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Saturday, July 21, 2007

Freaky Thursday and Friday



Last night we had some heavy winds and rains sweep through our end of town. I happened to be on the way home from getting my haircut and not wanting to be in danger, I felt it best to duck into some stores to wait. (Work with me here) Thank goodness there was a shoe store and a Ross right where the storm looked like it might hit. :-)

Anywho... I walk into Ross and enjoy a little solitary shopping and decide to try on a few skirts. I take my selections to the dressing room and the young lady hands me the number card. I thank her and she mentions that I look familiar. I explain that I often come into the store so maybe she has seen me there. No, she says... I remind her of a teacher she had. I tell her I am a teacher! She asks were I teach and, of course, it's the school she attended. I ask her name. Wow... she was one of my 4th grade students! I remembered her name but she looked a lot different. And then she said:

"I am 20 now!"

Ouch. I was speechless. I am old enough to have former students help me with my purchases in a store in which they are employed.

Freaky.


I kind of wondered around aimlessly, unable to shake off the "wow I am getting old" feeling.

And then, to further that feeling, I had a cute little first grader tell me her name and in the same breath, explain that I was wearing shoes just like her grandma's!!!

Sparky said yeah but her grandma is probably only 40.

Uhuh.

1 Comments:

Blogger Manuela@A Cultivated Nest said...

Yep, Ouch! That was definitely freaky! But you must look the same as you did 16 years ago otherwise she wouldn't have recognized you:)

Manuela

6:48 AM  

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