Best friends Lexie and Samantha, (better known as Sam) were really excited that it was working out perfectly to double date to their prom. Both juniors and best friends since third grade, Sam was dating Josh, a football player, who had recently introduced his buddy Zack to Lexie. They hit it off and all agreed to attend the Homecoming Dance together. The girls were both cheerleaders and so very excited about the Friday ni...

Jenny had never been so excited in her life. She had just won the roll of, Sandy in her high school's Spring play of Grease. Jenny was best known for having been the school's homecoming queen the previous fall. That was a great honor which she truly enjoyed. However, she felt that it had been mainly based on her looks. While looks were certainly important in getting the roll of Sandy, she had worked very hard to learn the...

A few weeks ago my wife, Jan, had to attend a conference which required her to be out of town for three nights. The kids are now in day care, so this was not a major inconvenience for me. However, on the last night, I had a dinner meeting with a large customer, so I did need to find a babysitter. The day she left, Jan told me that she had just run into Jenny at the grocery store, home on a break from school. She said, "I'...

My wife, Jan, recently attended her twentieth high school reunion back in California. She had not seen any of her old girl friends for several years, so they planned to make it a long four day weekend. I had plenty of work to do and we have two young children, Jimmy age seven and five year old Brittany, so I really needed to stay close to home. Fortunately for us, our regular babysitter had just finished high school and w...