Homecoming Week

So... this week is the week of Monroe Central Homecoming. In case you are far beyond high school years, homecoming week is the most important week of the year. It is like fashion week for a designer or election week for a politician. The entire month we talk about themes, dress-up days, and hallway and banner ideas. The way the week goes is like this:

Monday- First dress up day, Pajama Day. All classes pretty much stay after until 8 or 8:30 starting the banner.
Tuesday- Favorite Sport's team day. You see a lot of brown and gold and over sized NFL jerseys. After school we work on finishing up banner and start painting or working on hallway decorations. Once again stay until 8 to 8:30
Wednesday- (We had no school this day but it would have went like this) Construction worker day. I imagine it would have been something like lots of yellow hats and hammers. Everyone would stay after to finish the banner and doing whatever you could to make tomorrow easier, so working on some of the hallway projects.
Thursday- Decades Day (No school today, so this is what would have happened) Everyone buzzing about staying after today. Lots of big concert tees and the irking smell of hairspray. Maybe some poodle skirts. Everyone would stay after school. I mean EVERYONE. We would stay after until 10 or 11 even. The hallway would come together. Today would have been the second most important day, the first of course being friday.
Friday-Tomorrow...hmmm. Brown and gold day. Lots of shorts, beads, face paint, and excitement. There is a half day of classes. After that we would all go to the cafeteria for a concert of the MC talent show. Some good bands... some good acts...others? Not so much. But we scream and yell and smile anyway. After that we file into the gym and scream. Lots of screaming. We play some silly games, including fear factor in which you can be sure to see someone barf, the bat spin, and balloon pop. After school... I can't remember, that never seems impotant. The game is big we all scream and yell and do crazy things and then we go to the dance. Then it is all over, nothing but your inablity to speak and large pastelled paper that esentially says 'Win Bears' to show for it.

But by the next year you are ready to do it again. And this year won't even feel like homecoming really. People will be ready for another one next week. I mean with the two most important prep days gone nobody will have a banner or a hallway and the building excitement has been all but drained. Can imagine that kind of homecoming? I certainly cannot. I can't even imagine being a senior right now. I mean, I am no Suzy Q, but everyone gets into homecoming. I am just really curious at this point about this will all play out.

Anyway. So I have a funny story. This morning I was reading and I heard Dora ask Brighton if paper came from trees and he said yeah. then I hear Dora go out to the hallway and say, "Told ya so Tobi, Brighton said that paper came from trees." And then Tobi said "Nu-uh. I have never seen a paper tree!"

Well that's all folks

Sari