Violet graduated with honors, was class valedictorian, and was voted Most Likely to Have a Big Family, which I suspect she resented. Past performance is no indicator of future returns!
The celebration quickly fell apart when everyone exited via a different door,
which allowed Violet to sneak home (she hates the outdoors, remember?) as I tried in vain to form a group out of these numbskulls. Jake first formed a group with Wilona; then I had the kids ask to join. This went fine when son Val joined, but when Velma joined, Wilona the loner immediately bailed on the grounds that the group now contained "too many people."
YOU are half the source of the too many people, Wilona! God!
All right, to hell with Wilona then. I had long ago placed a fishing hole next to city hall, so I was not surprised when she wandered over to it and began fishing in her formalwear.
Well, no matter. The rest of the family will just go on without--oops, without Wilona and without Velma, actually, because Velma got spicy with her dad due to her having awakened that morning with a mood swing. She accused her father of having "some issues" and checked out.
No problem, Velma; you can just stick around City Hall and chat up random strangers. Doesn't that sound fun?
...maybe for her it was fun.
By this time, Violet was halfway home. I finally got her grouped up with the remainder of the family and sent them all for a nice dinner out. Then they went to see the Facekicker movie; everyone loved it except Vivienne. Yawn.
But congratulations, Violet. You made it!
You're doubtless sick of the whole big-family scene, but how would you feel about taking your sisters along with you when you move out? Just putting that out there. Please don't rule it out right away. Think on it first! Just consider it.
