Chit Chat: Small Town Life

Technically speaking I live on a farm outside of a very small town. Town is actually about 20 miles away. Growing up on a farm and in a small town has been amazing. Being on a farm surrounded by other family members has been a lot of fun. As a kid I roamed the woods around the farm with my siblings and cousins. We would play all kinds of imaginative games out there. Being the youngest along with my sister Tiffany we always had the worst roles in these games, like being monkeybirds (if you never saw Pirates of Dark Waters as a kid you definitely need to rectify this situation that you are currently in). But we always had a blast with the others. During the Summer at night we would hunt fire flies and play hide-and-go-seek. During the Winter we would thrive on snow days and have massive snow ball fights and sled races. We loved sledding but we almost always crashed into things. It was great having so many friends around to play with and to do things with.
My siblings and I always loved going into town with Mom or Dad. You can honestly drive from one side of town to the under in under 5 minutes. Navigating a small town is easy and everything is so easy to find and to get to. Small towns are just so interesting and unique with so many locally owned small businesses. Living in or around a small town means that everyone knows everyone and that you are always running into people you know. This means you can almost always count on running into someone to talk or in finding help if you should need it. There is such a sense of community here because of how well you know everyone.

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Chit Chat

This year at school I am one of the senior sponsors. This means that I am one of the lucky teachers that gets to help the senior class fund-raise all year long for their senior trip. We also get to make sure the trip is planned, booked, and that we try to make everyone happy with what we end up choosing. Senior trip is always a big deal to these kids. They live in a small town that does not even have any stop-lights. In town there is one set of caution lights. Town is very small, just a couple of blocks. Other than being a small town this is also a very poor area. Most of the kids have not ever traveled out of the state of Kentucky, so the senior sponsors try to plan a great trip for the students.
This year we have a great group of kids to work with. They have elected officers that really take this seriously. They have been promoting fund-raisers and making sure their fellow classmates sign up to volunteer. This past Saturday we had one fund-raiser in our small town. The students had a class yard-sale and bucket shake. A lot of the students that are planning on going on the senior trip did show up to work at 8am in the morning. We stayed until about 1:00pm when things started slowing down. My nose got very cold and while it was not ideal temperatures most of the kids worked really hard and stayed the whole time.
This year the senior class has voted to go to Ocean City, MD for their trip. The other sponsors and I have been researching their destination and trying to narrow down what we will do while there. I have never been to Ocean City so really have no clue. Have any of you been? Do you have any suggestions?

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