Haha! I think I have finally figured out prom!

So, here is the revised plan:

I get dressed and arrive at my first friend’s house, then we get a lift to the venue with her dad in their huge car (first friend has a million brothers and sisters so they have a car with a million seats).
THEN I arrive at prom, probably feel miserable the whole time and hopefully avoid dancing at all costs.
AFTER THAT I get a lift with my mum to The Party. At some point I would really like to change because I don’t want drunken idiots to ruin the only dress I own.
FOLLOWING THIS we walk from The Party to second friend’s house at some very, very late time. This worries me slightly. It’s not so much the fact that where she lives is pretty terrifying in the day time - let alone the night - it’s more that my mum will insist of driving me somewhere at 4 in the morning. Now that would be incredibly embarrassing, although a very sweet thing for my mum to do. The other problem with the whole giving a lift thing is that there is a very high likelihood that the people that I am with will be pissed. However, I can’t say this to my mum because if she knew that she wouldn’t let me go.

It is incredibly hard work to not have to lie. I can’t lie. I laugh. Honestly, even when I am lying about something serious I start laughing. It makes no sense. I used to be okay about lying, then this guy in my english class said I was crap at it and since then I have laughed whenever I attempt it.

I have to go to the doctor’s in a minute. Partly for my skin, which is terrible at the moment and partly for my joints. I’m kind of scared about this. For a pretty long time I have always had pains and stuff in my joints and legs, I went to the doctor’s about it about 3 years ago and they said that I had grown too fast and that it would settle down soon. I’ve stopped growing but the whole pain thing has got worse so my mum is forcing me to go to the doctor. I’m 99% sure that there is absolutely nothing wrong with me, but the 1% that thinks there might be REALLY doesn’t want to go to this appointment.
And on a vainer note, my hair is a mess. It needs a wash. I was planning to wash it after this, actually, but then my mum came in and told me we’re going to the doctor in half an hour. Sigh.

Have I ever mentioned how much I love Sarah Dessen books? I got Lock and Key the other day, and as usual for one of her books, it’s amazing. The thing that I love most about it in a way though is how characters from other books pop up in these really minor roles. Like, there’s this bit in Lock and Key where Ruby is serving in the shop she works and Kristy and Bert from The Truth About Forever come in. It’s subtle too, because you wouldn’t have got the description (Kristy with scars and Bert with Armageddon t-shirt) unless you had read The Truth About Forever. I love it because it makes it seem as though those character’s lives carry on even after you finish the book that featured them as main characters. I know it’s dumb, but it makes me happy.

Track: Help Me Mary – Liz Phair