Don't Mess with Texas

At least I tried not to.

I am living the life of an "outgoing" Army brat in Allen, Texas this summer. Meeting people my age is difficult- unless you throw yourself at different groups like college ministries, random people at Top Golf or, as I before mentioned, people in grocery stores (except he was TOTALLY in high school).

I'd like to share a couple of stories of my attempt to live- taking every so-called "risk" when it comes my way.

First, some background. I have some friends that are involved at a church about 30 minutes away. I decided to go to a college ministry night to get to know some people my age. My friends told me to go about 45 minutes late because the few guys I had previously met would not be there until later.

I arrived at 7:15- 45 minutes late. First rule of an awkward soul: be no later than 7 minutes late. The door had a sign: "Come in". While this may seem welcoming, it's also completely terrifying. Mostly terrifying. I walked in and immediately saw a group of about 12 college-aged students and a guy-who I thought was the middle school youth pastor- looking at me. Lord knows what came out of my mouth next- but this is what I imagine, "Hi I'm Bailey I'm from North Carolina my favorite color is purple I know you middle school youth pastor we met once...etc." My favorite color isn't even purple. It was that bad and at that point my favorite color should have been red- the color of my face.

The night ended up being fine and I met some really nice people. However, the guy who I thought was the middle school youth pastor wasn't really the middle school youth pastor- he was just the only other African American guy there. Great. Now I look like a racist. Lolz I questioned again and again why I'm so awkward and why the middle school youth pastor would have even been there.

Last Saturday night I tried out some Top Golf with my cousins, aunts and uncle and some of their friends and their families. A cute guy golfing next to us caught my eye and some of the ladies noticed. They got me to talk the guys after some convincing. This situation wasn't actually all that awkward and it went fairly well besides the guys being a part of the GGG model and all. This is the awkward part:

Yes my family took a picture- gotta love em'.

Once again: don't forget to take risks to find that grocery store love or to meet people your age- once you deawkwardize the situation you'll be good to go.