Today was a good day. I ran a bunch of errands, met a good friend for lunch, went to work and headed home.
There is never a dull moment at one of my jobs, usually some character being an odd ball or always fun and odd conversations going on! :)
This evening, myself, one of the counselors and two other employees were talking about a particular person and how they always bring out the "Honky Tonk" (as this person chose to label herself/himself) in themselves and although their are a smart person, don't know when it is an appropriate time to turn it off, which in turn has made it hard for this person to find a decent job.
Then, we proceeded to laugh about all of our upbringings and how as we get older we tend to bring up so much of those "personalities" that we established as a young person or how much we are turning into our parents and grandparents.
On multiple occasions Ben has informed me that I am turning into my grandmother and my sister is turning into my mom. Tonight mom and I were talking and laughing about it because it is so true. I think that all of us begin to resemble many of our childhood care takers or family members whether we plan to or not.
So, that got me thinking, what "personalities" do I often resemble from my upbringing, in relation to the area in which I have grown up in? Many people have joked with me that I can be quite red-neck or hillbilly sometimes or can act like a girl from the trailer park. I've been told from family members from the East coast that I have a CA accent, and just an FYI CA people DO NOT have an accent! :) Recently, I was told by someone that I am starting to have somewhat of a KS accent. I don't think that KS really has an accent (except for when they say Arkansas River and wash), but I have realized that my grammar has become a little more red necked or laxed.
After contemplating this for a few hours (I need to get a life I know!), I have decided that I am a small town, food loving, trailer proud, water & desert loving, semi-redneck/honky tonk (not sure of exact best wording for the final part) kind of girl who still aspires to own an Air Stream (silver twinkie) someday!
I love living in a smaller town (wish it was a smaller town further west). I love cooking and all kinds of food and like to pretend that I can make good Mexican and Italian food. I love my modular home and feel like sometimes you get more bang for you buck with a trailer/modular home. I love having a pool, the ocean or lake and definitely a lake that is in or near the desert (water makes me one happy girl!). And I love having Christmas lights on my modular home all year (if Ben would let me), wearing flip flops or being bare foot all year long, and dancing to the beat of my own drum!
On today's journey, I think we should all be proud of where we come from and not be ashamed to let our true sides come through!
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