.Anyway, she came in, with Lisa right behind her. That was a surprise.Tuesday pm - LisaWhen I left the lunchroom, I headed straight to the Computer La..., 'cause one of the girls had told me that was where Rebecca something-or-other would be, and she was Ryan's girl friend.Girl friend? Wow. I had figured that with all the action he was getting, he wouldn't have one. But I guess I was behind the times for Central Texas moral standards. At least for Central Texas football jock standards.I rapped on. .” the poor guy stammered, “ ... but isn’t this all kind of against everything the church and religion and the Bible stands for. Our church has been so dead against this sort of thing for so long that I’m finding it all a bit difficult to grasp. Not that I think I am going to mind” he said as he looked carefully at the five rather good looking women in the room. Even Polly, he had to admit, was rather cute in her own way.“I mean” he continued, “ ... I really didn’t expect anyone to go naked at. The ladies are all dressed up in long beautiful dresses and the guys have to ware a tux or a suit. They have these tables of 10 set up along the parade route and you drink and eat all you want. We also decided to get a hotel room across the street from the ball.We were friends with all the couples except Julies cousin and husband who live in Houston, Let the party begin!The parade gets to the ball around 9pm and the party goes to 4am. They'll have 2 or 3 bands schedule and always somebody good. ’ Like her children I too wanted to put my hands around her neck and hug her. The day our school vacation started my mother gave me some money to buy sarsaparilla. It’s a concentrate and you add a spoonful to a mixture of iced water and freshly squeezed lime. Presto! It becomes a delicious drink. The next day we were to go on vacation. It was 5:30 in the evening. I slipped the bill in my trouser pocket. On the way to the groceries a cunning pickpocket engaged me in some silly talk and stole.