Alright, so the preparation for this “social adventure” has not exactly been going as planned. At first, I thought that the preparation would be easy to do and just by asking my cousin to participate is, literally, a challenge. So I will start from the beginning.
I can’t remember the exact day, but I remember it was the day after Professor A. explained the instructions for beginning our adventures. Cool, so in the back of my head, I knew who to ask to participate in my adventure, but I didn’t know how (Obviously I did know how but, I just didn’t know if she was going to go through with the plans). So right after the school day ended at approximately 10:45 am, I immediately left GGC and headed home so that I could get started on organizing. Even as I drove on my home, the thoughts of preparing just kept worrying me. So as I got home, I entered through the garage, ate something, and headed to my computer.
I knew that communicating with my cousin would not be possible by speech, so instead, I first messaged her on Facebook, to see if her cellular number had changed or not. I messaged her my number and I logged out of Facebook. Waiting for her to respond, I just sat back and waited…and waited…and waited…until finally, she texted me. (WHAT THE HELL?!) My reaction at the time was so because, she rarely speaks to any of her cousins. So she texted me and said, “Hey, this is Giselle. What is it? You wanted to ask me something?”. I responded back by explaining to her what the project entailed and basically, I wanted her to do this adventure with me. For some reason, as I was explaining it to her, I was incorporating my personal goals with the goals for my adventure. Meaning, this adventure would not only fulfill my project goals, but also it would help two cousins bond, knowing that we do not socialize nor associate with same group of people.
So as I explained everything that I had to explain to her, both my personal and professional goals, she surprisingly came to an agreement and told me, “Alright, let me think about it and I will let you know J”. Cool, so that put me less preoccupied about this task… but only for a short time. Time went by; days turned into weeks; weeks turned into a month, and basically, she blew me off. Yeah, I felt mad and disappointed, but at the same time, I knew that what my family had been saying about her was entirely true; “She’s lazy, irresponsible, and she only does favors for her friends, and ignores her family”. Okay, so back to square one. I had no one to use for my “social adventure”. After that day, I had been putting that thought of “trying to find someone for my adventure” on hold.
I was literally confused about this whole thing. Until one day, Professor A. asked me to see her during office hours to discuss my G.O. and paragraphs, as well as my adventure. Going to her was like seeing a small glimpse of bright light in a dark, endless tunnel. She also gave me advice on how to create my paragraphs and how to create this blog. Therefore, I call my new idea for the adventure a “phoenix” version of my “social adventure” because my first idea collapsed into oblivion and my new idea was inspired by the tremendous help of Professor A. So stay tuned for my next blog to see if this idea will develop into my “social adventure”…
