Junior Function

I guess it is a little late to be writing about Junior Function, since was almost 3 weeks ago, but since we just got our pictures, I think it's okay. I had written a journal entry before Function about how if you have high expectations for something, chances are, the event will be a let down to what you are expecting. I was extremely excited for Function, but after listening to the words of my friend, who was reminiscing about previous parties and dances, and how the ones she always expected to be really fun turned out boring, and the ones she thought would be a drag turned out to be exciting. That kind of worried me, because I didn't want Function to turn out like that. I had this little debate in my head about what do to. One side of me was like, "Just start to think that Function won't be fun, and then it will turn out unexpectedly fun, and you'll be all set." The other side of me then said, "But what if you jinx it by thinking that, and then it really turns out to not be fun? And besides, that won't really work, since you would only be thinking Function would suck so that it wouldn't suck; you don't really believe that." At that point, I was beginning to confuse even myself, and I decided to just stop obsessing, and see how the night turned out.
And everything turned out all right. It was the most exciting thing ever, like I had hoped it would be, but I had a lot of fun, and enjoyed the evening. I guess this was kind of lesson in positive thinking and superstition and all that. If you just expect something to just be "magical", nothing is going to happen. If you want to have a fun time, you have to go out and make your own fun. And all the superstition, and trying to not be excited about it so it wouldn't be letdown really was just a way to try to psych myself out. I've learned that while I shouldn't put a lot of expectations on one thing, being excited about it doesn't hurt. I'm trying to do the same thing for prom this year. While I am very excited, I think part of the excitement is due to the fact that it is something new, and I don't know what it is going to be like. I'm keeping my expectations real: I won't know most of the people there, since I'm a junior, but I do have quite a few senior friends who I can hang out with and have a good time. I guess we'll just wait and see how it turns out!