Career day festivities have to be wrapped up late because of the annual imposition of Mildred McCankersore, who for the past 70 years has tried valiantly to crash the after-party with her career choice of "jumping out of cake," but for the past 13 years, we have dodged her "surprises" by waiting until she falls asleep about 8 o'clock, and wheeling her "cake" into the backroom.