Yesterday was the 8th grade field trip. Instead of driving my son and three of his friends like I'd planned on, I got stuck with four girlies. I've been volunteering at my kids' school for several years, so I knew two of them well. The other two I didn't know at all, but they were both pretty nice. I'd apparently repressed how maniacally giggly 13 year old girls are. Yikes!
Now, I'm not going to pretend that I wasn't freakishly giddy at that age - hell, sometimes I'm still freakishly giddy. I had however forgotten the level of ear piercing shrieking that goes on with 13 year old girls. But that said, I had a great time with the chicklets. We went to see Enchanted with the other 65 or so kids, teachers and chaperones. Being so early in the morning on a school day we also had the theatre to ourselves.
The movie was absolutely delightful. I loved it. I'll admit, I'm a sucker for fairy tales, but I usually like the grittier ones. This was just adorable and fun all the way around. I'd like to take my younger son to see it. He, of course, would rather see Alvin and the Chipmunks, but I'd rather chew glass. I LOATHE Alvin and the Chipmunks.
Anyway, back to the field trip...after the movie and the subsequent squeeeeeeing by the girls and the eye rolling by the boys, we went out to lunch at Taco Bell where I ended up with my son and his friends after all. Later that night was the holiday band concert. Thank God I brought my knitting. Hubby's convinced it's the only thing that kept me from reaching out and smacking the drummer who couldn't keep time to save his life as well as grabbing the out of tune trumpet and tuning it for the poor child.
Well, I should chain myself back to the sewing machine so I can make a few more Christmas presents and return you to our regularly scheduled contest.
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