Blog 12

Would you go to Disneyland or Prom? 

    This is my current pressing issue that I need a decision for by 5pm and right now I am so confused about what to do. Disneyland would be a sponsored trip by DECA for 4 nights and 5 days, and I would only have to pay for my park ticket which would cost around $200. On top of that, they give $8 per meal, so I will have to put in extra money to be able to cover all food costs. Taking this trip would allow me to be in California for 5 days, miss school for 3 days, and meet many new people. However, the major cons I am facing with choosing Disneyland is I only know one girl going who is not even in my school district, and the guys I know include my cousin and some guy friends I am chill with but not close to. Everyone from my school is also just guys that I am not friends with since my teammates refuse to come. This leaves me with rooming with 3 random girls from the district that I do not know at all. I am not the most comfortable with having to share a bed with some random people and trusting to leave all my stuff in the room if I do not know who they are as a person. The other issue with knowing basically no girls is I will practically have no one to hang out with in the actual park. There is no way I would have fun sitting in Disneyland alone looking like a weirdo with no friends. Insane if you think I want to put myself in that situation, so to avoid this I would be forced to make friends. One thing about me is I hate meeting new people and talking to random that I have no connection. I will be a socially awkward person if someone tries to talk to me and become friends with me. The last major issue is finding the money to go. My parents do way too much for me, so after I get a job, I attempt to cover all my going-out expenses as often as I can. This would include the trip I want to take because I want to avoid asking my parents for money especially this much at once, so unless I start magically producing money I do not know where I will get $200. Also, the whole reason everything is becoming an issue is because prom is the same weekend. 

    Let's break prom down and why going to prom is also an issue. Originally, I was supposed to go to prom with my homecoming group and everything was working out well. It was two friend groups put together by a couple, good friends of all of ours. But that all changed when the couple in the group wanted to go alone for dinner which makes sense because they want to enjoy their time. However, since they decided to do this the friend groups split into one group going to dinner and another group of all my guy friends and me. The guys were supposed to find dates, but they could not so they decided and a boys-only prom. Leaving me with no group to go to dinner with, but I am not complaining as in their position it makes sense to want a prom with just them. Now my closest friends in the group are expecting me to go to pictures with them, find a separate group for dinner, then meet up with them for the dance and whatever plan they may pick after. From my end, this makes no sense because it is so many people's prom that weekend as well, so I can not put myself in other's plans just cause I can not figure my own out. Also, I am not going to go to the dance because $150 for a ticket is 3 days of work which I am not willing to spend for some enjoyment I would get for a couple of hours. So basically where I am ending up is them expecting me to just come for pictures which is absurd since dresses cost so much and getting ready for an hour just to go take pictures and come back home. It just does not make sense so when I told them I will most likely do DECA instead they said we can figure something out for dinner. My whole thing is do I really want to take the risk that maybe I will go to prom versus being able to definitely go on a trip? Right now I am leaning towards Disney let's see what happens in the next 5 hours.