Getting Pied in the face...

This weekend was a particularly interesting one for me. Yesterday, the Ylvi Hall Council Relay for Life team, Airforce Fun, organized a fundraiser titled "Pie your RA." Residents would pay a dollar to pie their RA's in the face and the money would go for cancer research. We initially planned to hold it outside Ylvi from 6 -8pm but because it was raining, we had to do it indoors.

So, with our disposable plates, whipped cream [instead of actual pie], and protective polythene bags ready, our RA's were all set to get pied. You'll be surprised how willing residents were to pay to pie their RA's. Some even paid over and over again to take multiple shots and work the whipped cream all over the faces and hair of the RA's! As the pieing was going on, I went around knocking from door to door, informing residents of this golden opportunity that they had.

But you're probably wondering: How did I end up covered in whipped cream as the picture above suggests? Well...I never imagined that it would come to that. Around 7:30pm, when all of the RA's present were covered in whipped cream, one of the Hall Council members, for some reason, said, "You know...I would actually pay two dollars to get Luwa pied." Then, others around thought it was a good idea and also wanted to pie Sally, the Secretary. Although it came unexpected and I was completely unprepared for it, I gave in to the persuasion. It was not until I agreed to do it that I knew that Sally and I were each going to get pied by 3 people at the same time! There was no escaping. Soon, my face and hair were completely covered in whipped cream...

So, that was what lightened my mood this weekend. I was glad that apart from the fact that the event was so much fun and many people participated, we were able to raise some money for cancer research. This was, perhaps, what underplayed the great anxiety that usually surrounds weekends like this when I have a Physics exam the following Monday. That is the good thing about college. Even though you find yourself in a sea of homework and upcoming tests, there will always [or most times] be something to lighten you up, as long as you look hard enough...

Have a swell week!