Sunday, May 30, 2010

On the Third Day of Carolinimas...

...I went to prom.

I had a delightful dinner with some friends at a Santa Cruz eatery. The highlight was getting the "treasure chest" at the end of our meal. The chest is filled with cheap plastic toys. I took a shark. My friend's friend took a lobster. My friend took nothing -- for fear she was taking something from a kid. Um, the thing is FILLED with toys, I think there will be some left for the next kid when they finish their meal. And we paid $40 each, I think we deserve a plastic toy.

Prom itself was sorta lame. The music was all techno, but I was not dressed in techno attire, nor was I prepared to dance to techno at my age or in front of students. It just takes too much energy.

However, afterwards we walked down to the ocean and trashed the dress. I know, you're supposed to do that to wedding dresses, but it works with prom, too. We didn't get totally soaked (it was chilly), but it was fun. When I get my hands on some photos, I'll let you see them.

(I'll probably get the dress washed, but I also spilled sauce on it at dinner, so it might be trashed already anyway.)

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