Franklin's last dance.

Mike and I chaperoned Franklin Middle School’s final dance last night. I was all snuggled up with my laptop and a mojito and some panang curry from Ann Thai Kitchen [sic..see below!] when Mike told me that he had to go back up to Franklin to help with the school dance.

I replied, “Tell her I said hello.”

“What? Who? Oh, dadgum it, Kristy, I am NOT having an affair. There really is a dance. Wanna’ come up to Franklin and see?”

“Sure. Let me get my clothes back on.”

I’ll bet he wasn’t expecting THAT answer! :-)

It turned out to be really fun. I saw old friends and even a couple of former Madison students who now attend Franklin. (They knew they could trust me with their digital cameras so I ended up snapping photos! Sure wish I’d taken *our* camera…)

The theme was Black-and-White (Huh? Stinkin’ Lincoln colors? Will Lincoln’s last dance have maroon and white balloons?), but it turned out to be great because I wore black-and-BLING to work yesterday! The sparkly “Library Goddess” shirt looked great in the gym-turned-dance-floor lighting, plus I had on my fake-diamond dangly earrings and my fake-diamond “glasses on a chain” necklace.

Kirsten likes to call this photo "The Haves & the Have-Nots." ;-)

Here are some pics of this morning’s work party and dust storm. Oh, and one of the red sand that accumulated on my windshield wipers in just *minutes* while I was inside Bealls. (I won’t post the pics of the dead pigeon in my parking place…or its head fifteen feet away near the front doors. You’re welcome.)

Oh, and I found a couple of places where you can see the Presidential Kiss video! It’s not the good one that CNN showed where Debbie (who is exactly my age) even hugged and kissed the reporter covering the story, but it will give you an idea of how sweet she is…

http://www.wrcbtv.com/news/index.cfm?sid=6393 and then click “Play Video” (the audio is kinda’ messed up on this one…)

And here: http://www.wdef.com/node/2749 Click “Watch the Video.”

Update: After I left work at 6 p.m. (Ms. Merrill & Ms. Batts were still there!), I saw this amazing spectacle...a tree branch blown into the flagpole chain by today's 65 m.p.h. winds.

And now the sun's gone down, and Mike is making mojitos and nachos...with an attentive audience!