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Photos and Speeches
| Wed, 05-28-2003 - 6:30pm |
On Monday night, the annual retirement dinner was held for our school system. It was very nice with music provided by one of the school choral groups. Food was catered by *Two Fools In A Kitchen*, a cute name for some ladies who always do a great job. Actually there are now more than 2 because their business is growing so quickly. My DGD did attend and was very good. After an hour and 15 minutes, she got a little restless, so we pulled out the magic markers that only write on special paper. I had bought a travel kid and it was new to her, so that handled the restlessness for the remainder of the night. Our supervisors spoke our praises and introduced us and then we were presented with plaques and a lovely gift wrapped crystal apple by the superintendent and the Chairman of the Board of Education. After the first lady received her goodies, she walked to the microphone and made a speech. I could have smacked her. Last year and years before, none of the retirees had spoken. Of course the rest of us had to think fast to come up with a speech. Now after that she was asked to pose while pictures were made with the Sup and Board member and the boss. Of course I hated that. Since I am at the county office, I was last and had all that time to fret and be nervous. I finally said to heck with it, there is no way out and just tried to enjoy the rest of "gamma's party" as DGD called it. As it turned out, I was fine with the speech, smiled for the photo, and we all took DGD out for ice cream afterward to celebrate.
I haven't had a lot of time on the board this week. Every day has had a celebration meal of some type. This morning, it was breakfast to celebrate the monthly birthdays in our building. Also, this week we started the new summer schedule of working 7 to 5 for 4 days with Fridays off. Monday turned out to be 7 to 10 and then I was too keyed up to sleep well. Hope to spend some time on the board the weekend.
I have briefly checked the board and want to read more now. Hope all is well with every bug. See you this weekend.

See you this weekend......BB
What a nice evening and the grand being so good. You must have been proud of her and you should have been proud of yourself as well.
I did miss seeing you around. Glad you are back. We chatted a little tonight on the MSN site. It was strange but nice. You know, not a lot of strangers popping in.
Lanie
Now help me out here, are you retiring...because in your post your mention the summer schedule...
HADG Val
Enjoy all of your retirement events. They are so bittersweet!
So you've retired, but you're working through the summer. Is that correct?
Rest well.
hugs
JJ