Party Night

Well yesterday certainly was a big day!

To stop me jumping about all afternoon, Pia and I picked Barbra (her sister) up around 5, and went for milkshakes before coming home to get ready for the Big Dance. This was the Marianville Fundraising Dance Doris and I had been collecting tickets and money for for the last month (competing against my calendars, I might add, so a bone of contention I threw in her face whenever I could!), and the one that had advertised my name in the national paper for the last month, despite my protests. It was at the Country Club, and we knew from the pre-dance sales that it was going to be a big night. And it was - 618 people walked through the door according to the security guard with his little counter, and by the time it hit 1am the dance floor was so crowded you could barely move (and in fact, a few fell in the pool). The three of us had started getting ready at 6pm (the bus was due to pick us up at 6.30), with Barbra and I insisting Pia wear the new sexy little top I'd got for her on a recent 2nd hand clothes jaunt. I didn't think we'd manage to convince her, but finally she succumbed (a moment in history for that determined little lady!) - think it was the vodka that did it in the end, as well as the fun of finding Barbra a shirt in a similar vein so we'd all be glammed up together. Anyway, by the time the bus arrived we were well and truly on our way to having a great night already. And by the time we hit the club, I was already in the mood for dancing, so off we went...



sisters, gearing up for a big night out!

It was one of the funnest nights I've had in ages. I wasn't sure what it was going to be like, knowing students were going to be there (those over 18 - or able to convince the bouncers that they were anyway...) but actually it was kinda fun to see them - everywhere you went you'd be running into current students, or ex-students, or parents of students, or other staff. It was just like a huge party. About 6 of my ex Grade 10s were there and a whole swag of the girls from my IT classes, as well as a couple of my class parents, and I had a dance or two with each of them throughout the night - and kept a close eye on those girls of mine dancing up very close with boys who looked way too old for them... Will be teasing Marjie about her taste in men after last night, that's for sure!

Danced until my legs ached and my head was spinning. After a crappy couple of weeks in the staffroom, and so much tension mixed with boredom across the school, it was so much fun to just forget everything, let go and laugh.

The bus ride home was the longest in history - didn't make it to bed til 4am - but we'd all had a ball. Another great night to add to the collection of moments that have defined my POM experience.