I just finished my training to be an SAT reader, so now I can fill my afternoon with this tag. My life is pretty normal, but here goes:
1. When my dad came home from World War II, he and my mom moved into a Jim Walter home that my Papa gave them. My older brother and sister did not live close to my grandparents when they were growing up, so Papa bribed my parents into having another baby by promising them a new car. I am the car!
2. I was a spoiled, rotten brat, so anything I wanted Papa would see that I got it. He built a stye (a set of steps over the fence between his house and ours). I could get to his house without having to walk by a highway. I would visit them daily. He would feed me like a baby bird home grown green beans. My MoMo would bake blackberry cobbler and old fashioned tea cakes.
3. Papa and I would go fishing in a john boat weekly. I was so excited when he taught me how to run the motor. When I was about thirteen, the "bubbas" on the bayou started noticing me. The day they started whistling I remember Papa saying something like "Well, there goes my fishing buddy". I continued to fish with him, though, even when JD and I were dating. We would always cook a feast on the bank which included our catch that day. I remember always bringing bacon to cook just in case we didn't catch any fish.
4. I went to a tiny rural high school in a quaint Louisiana town. There were only thirteen in my entire class until my school was consolidated. Then we has sixy-three seniors. We had a movie theater, one grocery store, one gas station, an antique shop, and a DAIRY QUEEN. We had to find strange ways to occupy our time. One way was for all of my friends to stand on the plate that triggered the stop light to change. At night, we would wait for a eighteen wheeler to come barreling through town, then we would all jump on the plate. It was fun to watch the poor driver slam on his breaks. My little town had no real way of funding the necessities of the running of the town except traffic tickets. We had just purchased a new police car, so Bubba (his real name and our only policeman) loved our antics because he could double the city's treasury.
5. When JD and I were dating(I met him while he was "going steady" with my cousin - but that's another story), we didn't have much money to spend on a date so we had to be creative. One night was particularly eventful. We were in a parking lot after we had gone to a movie. All of a sudden JD spotted a grocery cart. Before I knew it, I was sitting in the cart being madly wheeled around the parking lot. JD and I still laugh about that night.
6. When I was student teaching, I taught an advanced Senior English class. I was not much older than my students. One young man came up to me wanting advice. I had no idea what the problem was. He shared that he was going into the Marines but wanted to marry his girlfriend before he left. He was so insistent because she was pregnant. I was not sure how to counsel him, so I asked my supervisor from the college what to do. He was visibly shaken. After stammering around, he admitted that he didn't have a clue. His biggest worry when he was in the classroom was stopping a student from throwing paper around the room!
Now, Sarah, I've fulfilled my duty. However, I don't know any bloggers that I can tag...
1. Post the rules on your blog
2. Write 6 random things about yourself
3. Tag 6 people
4. Please pass it on for fun...
