I’ve had enough tears this Christmas break, so in honour of the New Year why not post my top 10 favourite moments of the year filled with laughter?
10.) Library chair moments. Every once in a while people may have heard a couple of loud bangs that echoed through-out the library along with a peel of laughter. I’ve had a couple of doozies but my favourite one was with Jen during finals week this last semester when we were having a thoroughly enjoyable discussion on faith, what it looks like at Anderson, and how the bubble gets popped a lot. During that conversation the look of horror on my face was probably priceless as I slowly toppled backwards on the chair and Jen tried to reach out and save me. It was a wonderful act of heroism on her part, however, she failed. What followed suit was a bunch of man laughter from Jen and snorting from me, along with a couple of huge bruises that did not disappear very fast.
9.) I have to admit that there are a lot of funny moments that happen at club. Like the one time it was raining outside, I had my flip flops on, and I turned around quickly to go back outside and fell flat on my face in the hallway, or seeing Justin trying to put on the Christmas tree outfit. But my number one favourite memory of ALL time from this year is with the lovely Jordan as we tried to pop home-made popcorn for the first time. Needless to say, there was a lot of running around, a very smoked filled kitchen, and a ball of fire. Don’t worry folks, we had flour.
8.) One of my favourite stories to tell is of when Sammy proposed to me and then a couple of minutes later told me how much he loved my body parts as he was sitting on my lap. (This of course is when he was 6 or 7) Honour and I have never fully recovered from that moment…but as I was visiting her in one of my many random drop-ins she asked ‘Erin, how do you like your coffee? Although I should know this by now.’ I replied ‘Strong and black…..just like my men.’ (head thrown back with a snort and a laugh at how funny I am) Sammy shocked at this answer replies in a rather high pitched and paniced voice ‘WHAT?!?’ (Sources informed me that Sammy started to do a lot of sunbathing later that day)
7.) My girls at school are learning rather quickly of my random driving habits. Let’s just take a quick journey back in the past of what I’ve done which I probably shouldn’t have done…like cut through the cinema grass to get to the Wal-mart parking lot, or putting a queen sized mattress on top of the car and only having it secured by reaching out the windows and holding it with our hands. But my favourite moment of this year was with the girls as I was trying to find a parking spot at school, and decided to just drive through the morrison lawn and create my own parking spot…but then doing a wide turn around. Their faces were priceless, and my stomach hadn’t hurt that much from laughing in a while!
6.) Randomly dressing up like old ladies with Bloom, quite hilarious and brilliant. Even more hilarious was the 10 minutes of walking up the path to our friend’s house, in full act, with a walker and cane. By the time we rang the doorbell, no one was home. HA!
5.) The occasion was not very funny in the sense that I played the violin for my great uncle’s funeral. However the fact that my Uncle, in front of everyone at the memorial service, introduced me as his nephew Erin was indeed priceless.
4.) Living in an old house that is full of creaking and random noises is probably not conducive with having a proper nights sleep after reading murder mysteries before bedtime. Imagine Erin wielding her Russian dagger while investigating the noises coming from the hallway and downstairs at 1:30 am. With super kung fu and dagger slashing skills, intruders should always beware.
3.) Poetry night moments with Hope and Cody. We love this night so very much. The last time we went we were graced with some harmonies. We were caty-cornered to the stage, trying to keep a blank face listening to a guy sing his heart out. There were high hopes for him, since he looked like Jesus. Instead it was more like listening to cat’s howling in the moonlight. One false move and I would have lost it in a fit of giggles…though I almost lost it when we heard him tell the other cat howler ‘Dude, those were some sick harmonies!’
2.) Getting to walk through the Princess Diana exhibit in Grand Rapids and then the next day seeing how green my sister’s face can get as we walked through the Bodies Revealed exhibit was a fabulous experience. Each exhibit was spectacular in their own way, however watching Janelle’s walking become slower and her face turn greener through-out the Bodies Revealed was absolutely priceless.
1.) Tackling your RA into the snow is pretty intense but the fact remains she still witnessed me fall three times trying to get out of my car after coming back to campus from Iceacolypse. Imagine the iced steps scene in Home Alone, because that is basically what I looked like as I tried to get up and find my footing only to fall back down again. If ever a time for video recording, that would have been it.
There have been so many wonderful moments this year, trying to remember them all is crazy. But remembering the laughter and smiles is always good for one’s heart.
Happy New Year everyone.