But, one of her male classmates called this afternoon and asked for me. It is a boy that she has told me she thinks is very cute anyway. He told me who he was (I had met him once but forgot), began by apologizing for the late time that he was asking what he was about to ask, told me he was in ROTC and then explained what ROTC was in case I didn't know (I just let him talk). Then he told me about this annual banquet they have and apologized again and said it was kind of embarrassing but his girlfriend had broken up with him yesterday and he wanted to take someone to the banquet. He felt that Myranda was really a good friend and he would like to take her as a friend and not really a date because it was much too short of notice for a date. (Myranda had already filled me in on the high school gossip about his girlfriend)
Then, without my asking he told me he would bring Myranda home at whatever time I requested and that he would honor any other requests I had. Then, after we talked about times, he asked if he had my permission to ask Myranda. (now this whole time I'm thinking Myranda knows this is all coming and never hinted anything and I'm thinking I'm going to rib her about it good.) So I hand her the phone and she was as surprised to be asked as I was to get the call. So, the kid shows up all in his military uniform spiffy looking, behaves more respectably than most of the guys who've ever showed up (I have run some off) and was not doing it in the Eddie Haskell way either. WOW. I don't trust him. He was too good to be true. This is not good.
but, I'm back to the same old subject, if these are the military that we're trusting the country to, then it puts us as Americans as being the most blessed nation in the world in a way that I don't think most folks think of.