Prom Night

Yup, it's that time of year again when all the airheads will be taking their girl friends to the prom here at Hobgood Academy. Prom is tomorrow night (Thursday the 26th). This year's graduating class is only 11 seniors - 7 of which I have in my shop classes and all are bona fide wingnuts! The economy has really affected student enrollment this school year. A lot of parents pulled their kids out of the academy and enrolled them in public schools where they'll be subjected to body & locker searches, drugs, violence, racial tensions, and a substandard education.

This year I will not be attending prom - I'll be out for a night ride . . . .

Guys, that didn't occur to me. Think I will risk it anyway as it should be a beautiful evening. Most of the kids will be heading for the beaches. When I see them tomorrow at school, I'll tell them to look out for me riding . . . .

Many of them will continue working on their families farms and a few will go to college. Only 2 (that I know of) out of the hundreds that I have taught over the years ended up in trouble with the law. And one of them is in rehab and trying to straighten his life out. We're all pulling for him . . . .

Well, my baby graduates in about one month. When she goes to college in the fall, will be the first time in 28 years we have not had a kid at home. WOW!

Hope your ride was good, terrible storms here, hail size of golf balls. All I could do was stand at window and watch it pound my other baby (1992 Chevy Silverado). Just put new roof on last week, dread looking tomorrow to see what I have... sounded bad pounding on house.

That Sucks!!!:witsend:

Hope you didn't have any damage to your new roof or truck. Hail rarely gets bigger than the size of peas around here. But we get hurricanes.

It rained yesterday and the roads still had some water on them by evening so I didn't get my ride in. I could hear the music from prom in our house (we're only a couple blocks away from the gym). Mostly the bass. Thankfully, it was over by around 11 o'clock.