Tonight I have to step out of my comfort zones.....It is Chris's Farewell Celebration at school. He graduates from Junior High today. The celebration begins with a Liturgy at the big Catholic Church in town and Chris has been chosen to do a reading there. So tonight not only do I have to wear a dress, but I also have to go to Church. Me. An Atheist. In a Catholic Church! For most of the service I will be on my own as Lloyd won't be back from work - he will arrive mid way through the service.
I know nothing about Catholic services apart from the fact they tend to be long and they do different things to the services I grew up with. Do I need to take money with me? Do they give donations during these services? How much? Is it notes or change? I haven't been in a Church in a VERY long time......Chris was probably a baby and it was probably Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve with my Mom. I don't think my Sisters wedding counts. Or my friends Daughters Christening......
After the Liturgy we are going to the Farewell dinner which is a catered dinner at the school which is being decorated beautifully I hear. Chris has been chosen to be the MC and I have helped him write his speech! I am so proud! he's only been at the school just over a year and he's been chosen to MC the farewell dinner! Last night he was texting all his friends asking them for memories from the last few years - and people they wanted to thank for certain things.
I think we've managed to mention everyone! We wrote everyones names down so no one would be forgotten and we got a memory about everyone in there but they are said throughout the evening so the speech is broken up into bits.
After the dinner tonight, Lloyd and I get to come home, but Chris is off to a Luau - a party at Birch Bay Ranch with all his friends - in Hawaiian costume :) - handy when your friends parents own Summer Camps huh????? :) That ends at 1am :)
Then tomorrow he is off to another party that is a sleepover - so his weekend is just one long celebration but luckily school is over for him apart for exams so he gets to sleep in a lot now (and I get my babysitter home a lot - Val lets do breakfast - I can go kiddy free a lot woohoo!!!!)
So I am excited and proud about tonight but also very nervous about being out of my comfort zone for a while. I will be taking my camera to embarrass my Son with but hopefully to capture many memories for him with - he'll thank me one day I'm sure!
I know the school are very proud of him - they certainly seem to pick him for a lot of things! I just hope he does equally as well at his next school :)
