Walking the pot belly pig

Last night was the most exhausting Friday nights I've experienced in weeks, scratch that...months.

I was a Senior High Lock-in Chaperone.

Lock-In Schedule

9:00-9:30 pm
Welcome/Mixer Games (What really happened: The boys whipped ping pong, volleyballs, bouncy balls, footballs and golf balls around the room until they discovered wrestling with one another was equally thrilling).

9:30-11:30
Scavenger Hunt (What really happened: I drove four 15 year olds around North Riverside, Berwyn, LaGrange Park and Countryside while they critiqued my driving and wrestled for "shotgun". We ended up at Wendy's at 11pm along with the rest of Lyons Township High School. I look young...but not that young. They soon caught on to me and they cleaned up their language automatically. It was hilarious. One of the kids looked at me after hearing his friend curse and said..."er, sorry. You have heard that word before, right? You're not like a ya know...good all the time, right?")

11:30-12:30
Ice Cream!!! (What really happened: everyone ate ice cream except for the kids that drove in m car. My trip to Wendy's was discovered)

12:30-1:00
Scavenger Hunt Results (What really happened: I don't know)

1:00-3:00 am
Sardines/Capture the Flag (What really happened: They played games. They ran around the church and broke a lamp. They ate some more. They played xbox, DDR, Karaoke Revolution and that electronic dance game)

3:00-4:00
Free time (What really happened: at this point we were supposed to suggest they sleep)

4:00-6:00
Movie time (What really happened: we watched a movie! It was that Wallace and Grommet video and I don't remember much of it. There isn't a lot of animation that can keep me awake at 4:30 in the morning. However, the group FINALLY fell asleep at 3:40am!

6:00-6:30
Spare time (What really happened: Now they wanted to sleep. Especially when we turned the lights on and blared music at 6:15)

6:30-7:00
Clean-up and leave! (What really happened: I don't know if they helped clean too much. I was too busy picking up the mess so I could go home and sleep for a couple more hours. They seemed to have had fun and their parents seemed happy to have had their houses to themselves for an entire evening)