When did I become old enough to go to Prom?

     Yeah, what?  Prom is for older people, for teenagers...oh wait, that's me.  Well there are two roads I can go down at this point: the one that recedes back into my childhood and refuses to accept that I'm growing up, or the one that embraces my 16-going-on-17 self and milk my prom experience for all it's worth.

     That all seems dandy, until you factor in that it's not just one magical dance that I will remember for the rest of my life...they're three (and that's just this year)!  In the movies it's only one high school, one prom, one year.  I guess I was naive enough to think that that's how it would be for me when I become of age.  I forgot to factor one little thing in however: I don't go to public school, and the catholic school system screws up the whole movie idea that I've worked up in my head ever since I've been old enough to watch Disney Channel.  Instead of one school, there are at least six.  Instead of just seniors at prom, because of the lack of students, there are seniors and juniors.  Instead of a prom king and queen, there is a prom queen and a princess.

    

     So I guess my many proms won't ALL be completely memorable, but the only way I'll find out is if I act like each prom is my only one.  At least one better be memorable this year, for all the stress it's worth.