Last night was prom. We went to the Grand March to see all the couples. It was in the gym. All the couples were seated down on the floor waiting for it to begin.
We were way up on the second floor bleachers.
Waiting.
Getting bored.
To entertain ourselves, we mothers took turns texting....
"look up and to your right"
to each of our kids down there.
It was fun watching them take the phone out of their pockets
(we mothers squealing with anticipation)
read the message
slowly turn around
(to the right)
wondering and looking....
Then we would stand up call them and wave.
They all waved back.
Good times.
Crispy and his date.....
We were up kinda late by our standards..... (11:00pm)
and the phone was ringing early this morning.
Our bank was on fire!
We grabbed our coffee and headed off in our pajamas to see. It had already been burning for several hours when we arrived.
Fire departments from Woden, Burt and Algona (surrounding towns) came to help.
The building was totally destroyed.
It was unreal.
The building on the right is Karen's grocery store.
No one was hurt and they will rebuild.
...and we were worried about bad weather and tornadoes last night.
It is the stuff you aren't even thinking about that ends up getting you.
here is a link to a newspaper article on it
5 comments:
wow, I didn't realize the gym had a second level. I love seeing the kids all dressed up like that. Nice looking couple! And that pile of rubble that used to be the bank shocks me every time I see it.
I wonder if anyone still needed to go pick up their income tax returns from the bank and get them in the mail??
Ah, the prom, the kids are so beautiful! YIKES, the fire....I hope your money didn't get burned.....what a thing.
Wow. How can a bank catch on fire? No one is in there cooking or ironing. Faulty wiring?
Aaahhh yes, THE PROM!!! Brings back memories!!
Oh MY!!! First MY bank gets ROBBED and now YOURS burns down!!!
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