We had our annual lake activity tonight, and as I'm pulling into the boat ramp parking lot the Bishop is backing his boat down into the water. He sees me, raises a hand in the air, and calls out:
"Hey, Sister Brame, I got a keg!"
Now, I'm confused. I go to college; I know what a keg is. But this is the Bishop, so obviously that can't be what he said. So I call back:
"What?" (I'm very creative in my conversations, you know!)
"A keg! It was left over from work, so I asked if I could buy it for half price."
Now, you should know that our Bishop is also a judge, so not only does him bringing a keg to a youth activity make no sense whatsoever, but neither does the idea of a bunch of judges having kegs at work. So I'm puzzling - I know I'm missing something, but for the life of me I couldn't figure what else a "keg" could be. Then he adds:
"Can't have a party without a keg, right?"
As you may have already surmised, but I did not until I looked in his back seat - he brought a cake from work.
Just to add to the humor, their work party was for the Community Sentencing Committee, an experimental unit that is trying to implement non-incarceration punishment for non-violent offenders so they can maintain family ties and keep their jobs, and as a criminal court judge the Bishop is involved. The cake is covered with frosting balloons and confetti, and across it in big letters it says "Community Sentencing ~ Celebrate!!!" The youth were quite confused, but still managed to put away more than half of a full sheetcake - and had a blast having to eat this overfrosted cake with their hands since the rest of the menu was chips and hotdogs so I hadn't brought forks.
2 comments:
What kind of 'keg'? Chocolate? Sounds like a fun activity to me. gram
But, were you disappointed? Sometimes I think a keg would make youth activities go better for the adults - none for the kids.
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