Stepping Out of the Boat

Kari decided to throw a 70s/80s retro party on our roof. She invited the whole staff of the school two weeks in advance with little flyers everywhere. She talked about it at school and lots of people said they were coming, talked about what they were going

to wear. Well, as it turned out, only three people from school came, and it was a much smaller party than we thought it was going to be, but it was still fun.

We all dressed up in 1980s garb and carried all our chairs up onto the roof. We decided that fashion in the 80s was not

complimentary to anyone's body type. We played some 70s and 80s tunes and had a good time. We found this out kind of late, but dressing up is not the Dominican thing - in fact, to go to a party dressed up like some one from a past decade is considered really weird. That's why no one came - oh, and because the Dominican teachers don't really want to get to know us.

Of all the people who dressed up, John was undoubtedly the best. He looked so rad. We decided that when we move home, we're going to have a retro party, and everyone who gets invited will hardly be able to wait long enough to put on their retro outfits and come to the party!