Yesterday was the Homecoming Dance for Mavis & Jubal. Early in the day, Jubal & his friend Toast came over to help with
demolition. Around 1:00, Mavis left to get ready in town with "the girls." Jubal and Toast stayed to eat pizza, take naps, and get ready. Mavis said to me, "you make sure they leave here on time for pictures. Pictures are at 5:00." LOL
When they first arrived, Toast asked to wash his black pants so they'd be clean for the dance. Mavis made sure they got washed & dried, while I fished them out of the dryer and hung them to make sure they didn't wrinkle. When Toast got up from his nap, he went looking for the pants and got confused because the dryer was empty. When I told them they were hanging up, he looked very surprised, and he thanked me. Then Jubal came and asked for towels so they could shower. Then Toast came back, slightly damp and half-dressed, to ask for an iron. He had a black shirt with a ruffled front. The ruffles were edged with white thread. After digging around in the junk room, we came up with the iron, and Toast proceeded to iron the ruffles himself. :O I asked him who picked out the shirt, and he said it was his choice, but his girlfriend got to pick the color. I'm really impressed with young men's senses of style these days.
After awhile longer, the boys came out of the house looking
majorly handsome. Toast's nearly all-black ensemble was highlighted by the white on the ruffles and white leather moccasins. Jubal had on black pants, a striped dress shirt with french cuffs, a black tie with teal and aqua polka dots (to match Mavis's dress), a black hat, cufflinks and a tie bar. I noticed the jewelry and commented (it's been a long time since I've seen a non-bridegroom wearing cufflinks). Jubal said, "yeah, I have to be careful with these, they're my grandpa's. My mom said she'd kill me if I lost them." They're really pretty - enameled and sort of asian-themed. I'm betting grandpa picked them up in Japan during war time. They let me take their picture, and then we had the curfew and safe behavior discussion. Well, it's a habit, just because they weren't my kids, doesn't mean they didn't need the talk. Off they went, and even a bit early. About 2 min. later,
busman1994 says, "whose flowers are in the refrigerator?" Oops! Mavis's corsage was left behind. I didn't have Jubal's cell #, so I called Mavis and she called Jubal and he came back, looking chagrined and grateful.
Mavis came home around 12, and she'd had a good time, except she reported that everyone who had the chicken alfredo at Tutto Pasta on State Street was struck very ill during the dance. Poor kids. I'm glad her evening wasn't ruined. She's promised me her pics, but I'll have to wait until she uploads them to add them in here.
ETA: I think I fixed the picture link...