a willing participant

Tonight, I did something cool. I went to the local Library for "Murder Mystery Night." There were a lot of activities there: Making crafts (I wasn't interested, though, because I had been doing crafts all summer long), we all gathered and listened to a man who told us some stories (he told them very well and it was very interesting to me), we ate pizza and then we investigated a (made-up) murder. Afterwards, there was karaoke. At first I was nervous, but when I heard we were allowed to use YouTube, I felt some confidence. Heck, I actually raised my hands in the air and jumped up and down. I never thought that I would ever do that. I sang a song that I really liked. And then after everybody else got to try (a lot of them seemed really embarassed, but I wasn't! Ironic, huh?), I got to sing another song. I had a lot of fun!

I was social in public, and I was without my family. That was a big thing for me because usually I am very shy. Well, I was pretty shy at first, and I didn't really make close connections. But I did interact with other kids, so it's a start. I mean, I actually sang in public! So I think it's a BIG start! I'd like to do more things like this in the future!