I just got home. I am eating dinner.
So, prom-girl's (N) really unreliable mother had promised to give her a ride. She didn't show. Since I was over to see prom-girl off anyway, I became her chariot. Thank god it was at the Ravens stadium (even though roads are all kinds of fucked up and badly marked down there!)
But anyway. I'm pissed (but not surprised) at her mom. N moved back in with g-grandma (my neighbor) just before xmas-2 days before her birthday. ANd she GRADUATES Sunday! Aiiieee.
Anyway, she was lovely, in a floor length red-satin moviestar dress, complete with plunging front and bare back (man, we didn't wear dresses like that at prom!) But she is gorgeous and carries it off.
The 12 year old in me must note that besides Mr. Dong, one of the other two left has the last name Wang.
One of the most common surnames in northern China. It means 'king', naturally. Oh, and queen is 'nü-wang'.
Or that a lot is two separate words.
Oh sweet zombie Jesus yes. This drives me bat-froody.
after being told in Italy that the strain was dangerous and he should not fly flew into Canada on a commercial aircraft with other unaware passengers and then crossed the boarder into the US in order to avoid detection
I heard the reason he flew into Canada was because he knew was on a no-fly list for the US.
Yep and then a border guard ignored a warning to stop him because the lawyer "looked healthy".
That border guard is on desk duty now.
You know, I realize I was just part of a ritual that when I was that age, I wasn't interested in. It was really sweet to be a part of it. We were all in the bedroom with a nervous looking N. Ms. Smith, another neighbor, was sewing her into the dress, her great-aunt was bawdily talking about her prom , 35 years ago. Miss Louise was remembering that too, and mistily talking about how she never graduated, never went to prom, and now one of her grandbabies is getting to do both. Her home-aid was remembering hers and marvelling at how fancy they'd gotten. I told about my mother cursing like she rarely does as she sewed my velvet one. They were rubbing lotion on her back and spritzing her with perfume, teasing her as she rolled her eyes
GRANDma!
, and then we were taking pictures. It was such a girly thing.
It may not have been perfect, but I hope N still thinks of it as a good time.
I love you and your neighbors, Sara.
Yep and then a border guard ignored a warning to stop him because the lawyer "looked healthy".
don't you mean "was white and clean cut, so couldn't possibly be doing anything wrong"
I heard the reason he flew into Canada was because he knew was on a no-fly list for the US.
Yes indeed. He claims that once he was aware that he had a really bad strain he feared that he would die if he did not get back to the US and get treatment here. Right.
Yep and then a border guard ignored a warning to stop him because the lawyer "looked healthy".
That border guard is on desk duty now.
I'm sad to say that the only one likely to get punished is the hapless border guard. At a minimum the lawyer ought to be in trouble with his state bar. Disobeying an order not to fly, flying to Canada to avoid the no-fly list = bad. However, disciplinary boards tend to be more forgiving when the lawyer does a bad thing for a personal reason, rather than when he/she is harming a client. Still. Sheesh.
