Friday night I had the pleasure of attending a lock-in at the church I help out with the youth at, and if you know what lock-ins entail you know they don't entail sleep.... For those of you who have no idea what a lock-in is I will explain; Basically everyone gathers at the church around 10pm and then the doors get locked so that they have to stay and can't wander off. Then there are tournaments and group games all night long mixed in with talent shows and free time as well. Some kids squeeze a nap in but most don't, and me being a leader I didn't have the privilege of sleeping. By the time 7am rolled around and the kids were all being picked up I had been up for 19 hours straight.
I then had to meet up at my old church North Phoenix Baptist at 9am to give my artistic opinion on the renovations they are doing on their 3rd floor, which is where their youth meets on Sundays and Wednesdays. I got there around 8am and figured I would take a nap in my truck so I did, about 45 minutes later I get awoken by a random older Asian man knocking on my window asking me to open my door..... So being half asleep I did (I know stupid right) and he just wanted to ask me if I was okay and if I had fallen asleep on accident with my engine running. I told him I was waiting for some people and he went on his way. I finally met up with my friends Carol and JonMark and we went up to the 3rd floor and I got to see the progress they had been making which looks freaking amazing.
I was there until about 3pm so I had been up for just about 27 hours, which I don't recommend. I then had to make the 30 minute drive home which was one f the scariest experiences of my life. It was like daydreaming... Nothing seemed real and I kept almost nodding off. I thought I was going to crash and kill myself, so needless to say I won't be doing that anytime soon or ever. I got home at almost 4pm and went to bed around 5.
SO MY GRAND TOTAL OF HOURS WITH NO SLEEP WAS!!! *drumroll*.............. 29
This photo I took a couple weeks ago describes how I was seeing things that day.... The whole day feels like it was a dream and never happened.
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