The Freshman Float Advisor Comes Through

OK, for school today, I made my classes do some light writing. Nothing to strenuous, as the classes were only one hour long and band kids, cheerleaders, football players and homecoming court people were in and out most of the day.

After school let out at 12:30 p.m., I grabbed a quick lunch and then met with my Freshman Float Committee. Unfortunately, most of the people that said that they would bring stuff (like costumes, backdrops, etc.) did not show up. So we had three hours to put together a float from nothing. Well, we did have a flat bed trailer, but not much else. I rallied the kids that we did have and we started making phone calls. One girl called her grandma and had her bring some costumes. Another called his dad an had him bring some 2x4's for bracing our backdrop, another ran home and got some nails and a hammer. Some other people went scrounging in all of the trash dumpsters for leftover hall decorating materials that had been thrown away this afternoon. Yet another went looking for some large rolls of paper to use for our backdrop.

Somehow, two guys from the Nunn (local tiny town) Telephone Company showed up with some wood and a screw gun and helped us build the backdrop. We then decorated the trailer with a ton of old stars that we found in the trash, plus some red carpet that we used on the floor of the trailer. We got a camera and a director's chair and a director's hat and the little clappy thing and made some banners and put everything together. I think it will be OK. I hope.

I have a free couple of minutes to type this up. Then, I have to go direct traffic for the parade and make sure that people don't accidentally drive the parade out onto the highway. After the parade, I will try to grab a quick dinner, then get ready for the announcing of the game tonight.

After showing up at 7:30 a.m., I should be ready to leave work at around 10:00 p.m. tonight.

Whew.