Well...I am back from Texas! Before I left Noah said, "Mom, if you see any animals in Texas that I have never seen before you need to take a picture of it. You know like the long horn thing." My first day there the "long horn thing" is exactly what I saw. The famous Texas long horn! I also saw vultures, frogs, and possum (well...dead possum squished on the road).
It was so nice to spend time with my sister Rachel and her sweet family! I was able to see her house for the first time, go to Jesse's last T-ball game, and have a girls night out!
I would have to say the funniest thing I experienced was going to my sister's sister-in-law's graduation from a business collage. It was in south Houston. We were literally the only white folks there! The ceremony got off to a rocky start when the graduation processional song started and we all rose to our feet and no graduates came out. The entire 5 minute song played...no graduates. Finally the song starts over and the graduates come out! They introduce the key note speaker. All of her wonderful awards and achievements. Then she starts to speak...
(Now to get the full affect you need to read the following to yourself in a strong southern accent)
"I know ya'll have seen many trials and tribulations in your lives. But now ya'll are graduates! Do you wanna know what the most important thing you need now is? Let me say that again...Do you wanna know what the most important thing you need now is...A RESUME (pronounced with strong emphasis on every syllable). I have seen many a resume that... well for lack of a better word sucks!"--she then talks about how important having a current professional resume is. The next focus of her speech is on dress and appearance. Most of the graduates, if not all, were women.
"You need to look professional and nice when you go in for an interview...Ladies if you are a size 14 don't show up wearing a pant suit in a size 10. If you are a size 14...buy a size 14! Let me say it again, if you are a size 14 then buy a size 14."--the whole time people are rocking and swaying in their seats. Ripples of "amen" can be heard!
"Now that you are graduated and have a educations there will be many that are jealous. I call these people...for lack of a better word haters. You wanna know what ya'll need to do to those haters...just shake em off! Just shake those haters off. Shake em off!" --people in the audience start shaking their arms and a chorus of "amens" fills the room. Unbelievable! I was trying desperately at this point not to laugh out loud. I think she used the phrases: "Let me say it again..." "For lack of a better word..." and "can I get an amen" so many times I thought I was going to die trying to keep in my giggles!
Needless to say it was a riot of fun to sit and watch. I am glad to be back home now! Thanks to my mom, Travis, and my brother in law Josh who made this trip even possible. It was so fun!
(Now to get the full affect you need to read the following to yourself in a strong southern accent)
"I know ya'll have seen many trials and tribulations in your lives. But now ya'll are graduates! Do you wanna know what the most important thing you need now is? Let me say that again...Do you wanna know what the most important thing you need now is...A RESUME (pronounced with strong emphasis on every syllable). I have seen many a resume that... well for lack of a better word sucks!"--she then talks about how important having a current professional resume is. The next focus of her speech is on dress and appearance. Most of the graduates, if not all, were women.
"You need to look professional and nice when you go in for an interview...Ladies if you are a size 14 don't show up wearing a pant suit in a size 10. If you are a size 14...buy a size 14! Let me say it again, if you are a size 14 then buy a size 14."--the whole time people are rocking and swaying in their seats. Ripples of "amen" can be heard!
"Now that you are graduated and have a educations there will be many that are jealous. I call these people...for lack of a better word haters. You wanna know what ya'll need to do to those haters...just shake em off! Just shake those haters off. Shake em off!" --people in the audience start shaking their arms and a chorus of "amens" fills the room. Unbelievable! I was trying desperately at this point not to laugh out loud. I think she used the phrases: "Let me say it again..." "For lack of a better word..." and "can I get an amen" so many times I thought I was going to die trying to keep in my giggles!
Needless to say it was a riot of fun to sit and watch. I am glad to be back home now! Thanks to my mom, Travis, and my brother in law Josh who made this trip even possible. It was so fun!
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So I am sitting here watching Gilmore Girls and thinking "heather should be here to see this part!" Wish you were here! Love you!
Heather,
Emma Barrus here. Wanna plan a mutual here at my house? I keep thinking that my firepit would be a hit with the kids. I have great memories of stuff like this while I was at YW. Plan as many as you want over here...let's get some use out of this thing!
All they need to bring are camping chairs and the food.
Also, we still have not been paid for the tiles.
Welome home! Sounds like you had a great trip. And if you want to see some of those funny longhorns there is a farm with some out towards the lake on the road with our old church building. Not the best directions, sorry!
That is the coolest graduation pep talk I have ever heard. I have to admit that I am a hater. I'm jealous of those size 14 educated women. I'm glad you had a good time!
~Andy
I would love to see your rendition in the meeting tomorrow. Also, why no pics of the vultures circling the possum??
That is classic. You described it all so well I can totally picture it. (Speaking of graduations...did you know Necia is graduating? Crazy!)
Glad to hear you are home safely and had a great time! You are both so lucky to have a close friendship with each other! Be happy!
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