Class Reunion

I was the last person to graduate from Ashe Central High School. I was in the class of 1999 and the reason I was the last person to walk across the stage was because the Senior Class President called out the names of all the other members of the graduating class. I thought that awesome, but little did I know what responsibility lied ahead. I was unaware that the class president was to organize the class reunions. Well, here we are 3 days from the class reunion. I have put in many hours trying to coordinate and organize this fiasco. Now it is almost here and I can't wait till it is over. All it seems to do is produce drama. I organized a core group of people that were seriously interested in helping plan a reunion. Well, they couldn't ever agree on anything or communicate in a timely manner. Half of them were upset because I chose the location I did, but there was a deadline for choosing a location and that required looking at cost/person. I was the only one who submitted a price so we were forced to use that location. There was so much interest in the beginning and now I have only had 22 people RSVP for Saturday (that includes guests). I have enough money to pay for food and drinks now, but I am going to be very short on location rental fee. One of two things is likely to happen, 1)people will show up who didn't send anything in, or 2)I will end up covering the cost of everything.

Thankfully, I have had the help of a few good women. Brent Cockerham, the longest friend I have ever had, and Kendall Wagoner have really helped out a lot, and have offered to help out on Saturday. Ali (Roark) Williams has stepped it up as of lately and is helping get things set up as well. More than anything, Brent has been a voice of reason for me when I have gotten frustrated. She offers rational viewpoints and always seems to find the best in a situation. The best part of the weekend is that Maggi will be here. After this, it will just be one more weekend and she will be here permanently.

I will be cooking 75 pounds of boston butts in the next day and once that is completed I will be able to rest easier. But I have come up with an amazing rub and injection recipe for the butts. I will share it with the world, but it will have to be its own delicious post.