I Married a Genuine Redneck, Yall!

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I have been chastised for waiting so long to post another blog. Sorry yall! I was too busy trying to keep my job , what with being spied on from closets and reprimanded for actually posting grades too often...go figure!

I always knew I married a man outstanding in his field...I just didn't realize he was actually standing out in a field of cotton at the time.

Point #1: The first time he gave blood, the nurse asked him the standard question if he had been out of the country recently. He replied "sure Lady. I've lived in the country ALL my life!

Point#2: A few weeks ago, I was in the house doing laundry, watching college football...typical Saturday. It is usually fairly quiet out where we live, but that day I heard the 4-wheeler engine whining as if someone was doing donuts around the place. It continued for 15 to 20 minutes before I investigated, ONLY to see Faron driving around and around our dirt road like a madman, dragging a set of old bedsprings chained from the back ! What the ...? He was smoothing the dirt and gravel out on the road after a recent rain. I thought, how ingenious! Only Aggie ingenuity could come up with that! It worked great. Lesson learned...never throw anything away, you might be able to use it in place of expensive farm equipment.

Point #3: Last Saturday we were in HEB, and I wandered to the wine aisle. I am not, nor ever have been a wine drinker, but had sampled a Moscata at Olive Garden that was pretty good and thought it might be fun to have a bottle for the Holidays. With all the company and their DOGS that are coming, I will need all the alcohol possible! While I was looking for it, the lady in charge of the wine came by and asked if we needed any help. I inquired about the Moscata, which is white, and Faron asked if there was a comparable wine that was red. When she asked what we liked, dry or sweet, Faron said he wanted "something really sweet, like to pour over a snow cone". Whaa-aat? The gal was speechless, then I started laughing and so did she. Hey, are we COUNTRY or WHAT?

Well, you gotta love a guy who loves snow cones, right? We are not exactly white trash with money, but are probably in the running. Remind me to tell you about the Easter that Faron left the dinner table abruptly, and two or three minutes later saw him (from the dining room) stalking across the front lawn with a gun. Anyone wonder if Elmer Fudd had children?

The Waiting Game

We seem to spend our lives waiting...waiting to get our driver's license, waiting to graduate high school, then college, then get a job, etc. etc. I know what you are thinking...No, I never waited to be of legal drinking age, (that is more of a family tradition you could say!) Then we get the job, get married, have the family and... WHAMMO!...Hold on...wait a minute! I woke up and realized my son is now in college, my husband and I are closing in on retirement, our lives have been rolling along, not slowing down or waiting, it's all I can do to keep up! If I would look in the mirror every now and then I would have noticed more wrinkles and gray hair! (I avoid mirrors at all cost...thus, the ratty hair and smeared eye-liner!)
I quit sweating the small stuff a LONG time ago and quit focusing on what is waiting around the bend. Life is too short to spend thinking about what you are waiting on to happen. The lovely roller coaster of life keeps it real and sometimes REAL interesting! I am thankful for what I have.
Right now, personally, I am in a GREAT place. My son is in his first semester in college, my marriage of 27 years is rock solid, I am surrounded my a great family and a large host of friends. Professionally...that's where it gets rocky. I love my job (teaching Chemistry), but I am not crazy about my profession at the moment.
I have a theory...if they would pass a law that would not allow anyone to become an administrator until they have taught for a minimum of 15 years (IN THE CLASSROOM!), we could eliminate many of the problems teachers face today. Our administrators are 1) too young, and immature; 2) do not know what it is like to be in the trenches day in and day out. We need educators in charge of education, not MB A's, or twenty-somethings with a junior high mentality.
So now I am waiting for our administration to gain some common sense...but WAIT...never mind! I'm not wasting any more time thinking about THAT!