June 20, 2008

  • What’s in YOUR Mug?

    When I was in high school, the seniors would always have Awards Day. These weren’t the scholarships and things that one might expect, but more personal awards like “Class Driver” given to the worst driver in the class (yup, I got that one) and other silly things.  They also awarded a “Junior Most Likely to Succeed.”  I wound up with that one and got a mug. 

    My friend Jeanene and I decided that whatever beverage I drank first from the mug would be how my life would go. Being dorky 16 year olds, we thought a beer would be great and a glass of  milk would be horrible.  Instead of casting the die, I put the mug on my shelf with all my other memorabilia.

    A few years later and home from college for the summer, I decided it was time to rid myself of the lingering vestiges of high school. Down came the Ferris Bueller poster and the Mardi Gras beads.  The dusty mugs went into the sink to be washed.  The scraps of magazines and newspapers were filed or tossed. 

    After the great purge, I sat at my desk, surveying my “adult” room, sipping a well-deserved beverage.  With sudden shock, I realized I was drinking from THE mug. For the first time!  Ah!

    What do you think was in the glass and why do you think so?


     

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