BACK TO SCHOOL: Anxiety Edition

So I am back at school, and things in my life are CERTAINLY more interesting in the past few days than they were at home. The semester hasn't officially started yet, but I'm already so so so busy. My friend, Aimee, and I had this idea to hold an event for all of the groups in the music department to socialize and recruit. It quickly turned into a larger-scale event than we originally anticipated, which is awesome, but also pretty stressful. At this point we've done most of the prep work, planning, and publicity, and all that's left is the setup...so I'm not necessarily anxious about that.  But...I'm super skeptical about the activity that I decided to provide for the ACDA table.

While we were in the process of planning, someone mentioned the idea of a dunk tank...and I really liked it, but we couldn't find a company with the right liability insurance to rent from. So I decided to set up a makeshift dunk tank station (name still pending), and I'm going to stand in a kiddie pool while people throw wet sponges at me.

.......it's pretty college.

I originally thought this would be hilarious and super fun, but now I'm starting to second guess myself. I keep having these fantasies of people walking right past the thing and looking at me like I'm a crazy person, or people openly telling me how lame the idea was, or people pelting sponges at me while I cry in the fetal position. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING.

I asked some professors if they would be interested in participating...but so far I have been met with the sound of crickets, and I DON'T BLAME THEM. There's no way to make "PLEASE GET HIT WITH WET SPONGES!" sound fun or glamourous. I'm worried that I should have gone for water balloons, but I didn't want to deal with the intense setup or the litter that water balloons create. I'm also worried that people will somehow think of me as the FAKE DUNK TANK LOSER GIRL for the rest of the year.

I know the feeling, kitty,

As stressed out as I am, I'm actually really excited about this event! I think we've done a really good job with the planning, especially considering all of the restrictions that come with hosting an event on campus. Hopefully everyone will appreciate all of the work we put in!