Old Potato Road.

i created a simple blog to keep track of the odd happenings in this unconventional life of mine. Old Potato Road is my favorite road in between Austin and my hometown of Bryan, Texas. at a point in my life when i was figuring out what the hell i was going to do and who the hell i wanted to be i'd pass Old Potato Road and laugh out loud. it reminds me to honor and seek those simple moments that give breath to our crazy lives.

even today, when i drive by after my mom, dad or courtney has graciously scooped me up from the austin airport i anticipate passing Old Potato Road. it reminds me of finding joy in the simple moments of our lives. the sort of simple joy that creates reprieve from the dust of everyday life we sometimes can't shake.

i offer no wisdom. just sharing my life. things that make me laugh. things that make me cry. things that make me, well, me.
BASKET TOSS. Our Freshman Cheerleading squad for Bryan High consisted of 20 girls with 2 different squads of 10.  There were 3 large Junior Highs that all merged our Freshman year so even with a competitive tryout process they narrowed us down to 20. One of my best pals, Maureen Locus, was the best tumbler on the squad.  She was also the best flyer.  If you don’t know who the “flyer” is, it’s the person you throw around.  We would do back flip basket tosses with her at all the football games.  People told us they were illegal for High School squads.  We just shot them the middle finger. They kept the 2 squads separate for the most part but one day we decide to merge during practice.  We look at little Reen and wonder about how high we could throw her if ALL of us chunked her in the air.  She already got mad air.  We wanted more.  Cheerleaders are ambitious in mind and spirit.  Ha, spirit.  The 19 of us link up all of our arms with Maureen in the middle.  Then we count it out: one, two, down up, down up and CHUNK the hell out of Reen.  She goes flying into the air.  She was astonishingly high.  We were all so amazed by her altitude that we forgot that our homegirl would be coming down. So, you have 19 cheerleaders tossing a girl into oblivion and 1 cheerleader ruminating about her return from oblivion.  You would have thought we would have discussed the dismount but seems it slipped our mind.  Luckily at the last minute I slid my body underneath her but pretty sure I only saved her ponytail.   Gives a whole new meaning to the song “Spirit in the Sky”!!

BASKET TOSS.

Our Freshman Cheerleading squad for Bryan High consisted of 20 girls with 2 different squads of 10.  There were 3 large Junior Highs that all merged our Freshman year so even with a competitive tryout process they narrowed us down to 20.

One of my best pals, Maureen Locus, was the best tumbler on the squad.  She was also the best flyer.  If you don’t know who the “flyer” is, it’s the person you throw around.  We would do back flip basket tosses with her at all the football games.  People told us they were illegal for High School squads.  We just shot them the middle finger.

They kept the 2 squads separate for the most part but one day we decide to merge during practice.  We look at little Reen and wonder about how high we could throw her if ALL of us chunked her in the air.  She already got mad air.  We wanted more.  Cheerleaders are ambitious in mind and spirit.  Ha, spirit.  The 19 of us link up all of our arms with Maureen in the middle.  Then we count it out: one, two, down up, down up and CHUNK the hell out of Reen.  She goes flying into the air.  She was astonishingly high.  We were all so amazed by her altitude that we forgot that our homegirl would be coming down.

So, you have 19 cheerleaders tossing a girl into oblivion and 1 cheerleader ruminating about her return from oblivion.  You would have thought we would have discussed the dismount but seems it slipped our mind.  Luckily at the last minute I slid my body underneath her but pretty sure I only saved her ponytail.  

Gives a whole new meaning to the song “Spirit in the Sky”!!

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