Guess what everyone! I finally went to Firefly. I had an amazing weekend watching bands I knew, bands I didn't know very well, and bands I didn't know at all! I also had an amazing time with the group I went with. Everyone got along so great and was up for anything. I didn't want the weekend to end. I thought since I've been to music festivals before I had a pretty good idea of what Firefly was going to be like but it definitely exceeded my expectations. I even learned a few things!! I compiled a list of things that I learned that all definitely apply to music festivals but somethings also apply for life. Here's what I got:
1. Portable phone chargers are a great idea but make sure you know how to work them first: I went to Target the night before I left for Delaware to buy a few last minute things and one of the things on my list was a portable charger. On the box it said that the charger was already fully charged so I thought, "great, now I don't have to charge it tonight!" Strangely enough, when I got home I plugged it in to see if it worked. It did but I guess after I used it I forgot that I had to press a button to turn it off and when I went to charge my phone on Saturday my charger only had about 1/4 of its power left. Nice going.
2. Don't worry about who is going: Ok, this sounds weird but I seriously need to be more like this. A girl who went with our group only really knew three people out of our group of 9 and decided to come along with us anyway. Apparently what had happened was that she wanted to hang out with those three and they had decided to just ask if she wanted to come along to the festival and without hesitation she said yes. She didn't ask who was going or wasn't weirded out that she didn't know 2/3rd's of the group. This girl was the freaking definition of pleasant. Can we all be more like that?? We could make so many new friends so easily!
3. No one cares what you look like: This lesson is especially for things like Firefly. People wore some weird stuff but really no one cares. I think in just about every other situation no one really cares. If I go out in the world with no makeup on people might think for a second, "ew, gross" but then move on. Realistically, no one really cares about what anyone looks like except for themselves. Present company included.
4. Crowds can be very annoying but also very fun: There were a few times when I really liked being in a crowd seeing a show and then there were times when I wanted to get out as soon as possible. You gotta take the good with the bad. It's just a fact of life. Also, crowd surfing is the worst. I didn't learn that at Firefly but I did have lots of people fall on me and I did not like that very much.
5. Tents are very hot in the morning: I don't really have to go into this much further. I never camped in an open field before so I lived and I learned.
6. Silent raves are the best: I went to my first silent disco/rave/dance party. It was maybe my favorite memory of the festival.
I got home the other night and was so exhausted but so happy. It was truly a fantastic weekend.
Until tomorrow,
Caroline
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