Day 5: Mulan

Today's princess was Mulan. I woke up this morning and got down to business... but not to defeat the huns... I got busy getting ready.

Today was our AP Lit class's day for playing kickball. Instead of adopting the dress and colors of Mulan I adopted the colors of "Ping" Mulan's alter ego. In order to save her father, Mulan sacrifices herself to join the Chinese Army to protect China from the Huns. She then adopts her male persona "Ping" in order to hide her identity. Ping allows Mulan to step out of her comfort zone and do things she could never do if they knew she was a girl. Mulan is unbelievably brave and honorable which is why I decided to focus on those two traits today.

I put my hair in a high bun and winged my eyeliner. I also wore a dark green shirt similar in color to Mulan's army uniform. I was ready to defeat the other AP class in AP kickball. Unfortunately... that didn't work out. Not only were we terribly outnumbered, our class was.... well... not very enthusiastic.

We had a grand total of two boys on our team and twenty something girls. If Mulan has proved anything its that girls can do whatever they set their minds to, however I don't think our heads were in the game.

One thing I am not proud of today is the fact that I did have a moment of cowardice. I should have been brave and volunteered to go first but instead I hung back, clearly not embodying Mulan. Although, I guess you could argue I was afraid of dishonoring the team I was mostly just scared.

Mulan left her family after she felt that she could not fulfill their expectations, I hung back and didn't volunteer to kick at first. Although I eventually went up I was very timid. I have this fear of making a fool of myself (mostly because I do this a lot) with things I know I am  not good at. I am NOT an athlete, I'm a drama kid. I can act or direct all day but when it comes to sports... Well, let's just say that I am worse than Mulan at her first day at training camp, which is to say terrible.

Therefore Kickball did not go over as well as I had hoped, although I did make it to third base and am determined I would have made it home if we had not gotten out right before I touched the base.

The rest of the day went well and it was an enlightening experience to focus on bravery.

Tomorrow I will be embracing Anna!