Tracy's 20th High School Reunion

Tracy, the kids and I all went to Iowa this past weekend for her 20th High School reunion; and -- for those of you who may not know -- Tracy went to a small, Catholic school, with only about 35 folks in the class, so to liven things up a bit, they combined the 1988, and 1987 classes with Clinton's annual "Sunset Celebration" to raise money for the "Prince of Peace" school -- where they had raffles for for prizes and money, up to $25,000. This made for a very large, elaborate event at the Clinton Country Club with lots of the town in attendence.


The only un-settling part for me was I actually had three dates --- Tracy, her sister Aimee, and her mother Sue... kinda creepy, but hey, we had a good time none the less, and everyone looked beautiful.Tracy spent quite a bit of time mingling with her former classmates -- where my primary job was simply to smile and not look too akward --- anyway **(where was I???)*** oh yeeaaahh... that's it -- and we also kicked it up a bit with Patti, who was also working the fund raiser.Well, the night was fun and we were all having a good time... during which Patti asked me to go "half'sies" on a $50 raffle ticket... and LO AND BEHOLD... we won $7,500! Which made the night EVEN BETTER....

And apparently, it made me more attractive to "The Ladies" too... as I got real popular! The next day we just chilled around town, and then had a BBQ at Sue's place...

S'mores, anyone???


Even Gracie had a great time (or she's constipated... or morose... I really can't tell)But, I gotta say -- I am glad I won the money, cuz I have put about 3,000 miles on the van in the last two weeks (KC to Colorado Springs, to Salt Lake City and back, and then another 1,000 round-trip up to Iowa and back).

This was just PAINFUL!!!!

So, maybe I'll lay off the miles for awhile.... Later, D.