Confessions of A Working Girl

I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned where I was from, or where my school currently is. For the same reason I changed all the names. But each state is really big and has multiple colleges, so I feel safe saying that I’m currently in Vermont. And this weekend, I went to the Tembridge Fair.

 ”Sai” drove “Arra” and I to Arra’s house Friday afternoon, after classes. Arra’s house is much closer to Tembridge than our school, so I was going to stay there for the weekend. Sai and I met Arra’s older sister (older by one year), “Adele”. Then Sai left, and Adele brought Arra and me to the restaurant where their parents were waiting.

Apparently, Adele goes to school in New Hampshire, and does not visit home as often as Arra does. So it was an unusual occurrence that both Adele and Arra were home for the weekend.We got to the restaurant–and that was the first time I had met Arra’s parents. I was a little confused at first, because at the table when we got there there was two sets of older couples, not one. The other, it turned out, are grandparent type figures to Arra and Adele, since their biological grandparents are dead. I was a little surprised when I was told that Arra’s parents would be paying for the meal–I didn’t have to.

When we left the restaurant, I was surprised again. Arra and Adele received a hug and a kiss from their grandparents…then I did too!

On Saturday was when we went to the Tembridge fair. The first thing that surprised me that day was that Arra’s mom handed me $20. She said something along the lines of “Its your first time at the fair, get something to remember it by.” She gave Arra the same amount, but I was still completely shocked.Then, I didn’t even have to pay the admission price to the fair (which was $10) because Arra’s dad did!

We wandered the fair for a while. One of my favorite parts was the little museum. In the museum, there were some ladies doing, not latch-hook, but something similar. Just hooking, I think. It’s used to make rugs and stuff. I really liked it, and want to try it. My only problem is that the lady said that a kit would cost about $40, though maybe, since I’m a student, I’d only have to pay $30. That is definitely something that I want to save up for! It looks fun…and then I could either sell the final problem or give it as a gift.

The other thing that interested me at the museum was the organ player. At least, the first time that I went into the museum there was only an organ player. The second time I went in, there was a fiddle player as well! I was really interested, since I try to play the violin/fiddle. I talked to the man a bit. He plays so much better than I do right now. When he heard that I could play, he offered to let me play right there. I wanted to play greensleeves…but I couldn’t remember all the notes. So I went back to the first song I ever memorized—The girl I left behind me. I played it fairly well, but when he took the fiddle back, the man played it even better, much more smoothly. At least I think I know the sound of it now.

Arra and I met up with Sai at the fair. We had to wait for her to finish helping out one of the barns, then the three of us bought tickets to go on rides, and we just wandered around. It was a little of a relief being just the three of us. While we had been wandering around with Adele and Arra’s parents, they kept bumping into people they knew, and kept introducing me. I don’t remember very many of the names of the people, unfortunately. But they all seemed like very nice people.

When we left the fair, we went back to Arra’s house (well, Sai stayed at the fair). Arra and I took a walk up a hill. I don’t think I like that hill very much. It was wicked steep and was a little trouble to traverse. And we went to check on the chickens. Arra’s family owns several chickens. Then Arra made us grilled cheese. Interestingly, she put garlic in it. But it was really good.

It turns out that I had sunburn. I’d forgotten to bring sunscreen or a hat, so my forehead, nose and ears got a little burned.

Arra, Adele and I played monopoly. But not just any monopoly–Disney monopoly! I’d never played that version before! We ended up playing until midnight. Adele dropped out somewhere around 10 though. We called the game a tie, but I think that Arra actually won.

Then, today, I went to church with them. It was the smallest gathering that I’d ever seen at a church–about 10 people. But it sounded like a nice service. Then I went with Arra and Adele to visit a family friend that was in the hospital. So I met yet another new person.

Arra’s father took out a cider press, and made homemade apple cider. It was really sweet, even if there was no sugar or anything else in it except apples.

Sai came over to Arra’s for lunch, then we walked up the stupid hill again, then we came back to school.

Arra’s family was really nice. The only thing I felt a little bad about was that Adele slept on the couch in the living room so that I could sleep on the bed in her room. She said that it was no big deal, but I still felt a little bad about that.

All in all, it was a very good weekend.

2 Comments » wenc:

September 20th, 2009 @ 4:51 pm It’s actually Tumbridge, but since I can’t get this site to work the way I want, I’m not going back to edit it.

Michelle:

January 29th, 2010 @ 1:45 pm I think it’s actually Tunbridge, lol. I have been there too. I have been reading your blog at work study, while I’m waiting for stuff to scan. This is my favorite post so far, I really like your writing style.