There is, of course, no smoking inside our building, but he was going downstairs to the sidewalk. I told one of my bosses about the delightful vision I had just seen, and he said "oh yeah, if you walk to lunch, you'll probably see him just strolling down the sidewalk smoking his cigar, looking like he owns the city." I have always thought this department head was just swell, mainly because of the bowties and the glasses (which he wears regularly), but now I like him even more. Someone who's good at fiction should write a short story or something about this image because I just love it. Too bad Scott Fitzgerald isn't around.
(For a peek into the life of a famous Chattanooga bowtie-wearer and his ice cream empire, see this month's magazine!)
Today is May Day, being the first day of May, which of course brings to mind May Day at GPS, one of my favorite traditions. This event honoring seniors, pretty dresses, and old school activities such as dancing around the May pole (see below photo, not of GPS but from some website called victoriantraditions.com) is fun for everyone, pretty much, except for the grounds crew who spend like a month worrying about whether it will rain on May Day and then if it does, coming up with innovative ways to try and dry out the grass. It is also not fun for male teachers at GPS, who for the most part think it is ridiculous. I, of course, think it is fantastic and feel lucky to have gone to a school with long-lasting and fun traditions. Having hung out with Babs in her capacity as YoungLife leader a little bit, I am happy to say that I've met this year's May Queen and she strikes me as a genuine delight.
In other news, my parents reported to me last night that in watching the local news the night before, they learned a valuable tip regarding transport in Tunnel Hill, Georgia (a nearby town.) Don't drive your horse drunk. Two men were apparently arrested after officers responded to neighbors complaints that they were riding recklessly. After being released from jail on bond, the men supposedly sold the horses immediately because (according to my parents, this is a quote from one of the men) the only reason they had bought the horses in the first place was to ride them when they were too drunk to drive. My stepdad says that the son of one of the men said on the news that he didn't understand why they'd been arrested, because they'd ridden the horses before when they were "a whole lot drunker than they was last night." Ahh, song of the south.And people say television news is always bad news.
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Did I ever tell you about the time Graham Taylor and I almost ruined May Day 2002? Yeah, that would have been bad. We parked in the lower lot and had to climb those murderous stairs to get to the upper school building. We were walking through the building, and I said, "Hey, why don't we just go out through the rotunda and cut across the lawn [er, Smith Courtyard]?" We thought it was strange that the doors and windows were covered with some sort of paper or something, and just as we started to crack open the door, we see lattice and flowers and all sorts of stuff right outside. Yeah, we could have knocked down Katherine Dann's throne and the whole May Court set. That would NOT have been good.
Hey EM! For the plates I read a tip online to cut out templates of each plate and tape those on the wall first and get them exactly perfect and then hang the plates. By far the best tip! It worked like a charm. Hope you are doing well!
Hahaha, Scott, it is right and a good and a joyful thing that you and Graham realized the error of your ways before you dethroned Katherine Dann - I feel like that would not have ended well for you!
Brilliant plate tip, ETay!
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