"all the birds are heading down south...

...but you're staying up north you say." -matt costa

so i completely got into the Chrsitmas spirit yesterday. my roommate and i volunteered for an organization called "Angels Sing" where we went caroling for the elderly. SO FUN!

we didn't really know anything about how it was going to be so we showed up in festive-ish apparell, prepared to sing our little hearts out. we were paired with three other random people and received directions for the places where we were to sing. my roommate and i knew each other and i knew the other girl. the other two guys were cousins whom i had never met.
so there were 5 of us with directions to two facilities and a mobile home park. equppied with free t-shirts, 2 song books, and candycanes to hand out, they sent us off to merriment the old folks. uhh...ok? ready, set, go!

in a car with 2 guys we had never met i was a little apprehensive but determined not to make it awkward. we all introduced ourselves (joel, josiah, kelcey, cody, and me) and headed on our way. and it was GREAT.

before we even got in joel's car he warned us it may smell like cheese and we discovered a fingered inscription in the dust on his back window stating, "honk if you love weiners." bahaha he erased it of course...

we all made sure none of us were music majors and started "warming up" our voices... oh my goodness. those boys were hilarious. they would sing super high falsetto or belt out extremely low notes randomly in the middle of the songs which only made the rest of us laugh.
the first home we went to was very nice with lots of cute elderly people. so the 5 of us did a "marathon" of songs(meaning we sang the whole book they gave us cover to cover, except for "i'll be home for Christmas" because i thought that would be sad) in the dining area and had a wonderful time. :)
we also went to a mobile home park with residents mostly 80 or older and were instructed to stay in the car and drive around singing. joel has a ford explorer so we stood out on the sides of the car and belted Christmas carols around the park. haha it just makes me smile. :D we were told to meet the manager who gave us cider and hot chocolate before we went to our final destination.
then the last facility we went to there were only 3 ladies still awake although it was 7:15pm...so we sang to them as a finale of the night.
so i made 2 new friends, sang the entire twelve days of Christmas song 3 times, and had a very joyful night. :)

Merry Christmas!