Our uncle came down and added on to the house, it was now two story, the upper half for my sister. She needed some privacy. She was getting to that age. You know, I was just now wondering about her clothes. I’ll bet she did not shop at the good will. She always got all of the nice things, “she’s the girl” dad would say. Even when she was in college, dad would pay her rent, school, car, ins, and electric. No wonder we did without! That ___ch. We are not talking right now. I wonder why? My sister moved out early and secretly married at 17. Dad found out by mistake. He was looking in her album and the wedding certificate fell out from behind a photo. That was great. My brother was the middle child of the three. He was always in trouble and had a bad temper. Little did we know… that’s later in the story.

Now I will go through a short period of odd and end jobs. We used to mow yards for extra spending money from the age of 6. I would be in a tire tube, with a cord attached, pulling the mower. My brother behind pushing. I feel like I probably pulled more than he pushed. I feel like a paranoid adult now. Anyway we did the yard thing until we were about 15 or so. While in Rusk dad was teaching us how to pick up cans off of the highway. He probably spent more on gas than we earned. That was not the point. We learned to make a living or whatever it was. Nothing is for free, and if it is there are usually strings attached somewhere. While in Shelbyville, we would pick up cigarette butts for a dollar a day. Little did we know at that time my father paid us out of his pocket. My mom worked in the diner, she was famous for buttermilk biscuits. They talked about her on the radio. My sister would help buss tables. My next real job was for Baskin Robbins. That was great. We would scoop in to the different tubs with the same spoon, no respect. Then I went to work in riverside at the diner, as the short order cook and a waiter. That was fun. It did not last long, but I can’t remember why. I soon dropped out of school and got a job for the local store in riverside. The night shift. The minnows were stinky and the customers kept waking me up for gas and crap, but over all it was o.k. My sister came in one morning and announced she got me enrolled in beauty school. This was the greatest thing I think she has ever done, at least for me.