Friday's Feast

I feel a meme coming on ...



Appetizer :: If you were a color, which color would you be, and why? No surprises here, I'd be lilacy or light purple! I find shades of lilac so calming ... no stress, relaxation, summertime colours. Summer is when I'm at my happiest ~ life outdoors, warm weather ... deliciously lilac!

Soup :: When was the last time you went to the doctor, and what was your reason for going? Gosh, I went to the doctor last October ... blood pressure check (joy oh joy) ... here Mrs L have these water tablets! Pssss ... that's the constant peeing since!

Salad :: What do you collect? I don't collect anything. I vaguely remember collecting stamps whilst in school and having a huge "anything and everything Duran Duran" thing going on in the mid 80s. Ah, Roger Taylor was so cute ... drummers did it for me!

Main Course :: What were you like in high school? Name one thing you miss and one thing you don't miss about those days. (If you're still there, imagine how you'll remember it in the future.) I was the quiet one, I had a small group of mixed friends who I still see on the odd occasion (I wish it were more often but geographical constraints make it difficult). That's about it really ~ I was good at languages (French, German, Welsh and a smattering of Spanish) maths and geography (with the wonderful Mr Hughes), I swam and I played hockey ... in goal!

I think more than anything I missed learning ... or I did in my life before teaching came along. When I left school at almost 18 after flunking my "A" levels [... did I mention that I discovered men?] I went to work in the Land Registry in Swansea ~ I painted maps and went home at 4.30 each day and I hated it!! In 1993 I made the decision to apply to the University of Wales as a mature student (my mother has since admitted she thought I was "off my trolley") and graduated with a B Ed in July 1996. I still love learning, I love the awe and wonder on children's faces as they learn / discover / grow!

What don't I miss ~ the ability that your peer group has to look at you and say exactly the thing that will hurt you the most! I sincerely hope that I was never one of the people who made a hurtful comment and that those who made more than a few to me have matured and "grown."

Dessert :: Pretend you're standing in front of your home, with your back towards your home. Describe the view - what can you see? Trees? Cars? A zoo? Wal-Mart? I live in a residential neighborhood, so I can see houses ~ 1930s (Edwardian) terraced houses, complete with a grassy bank in front of them and trees. If I slipped my shoes on and skipped 2 minutes down the road I'd see the mighty river Medway, yachts, a bit of beach and the country park!

What, no cheese course?
No coffee?
No petit-fours?
You all should come to my house for dinner ... you'd get them then!

So a cheese and biscuits question for those sitting at the dinner table Chez le Laquet ... please, lay down your napkin and tell me ~ who would you like to reminisce with most from your school days & what would you talk about?