en-us Copyright 2008 - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:20:31 GMT 15 By Samantha Lilley

A Homecoming Day for a High School Girl: 8:00 a.m. - Wake up to the early morning sun and walk to the kitchen to quickly eat breakfast. 8:30 a.m. - After breakfast, hurry to take a quick shower, brush teeth, style hair (make sure its not a mess), put on make-up, pick out the perfect mall outfit, and head out the door to pick up a friend 11:00 a.m. - Get a Mani and a Pedi, and gossip with friend about who’s wearing what to the dance and who’s going with who. 12:30 p.m. - Get lunch and call date to see if he’s up yet. Leave a message on his voicemail hoping he’ll call back. 1:30 p.m. - Drive over to the hair salon to get their hair done. 4:00 p.m. - Arrive back home, and call date again, just to hear that he got up at 1:00 in the afternoon from playing Halo all night with friends. 5:00 p.m. - Date finally arrives along with his friend. Take pictures until faces hurt from smiling for their parents and friends. 6:00 p.m. - Meet everyone at the restaurant to try and get a table big enough for everyone. 7:30 p.m. - Pile everyone into the car to head to the school. Arrive to meet and say “hi” to everyone they know 8:00 p.m. - Finally, dance till the clock strikes 11:00… A Homecoming Day for a High School Boy: 12:30 p.m. - Wake up to cell phone going off and to see that your date called and left a voicemail. Remind yourself to make a mental note to call her back later. 1:00 p.m. - Gets up and eat whatever is in the refrigerator. 2:30 p.m. - Spend the morning relaxing by taking a shower and watching some TV. 4:00 p.m. - When your date calls back to ask why you did not return her call, apologize and tell her how excited you are for the night. 4:10 p.m. - Get dressed, and run a brush through your hair, brush teeth, and puts on cologne. 4:30 p.m. - Pick friend up and head to date’s house, dreading the hour that he’s going to have to spend taking pictures. 5:00 p.m. - Arrive your date’s house, give the guys high-fives, and give your date her corsage. Stand still while parents and friends take thousands of pictures of the same thing. 6:00 p.m - Arrives at the restaurant to get something to eat to keep yourself from starving. 7:30 pm. - After getting through with pictures, everyone piles into the car, all while the girls gossip away and the guys talk about the football game last night. 8:00 p.m. - Finally, get down to what homecoming is all about: having fun. ]]> Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:32:00 GMT