(Post #6 in the "Why I Love Laramie" series)

The following true story illustrates one of the great advantages of living in a small town:

Before my life as a realtor and mom, I used to teach elementary school.  The wonderful little school at which I taught was 40 miles north of Laramie in a town called Rock River.  Most of the teachers who taught there also lived in Laramie. So, an arrangement had been made to have a bus available just for transporting the teachers to and from school.  We met at 7:00 a.m. in the parking lot of the Laramie High School, boarded the bus and off we went.  On the coldest, darkest mornings we kept our cars running until the very moment when the bus arrived. That way we could hop out and scramble on to the sometimes warmed bus with as little exposure to the cold as possible.  Sleepy eyed we'd settle into our seats for the 50 minute ride north.  I'm sure there were many blizzardy mornings when the students hoped we wouldn't make it because, after all, no teachers- no school!  Unfortunately for them, we usually made it just fine.

  "I can't find my keys",  one teacher frantically exclaimed one cold and blustery day as we returned around 4:30 p.m. to the High School parking lot.  All we wanted  to do was retrieve our cars and go home.  Naturally there was a huge fuss as people began searching in case they had fallen out of her bag somewhere on the bus.  Next , there were all the questions as we tried to help her retrace her steps during the day.  Finally, we had all but given up when someone looked out the window and saw fluffy white clouds of exhaust billowing out the back of her car into the frosty air.  It was with great relief we all now knew where her keys were - right where she had left them - in the running, unlocked car she had left behind that morning!   At least it was nice and toasty warm for her! 

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    5 Comments on "I can't find my keys," she said.

    JAN
    08
    2011
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    LOL!  Lucky for her that it was a small town and her car was still there!  Didn't run out of gas, either!  That had to be too funny!
    4:57pm • #1
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    Frances, It really was funny.  Of course she got teased for the rest of the year.  And even in a small town she was still lucky her car didn't disappear!
    5:06pm • #2
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    Great story, I bet she did get teased how funny! You know in this day and age they probably have an app for that..LOL
    9:07pm • #4
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    an"app", that is funny!  I can just see it now...
    9:19pm • #5
    JAN
    09
    2011
    519,220 Points 12 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

    Thankfully she didn't run out of gas, either.  Too funny - I can imagine she's still being teased for that one.
    5:57pm • #6


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