Pointless worrying...

I am a total complete and utter idiot. Seriously, why do I do this to myself? I am going on this trip to Africa this summer and I just don't think I want to go any more. But now, typical me, I have left it too late to drop out. For a while I wasn't really sure if I wanted to go because none of my friends are going. And I am shy and awkward, and well me, so going to another country for 3 weeks with people I don't know very well just doesn't sound like it will be very fun. And I am starting to get nervous about it. The one girl who I knew the best, although not that well, just the sort of person who I smile at in the corridors has dropped out. She dropped out a while ago, but didn't tell any of us. So we only found out when we had a meeting a few weeks ago. 

My parents convinced sign up for the trip last year, when I mentioned it to them because me and a friend were both going to go. She decided she didn't want to go, but my parents convinced me to sign up anyway. Now they expect me to be really excited about it. But I just can't stop worrying. 

I suppose that there is nothing I can do about it now anyway, so I should stop worrying. There are only 6 other people going anyway, so I suppose it won't be too bad. I doubt that I will ever get an opportunity like this again, so I might as well take it. We are going to do charity work there, and stay with local people for a week. We are also going to go on a safari for two days, which is something I have always wanted to do. I hope am sure that I will enjoy it once I am there.

Freya x

School trips

School trips are great, especially the week long ones we get to go on in half terms etc. which have nothing to do with any lessons, but are just loads of fun. I mention this because my school does a trip to wales every year for year 9 or 10, which I went on, and on this years trip they want to take some year 12's as well. So naturally me and my friend rushed up to collect a letter.

When I went to wales I stayed in a room with 7 other people: my two best friends at he time, another friend of mine, three girls we didn't really know, and one girl who we didn't really like. We were all starting to get really annoyed with this girl (we'll call her 'B'), because she was pretty grumpy and got annoyed with us a lot, and well we already didn't like her in the first place (I don't remember why). Some other good friends of ours were staying in another room and one day we were all hanging out in our room, and B wasn't there, so we hung her teddy using a pair of headphones. At the time we thought it was the funniest thing ever.Our plan had been to run off, but then B came in and we were all trying (unsuccessfully) to hide. Even though that was really mean, that is why school trips are so much fun, we played so many pranks on each other that week! We did loads of fun things that week like climbing and abseiling, but that is one of the things I remember the best!

Now that I am writing this I am remembering so many school trip stories (probably better than the one I told you up there^); like the time I went to get my skis out of the boot room and knocked everyone's skis over, or the trip where our shower was just in the corner of our room. I'm serious. It was the weirdest thing ever, our room contained two bunk beds, a TV, a sink and a shower in the corner. And it was a glass shower. With a broken door. So that was fun experience...

Freya x