Wrapping up the Year at Trinity

Before Susan moves on to her new job next fall, she's wrapping up the school year at her current job with a couple annual events in which we got to participate last spring, too. Last Tuesday, we attended a recognition dinner at the high school (a four-house-away walk for us) for all faculty and staff to honor those who have achieved milestones in terms of years of service (e.g., five years, ten years, etc.) or who are moving on (i.e., retiring or taking new jobs elsewhere). Planners neglected to include Susan in the list of those moving on, so she wasn't acknowledged . . . an oversight that seemed to irritate her colleagues much more than it did Susan. We still got a free meal out of the evening (courtesy of McDonald's and Susan's uncle Dale, who manages it), so what the hey?

Tonight we got another free meal, this time courtesy of the junior and senior classes at their annual pre-prom banquet held at the Grand Dakota Lodge (which happens to make dang tasty deep-fried turkey, I must say). All the high schoolers in attendance were in semi-formal attire with fresh fake tans and much facial makeup and hair all fixative-d into place . . . and that was just the guys! I jest. They looked good all cleaned up, and those who gave addresses from the podium were amusing and confident. And the food was good, which was a priority to me since I don't know many of the people at school or "get" the in-jokes made about them at the podium.

We won't be attending Trinity's prom this weekend; we have our own prom to attend (keep reading Pensive? No, Just Thinking for further details). Perhaps the next year-end/career-end wrap-up at Trinity for Susan will be graduation May 25?