Rare social event tonight

Governor Togiola Tulafono has invited me to a Ball tonight at the Auditorium to honor the Nurses of American Samoa. Although I am not at my best nor most comfortable in these situations I attend to represent the VA. For me, it is more fun to remember having gone to a Ball, than to actually be at the Ball. I will wear a dress and sandals. I will brush my beard. Too much of the hair on my head has fallen out to require any brushing. My shirt will display my VA name tag. People will try to speak with me all night in Samoan over the music which will be too loud. I will smile and nod, understanding little. The Samoans will be polite, but, eventually they will go away convinced that I must be as dumb as a post.