Eveningstar: Lol I never knew that myth about ice. I just like the cold in general so I eat ice. I realize I shouldn't be so worried, I've drank with one of them before and like I said they're all pretty good people. And I did manage to share my fear with one of them, so she'll be able to help me out a bit if I get too nervous, hopefully. My problem is my calming tactics have always involved me touching my face. Since I was a baby. I'm an adult thumb sucker, not so proud of this- but it works for me. And I chew on things when I'm nervous/anxious/etc. I also rub at my eyebrows or hair. I have purell though, and I wash my hands a lot if I'm not sticking to just my bedroom (even then I wash em a decent amount). I'm going to bring some of my favorite shirts with me and my ipod and maybe some books to read or draw in- depends what fits in my backpack. We're drinking in a hotel room with out own booze, so there really is no 'ending' time. There may be an "aquari hides the booze because people are getting out of hand" time if I'm brave enough and it gets to that point.

And my brother was fine this morning. I slept until noon, but I slept lightly and heard everyone wake up at around 7, and kept waking up through until 9:30 when they all left. He has a tendency to bust into my room in the mornings and I wanted to be able to keep my door shut. He was running around and everything, so I think he is alright. Still going to spend the day in my room I think though.

WoofGirl: I'm glad you had a great time! Thats really awesome you got to enjoy yourself despite being so nervous, I really hope I can do the same!

It must be a thing for emetophobes to eat ice. I have rarely heard of anyone else doing so other than because they just had something done where they couldn't use a straw lol

A general update: I ended up not having too tough a time last night. I was really tense but playing Elvis was a really good choice lol. I ended up taking a shower at midnight ish anyway, but it really helped. Afterward I was able to fall asleep with minimal fussing over my set up and read a little to give me something fresher in my mind to think about (peter pan, yo. and the first three pages of pride and prejudice because I've been meaning to read that for years). I'm spending the day being a massive suck just chilling in my pillow pile and blankets like a goof. I have laundry to do, but I only hafta be out of my room for a little bit at a time so its okay.

I'm hoping I can sleep decently tonight, and if I can't I was planning on drinking arseloads(probably 2 or 3 cups, whoo non-coffeedrinker) of coffee on saturday anyway- mostly because if im awake with all of the energy I will find stuff to do.