First week of TY

I just finished my first full week of TY and so far it has been really good. There are 3 TY classes named after Disney princesses, Ariel, Belle and Aurora.  I am in class Aurora with many of my friends which is good. All the girls who I had not really known beforehand in my class are really nice too and we get on great! 
After the first day or two we had not yet done much and I still didn't really know many in my class that well.  I wasn't sure if I had made the right decision doing TY.  As time went on however I began to change my mind.  Our class began mixing with each other, especially in PE doing the skateboard challenge which made it more enjoyable.
As part of TY we get to try all the option subjects.  I was nervous about this because I had never done home-ec before and after first year I knew that I wasn't that great at art or music.  After trying all the subjects out though in my option class I can see it being really fun.  We are baking on Monday in home-ec so I am looking forward to trying this out, as long as I don't set the place on fire!
On Wednesday we had 3 workshops which were really fun. I started my day doing first aid.  The instructor, Garry, was really nice.  Although his jokes and puns were not the best I had ever heard, he taught us a lot of what we would know in an emergency like CPR.  I would love to learn more about these things now.  After this we had an etiquette workshop.  Here we were taught how to walk properly in heels with books on our heads.  It was pretty embarrassing at first but I think we learned a bit from it.  The women also taught us the importance of being comfortable with our body image by showing us this memorable Dove video.  We then got to use this really nice smelling hand cream which made our hands really soft.  The last workshop we did was Positive Parties.  Here the instructor tried to show us the importance of being happy and laughing.  She did so by making us fit a number of people into a pair of pants and taking part in laughter yoga.  It felt really weird at the time but now, looking back, I feel like my class gained a lot from it and it really helped us to bond.
I look forward to seeing what the next few weeks of TY brings.