Today is Madeline’s 17th birthday and she invited us over for dinner and cake.

As soon as she opened the door I was a little taken aback by her bumblebee outfit and the words she spoke. “You will be a nun!”

    Yes, a nun. It was a costume party that provided the costumes. Really quite splendid. I wore a full nun outfit, my boyfriend Alex wore a straw hat implying the “hick”, Drew was a “hick” as well. Julian, the other exchange student from France who is living in Middletown was a drag queen in a gold gown and blonde wig. That was interesting…anyways I had a really good time and I’m glad I know her and her nice host family.