… I need a costume for the school play today.”
Y’know, when I tell this story in person, I act all complainy, but I secretly love that Lloyd doesn’t decide to participate in the National Lutheran Schools Week dress-up days until the morning of. I asked what today was as we got ready, and he said, “Fake an Injury Day, but I’m not dressing up.” I suggested he put a band-aid on his pinkie, and that got him thinking.
He went searching for his old McDonald’s uniform. (One Halloween, during the college years, Brad and Lloyd were the only ones to dress up at McDonald’s. Brad was a mummy and Lloyd worked drive-thru with a ‘just-been-run-over’ uniform.) We couldn’t find the costume, so at 6:07a.m. we were huddled on the floor with permanent markers, a chevron template, and a shirt & tie.
Done by 6:20.