SADIES went 80s

ah yes. another typical dance blog post. but this was my last Sadie Hawkins, and my second to last Girls Choice dance. I'm getting old. but (don't tell the others), this date is definitely one of THREE that is tied for my favorite. (I don't have a favorite; all of my top 3 take the cake for different reasons.)

I decided to ask one of my oldest friends way back from elementary school. I have no pictures of how I asked, but I left a jar of Swedish fish on his door, and cut out pieces of paper with letters of my name and hid them in there. I said, "of all the fish in the sea, you are the SWEDISH one. come to Sadies with me?"

well, a few weeks later, the doorbell rings, and I'm in my sweats, and my brothers tell me it's for me. I see a group of German exchange students at my door, they ask, "are you Miriam?" and I say "yes" and then they start singing. and I'm so confused as to what's going on, but they say "Zane", "dance", "Sadies"..... and then at the end they say "and he will say YES" and I just look at them speechless, and finally I can say, "thank you SO MUCH" and they say in their thick accents "it was our pleasure!" and they run off.

the theme, as stated in the title, was the 1980's. I'm not one of those people who claims to be "born in the wrong generation", but the 80's is definitely my favorite decade of the past. I love the music, the movies, the outfits, and the hair. but I knew that most people would dress as your typical 80's workout people, and I wanted to do something different. so I texted Zane and asked if he would want to go as Marty McFly from Back to the Future and I would go as his girlfriend, Jennifer Parker. he thought it was a great idea, and as you will be able to see in a few paragraphs, we pulled it off really well.

our group split for the day date, so while 3 couples were doing yoga, me and 5 other couples all met at our friend Dathyl's house, and she drove us around in a 12 passenger van on an adventure to go on a space mission! getting to the place was the real adventure. in Pleasant Grove, there are 2 different "space mission" centers: one is an old elementary school, and the other is some private school that is in this really nice neighborhood. well, we showed up at the old elementary school, and the guy inside told us we were at the wrong place, and that he would call the other one and tell us that we would be on our way. so, he did, and we got lost again, but eventually we found it. on the door of the school, it said "Happy Birthday Liam", and I think it was my date who said, "hey guys, it's Liam's birthday" and I said "NO WAY!" and kept that in mind in case we were to run into a younger boy there. then, the lady in charge (who was probably a year younger than us) gave us assignments, and we went into this big room for a space station simulation. we all had different positions: Captain, Officer, Science Dude, Communications Officer, Engineer, Security Dude who Shoots People with Guns, Operations Officer, and Operations Power Dude (me). My job was to send codes to the Engineer to fix the ship, and to control the engine power, missile power, and all that stuff. it was a very vital position! somehow in the middle of the mission, Zane figured out how to hack the real computer (not just the simulation) and started printing out random things. when our mission ended, the girl in charge came in, and Zane handed her some fake credit that he printed off and she was SO CONFUSED, and finally said, "I cannot accept that, I only accept chocolate milk". so he opens that one painting program that everyone played on as a kid, "painted" the words "CHOCOLATE MILK", printed it out, and handed it to her. she looked even more confused and asked how the heck he did that, and we all just laughed so hard. she gave us a really bad score for creativity (BUT REALLY MY DATE HACKED HER SYSTEM SO WE DESERVED MORE).
well, as we were walking out, we indeed saw a group of little boys running around. so I asked, "which one of you is Liam?" and one boy yells "ME! ME!" so our whole group yells, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIAM!" we either really scared him or made his day!

exactly 2 hours later, after my mom curled and teased and sprayed and blew dry and sprayed my hair, I picked Zane up again, only a few minutes after he finished running around town acquiring his costume. but dang we looked good. we got our pictures taken at Mckenna's dad's studio with the funky blue background, and we all looked so good. (but Zane and I looked the best. everyone was close though.)

 this is how Marty and Jennifer were posed in the movie. however, the real life height ratio between Zane and I made it hard to look exactly like Marty and Jennifer. but we were pretty dang close.

 front row: Madisen and Sam (the glam rockers), and Lindsey and Josh (Charlie and Maverick from Top Gun). second row: Isaac and Ali, Nate and Raya, Sophie and Ben (they are wearing Sophie's parent's student government sweaters from the 80's!). third row: Joel and Cami, Levi and Dathyl, Brady and Mckenna, me and Zane

 front steps: me, Raya, Madisen. next 4: Ali, Sophie, Cami, and Lindsey. the 2 in the back: Mckenna and Dathyl

after we took those lovely pictures, we went to Mckenna's house for dinner. we had the best Cafe Rio style burritos, and dang those were so so good. I could've eaten 20 of those. we were finished by 8:00, which is when the dance started. but usually, people don't start making appearances until 9. but our group was determined to be the first ones at the dance. so, we were. this was definitely my favorite theme. Timpview played it old school and held it in the old south gym and there were balloons everywhere. the decorations were amazing. glow sticks were handed out at the door. Zane picked up every glow stick that was on the floor and put it on my wrist. he said, "I want you to have more of these than any of us!" well, it worked and I came home with about 23 glowsticks! the music was so good, and everyone looked so good. it did get pretty hot inside, so every other song, we just stepped outside to take a breather, but once a good 80's jam came on, we would run back in and start dancing! we owned that dance floor! we got into it more than anyone else, and I probably embarrassed him by singing (sorry, yelling) out all the words to every song, but I didn't care. we were having the time of our lives. and everyone knew who we were dressed up as, so more points for us!

after being at the dance for a record of 2 hours, we went to Lindsey's grandparents and ate pazookies. if you haven't had a pazookie before in your life, then you are missing out big time. they are cookies baked in mini pie tins topped with ice cream and hot fudge. we also enjoyed deep conversations about car washes, top ramen, hairstylists, and many other things. it was definitely a date I would never forget!