Class Dinner

The best things about SCCC were the people I was in class with and the networking that they bring. Because of this course, I have contacts in Egypt, Korea, Alaska, and numerous other places. It’s good to know that if I want to go to Egypt, I can call up Mady and he’ll hook me and my family up.

I have to say that the biggest aid to my success (I got an “A” for the course) here was my lovely wife – without her, I wouldn’t have anywhere near as many contacts as I do now. Her unending supply of baked goods (brownies, Frankenstein Bars, Fudge (Diet [with marshmallows] and Regular) were instrumental in raising my social standing throughout the class.

In fact, during the class dinner, she was the ONLY spouse recognized by the class for her support to it. She received some beautiful, fragrant flowers and numerous compliments on her goodies! But, even after having received her accolades and class cheers, she wasn’t done. During the evening, she charmed the Egyptian Commander out of a papyrus depiction of Ra, Isis, Anubis and his helper and a promise of an Anubis statue – and all with a pretty smile, intelligent conversation about old Egyptian religion and a well spoken Arabic greeting (Sa’alam Alaikem).

After dinner, we went out for our traditional “Sonic” dinner! Normally, Army functions (balls and events) have a lame dinner consisting of some minute portion of meat and some goo that passes for veggies – so we’re starving by the time we leave. This function was slightly different in that the dinner was good. It was a buffet style dinner with a huge slab of red meat! It was good. We still went with tradition. We had some cheese sticks and creamcheese bites!