Prom and more Prom

Two weekends ago, I got to chaperone prom. At the school I work at, the seniors are the only ones who go to prom. Since I am the faculty advisor for the junior class, it was really a fact-finding mission to see how the whole thing operates for next year. Not a bad night, I went to dinner with the 4 kids who will be in charge of prom next year with me and then was up until 4am.
Last weekend, the junior class did our last big fundraiser of the year to boost the size of the prom budget. It was an outdoor games, food and music party we called "Cougapalooza". The Battle of Bands was fun and we even had a celebrity judge, Scott Schulte from Z102.9. I think we ended up making about 2000 dollars, which should help out for prom next year.
Finally, I got to spend some time with adults on Saturday. I drove in to Chicago where one of my girlfriend's friends got married on Friday night. I met all of her friends from college and then we spent Saturday afternoon/night in the city. Had tapas at Café Ibérico, which was awesome, and just strolled around downtown for awhile.
Sunday morning we met one of my friends that I worked with at my last job for breakfast. Her little one-year old boy is the cutest! The drive home was too long as usual, but we stopped in Davenport to see The DaVinci Code, which I thought was lacking in many areas. Finally got home and crashed. This week is graduation, which all faculty are required to attend in full cap and gown, and then Memorial Day weekend. I am hoping for some grilling, but we'll see what happens. I can't wait for summer to get here. I am ready to be done with these kids!!

I laughed, I cried...but mostly cried

So last weekend Kennedy was the first high school in Iowa and one of the first in the whole country to stage Broadway's longest running musical, Cats. I had never seen this show before, but was familiar with some of the music and liked what I had heard. When I was in high school, I had tickets to see Cats in Des Moines but ended up not being able to go. My mom went instead and she hated it.
So I saw it for the first time on Saturday at Kennedy. The production was very well-done, the costumes and make-up were good and it was very impressive for a high school production. The kids did a great job and the performances were excellent. My problem is that I just don't like the show. There is no real story line, it's impossible to relate to any of the characters and there is no way to get emotionally invested in what was going on. There are some good songs that stay with you after the show, but no memorable characters and the ending was just ridiculous. Again, I haven't seen a professional production, but do they really suck up the cat to the "heavyside layer" in a spaceship? Are you kidding me with this?
Anyway, I laughed , I cried it, it was better than Cats, I want to see it again and again. It wouldn't take much for that to be true.