Expectations

These first two weeks of summer have been completely different for me. I spent most of the first week hanging out by myself at the house and most of this week with other people. It all started Sunday with my very first game of golf. I've always wanted to give it a shot but never really had the chance to. I found out it is pretty tough and I would like to give it another shot, but first I need some practice on the driving range. My week continued with a day on the Severn river the next day. I had a blast definitely more fun than last year even though we didn't stay the night. I was a little worried about the expectations I had, but more on that latter. Tuesday Micheal came over so we could study together for out make up Finals. It was nice to hang out with him, I wish the circumstances would of been different, my parents wouldn't really let us do anything except study. The fun continued after our tests Wednesday morning. We got to go hang out at the Mercers for a few hours, I got to eat some delicious grilled cheese sandwiches. That night I helped hand out door hangers for vacation bible school. The activity finally ended there, and so far today I haven't done much of anything but I am going to see what I can do about that.

Camp is coming up in a couple of days, and I have to admit that I am very excited but at the same time do not want to be. This will only be my third year of camp and I am definitely looking forward to it more than any other year before. The first year I was excited but really didn't know what to expect, I had fun but didn't really enjoy myself all that much. Last year I wasn't really that excited about going the year before wasn't that great for me. I ended up having a blast, I was finally starting to get comfortable around everyone and it took me less than two years! So that brings us to this year, and I am very excited and I know it will be loads of fun. These high expectations are scarring me.

An expectation is what you expect to happen, they can be high or low, good or bad. I have had some bad experiences with expectation in the past and that is why I am hesitant about having them good or bad. Having high expectations about something can lead to disappointment if the expectations are not met. Even if you did have fun the fact that you set expectations that did not get met can ruin it for you. I had some good and some bad expectations for this years summer splash. The good expectation was met and the bad expectation never happened and turned out to be good, that is why I can say that I had such a great time. With camp it is the same deal, I don't want to set myself up for disappointment by expecting to much. The thing with expectations are when something happens once you expect it to happen every time but that doesn't always happen. You never can expect how someone will react to every situation.

When making expectations, expect the possibility of disappointment either in a good or bad way.

J-U-ICE