Sunday, June 07, 2015
Drama Queens
We called them The Three Drama Queens. Steffi,
Denise, and Roger's Other Brother, or ROB.
It wasn't that they threw insufferable fits, though
they had on occasion. Mostly, language blown way up,
and the same, of course, for petty hurts.
In the club, each took some tolerance, and President
Craig thought if he busied them, they wouldn't have
time to act out.
He threw the Ice Cream Social at them when the
Carruthers moved away, and it soon started to have
disaster written all over it!
Okay, but so what? There'd have to be some fuss and
bother anyway. It being in August and like a furnace
every year!
And the picnic area requiring some repair after some
benches had collapsed after the long winter, and left
in that decrepit state while unhurried Carl got bids.
ROB handled that himself, complaining endlessly. No one
allowed to help, especially to touch his tools.
Plus, our usual ice cream distributor left the business!
So, it'd all be a challenge for non-Drama Queens!
Immense success! And the trio acted normally,
even moreso, and quite welcoming to the members
and families who seldom came out for anything.
True that ROB became famous for claiming "I'm melting on
this very SPOT!" And repeating it.
And Steffi and Denise went at each other as the day
wound down, but it wasn't that noticeable because they
did it in slicing whispers.
The kids tried to gobble every flavor up, since things could
get soupy quickly, and some got ‘Ice Cream Eye’ and screamed,
but our female DQs proved motherly in applying warm facecloths.
A scientific note: Chocolate Macadamia caused the most problems
that way.
President Carl tried to sign them on for next year, but they exploded
in unison: "No way, José!"
But we’ve been learning, and take that for a yes.
Labels: acting out, club, Drama Queen, ice cream, making a show, petty hurt
