When I did wake up around 8:00 and came down for breakfast, I didn't feel hungry, even though I hadn't eaten for 30 plus hours and I'd been looking forward to breakfast the whole Famine. I did eat but I didn't really feel any better. I went home, got into bed and then I cried. I don't know why. Then I slept for like 4 hours.

Still, I am not hungry. Wait no, I wouldn't say that exactly. In my stomach I am hungry but the rest of me doesn't feel like eating. I don't know what happened. Maybe I'm just over exhausted. Perhaps I've lost my sanity from not eating or sleeping....


2 more things
- Physical movement becomes exhausting much earlier when you haven't eaten all day.
- Last night I watched The Prestige and it made me want to cry which I don't do that often in movies, especially ones like that. I don't know I just thought it was so sad in some parts. In the end it was ok though. Hmm...maybe lack of food.

Sore Throats, Head Colds and Speeches

Today I'm home sick with a sore throat and a head cold....=(...not fun at all. My throat is getting a bit better but I still have to rest it because I have speech night tomorrow. I hate resting my voice! Its so hard for me not to talk. Plus I can't practice my speech as much.

Last night I had a horrible sleep. I woke up at like midnight because I had to go to the washroom. I was also overheated. I didn't want to get up though because I was so tired. Then I heard my dog bark and run downstairs. I also heard a car pull in to the drive way accross the street. Then I heard someone, who I guessed was my mom, run down stairs. I thought she must be checking on what Mac was barking at. When she didn't come up for like ten minutes I got this crazy idea that a bunch of guys had come to kill us all in our sleep! (yes I have a wild imagination and always have).

I was super scared then. I kept thinking about how I would try and defend myself (I know I'm weird..lol) Anyway, I was still really scared when I heard my mom come up. After a few moments I ran outside my room, only to find that no unwanted visitors had come. I went to the washroom, had some water and went back to bed.

I also woke up at four thirty because of a bad dream which I won't go into detail about. Uhhh I hate being sick, and waking up in the middle of the night.

Thankfully, I started and finished my 4-H speech yestereday afternoon. Yes, I continued to procrastinate (even though I said I~ wasn't going to) all Sunday night and Monday morning. Well I did work a bit on my old speech but then I decided I needed a new topic. So finally I chose a topic I was happy with and wrote the speech. My topic is auditions (even though I've only done one "real" audition before). It turned out really good I think and I liked it because I didn't have to do any research because I've already done a lot and I have personal experience too.

Well I'd better go!

Bye!!!