I Have Not Written For the Longest Time...

Wow - I haven't written since the 1st of September!! WOW!! Sorry I've neglected it. During that time, I had my school dance, got an A+ on a really big English assignment, and so on and so forth. Anyway, let's start with my dance.

Rylie, Dad, Mom, and I arrived early so we could set up the decorations. Then Dad and Rylie left, but Mom stayed to chaperon. After 7:00, people started trickling in, and then all of a sudden - POOF! - tons of people showed up!
Mr. Harris, our principal, was playing songs for group dances. (Nope, no slow dances yet) Everyone was having a blast! I was jumping up and down with my friends.
Then Mr. Harris said, "I need a volunteer." So this guy named Nick volunteered. Then Mr. Harris taught everybody the salsa! It was fun, and girls danced with girls and boys danced with boys. I enjoyed dancing with my friend Leah - but she couldn't get the hang of the salsa to save her life! :-)
Later, Mr. Harris announced, "Let's see if you can beat your old man in a 7 minute pogo dance!" So he played Rock Lobster and we (the kids AND Mr. Harris) jumped for the whole dance. Well, at least some did. I did, for one! And boy, was I exhausted by the end of that dance! :-)
I had heard Thriller was going to be played, so I was waiting anxiously for it. We saw the whole 12 minute music video. I'd seen it before, so it didn't creep me out. Some of my friends really didn't like it though. It was so hilarious to watch the boys - whenever something scary came onto the screen, they jokingly screamed at the top of their lungs in "fear". One boy named Soren mockingly grabbed his friend, crying, "Save me!" And the girls? They looked at each other with very puzzled expressions on their faces! :-)
Then, when the school dance was almost over, everybody starting chanting, "Slow dance! Slow dance! Slow dance!" So Mr. Harris put on some slow music & most of the kids coupled up. I didn't dance with anybody. Well, I almost danced with somebody, but a girl named Angie intervened. Angie is in 10th grade and was trying to couple the people who weren't dancing. But I have to rewind a little bit for you to get this...
Mom saw Nick stand up from his chair and walk over to my direction, like he was going to ask me to dance. But then Angie steps in. She grabs Nick by the arm and then grabs me and pulls us to each other and says, "Dance." Then she walks away. That was really awkward. So Nick said, "Bye!" and walked away. Angie was trying to help, but she was being rude, even though she didn't mean to.

So that was my school dance story. I will try to write more often from now own!
Porkchops,
Jordan Reyha Coble