Sometimes there is always upset in life; you forgot to get coffee at the store; you missed paying a bill; and lets not talk Christmas shopping will you This week Peanut turns ten. I looked at the invitations the office sent out to the school for her Birthday "4th grade Christmas dance everyone invited " signed Mary and then parlayed my chances of survival. Lets see Mary's entire fourth grade is about 60 children; they have rented our school house out in the country carte blanche from me with a Dee Jay doing Taylor Swiss and Mylee Cyrus Kereoke. Its Friday they have Connie booked to come early to do hair and paint toes; Cindy is baking the cake and taking care of snacks and beverages; and the Mrs. has me as Man Friday cooking chicken wings hanging Christmas lights and playing Da=Da and host to the little banshees who arrive en mass ready to slam dance and party like there is no tomorrow; and I am left asking is where the heck are the parents? Is there no other chaperones? "Thank you very much Mr. Michael " they say , "Your too kind 'they say Now I know how Custer felt; and where the heck did they learn all these songs? I ask dumfounded as I watch 25 little girl booties all screaming and shaking it across the home stage with boys dumfounded in the audience All this and under a stobe light Yes Peanut turns ten;.... someone please say it ain't so /Mon -- **Please remember to trim posts, as requested in the Terms of Service** To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>