Reader Review and New Reader Teaser

Before, during, or after this post, you may want to take a peek/refresher course at the “Who’s Who” page up at the top of your screen. I’ve added some visuals to help you try to keep things straight for the next few posts, and life. 

Here’s a reader review from another one of my high school besties, Agatha.. I am posting this here (instead of just on the Reader Reviews page) because there are a few “new reader” spotlights coming up- one of whom is Agatha’s papa, Andy. I thought this might be a good lead-in, and just to give you all some more context as to what life is/was like in Mayberry. I present to you: Agatha.

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Bev and I knew each other when we were very young as Mama G & Smoke were friends of my parents.  But I got to know her much better in 3rd grade when she moved to the cool kids school (this would be Mayberry) ;).
I have so many memories of Bev, it is very hard to pick just one so I’ll share a couple highlights.  The MANY times we rode our bikes into Mayberry to meet at the park.  Jesus that gravel bike ride for 3/4 mi. was awful….  Taking a step up into the world when we got older, we upgraded to mopeds. Henrietta, Ardith, Bev and I were the moped gang; and I mean this in all seriousness (Bev would add that we might also be called the honking moped gang).  Bev’s moped had a cookie monster flag, and I sure hope she has a pic she can post to show this awesomeness (stay tuned, guys).  The moped gang was all fun and great until one ride in Mayberry when Ardith wiped out on some loose gravel.  I shut mine off when we stopped to help and that may have been the end of ol’ blue…don’t think she ever started again.  I had to call Con (Con is Connie, Agatha’s mom- more on her shortly) (meaning I had to WALK to the church to use a phone) to come pick me up with the truck.  Let’s upgrade this a bit more to when we had cars.  One day on the drive home from school, Bev in shotgun, something happened to my car. (Now that I think of this, I have no idea what it was?)  For some reason we decided it would be a good idea to try and get out while the car was creeping along VERY slowly and run with it.  (WHAT WERE WE THINKING?!?!?)  Anyway, this is much harder than it may seem.  No one got ran over or died, but I may or may not have peed in my pants a little from laughing so hard. (Bev’s take on this has to do with watching Agatha get out from her driver’s seat, trying to run along with the idling car, then falling on her ass, leaving Bev in the moving vehicle. In the passenger seat. Pissing herself. Bevvy here had to reach over, push the brake pedal with her hand, put the car in park, and then run around to the driver’s side to back the ol’ Grand Prix up to pick up Agatha from the gravel road. We then drove 85 mph+ the rest of the way home before Agatha would’ve literally peed her pants. Might not sound that funny through text/words on a screen, but I can guarantee you- if you ever have the chance to watch one of your best friends fall out of their car, safely onto a gravel road- do it.)

The memories go on…feeling like barfing after each eating an ENTIRE funnel cake and riding the silly silo a few times, before boarding the bus, on our Treasure Island band trip (Treasure Island may sound familiar, guys- read up on Goldenstein family escapades here).  Our “stash” for cruising (this would be an abandoned farm where we kept our booze when we were eighteen), cruising in our high school town, hanging at Henrietta’s grandma’s house before games, volleyball. Walking beans/picking up rocks with you, Mama G & Smoke (and many others) which almost always included them yelling at you to speed it up or something, haha!

I have no idea what my favorite post of yours is, there are too many good ones!!  I usually read at night when I get in bed & every post I can picture you doing (or have seen you do), so I often have to try hard to control my laughter so I don’t wake the littles…Love ya Bev!!!

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Thanks, Agatha, for some more insight on the good ol’ Mayberry life. Can’t wait to introduce everyone to AF and Con, Mouse and Nan, and Double D and MJ. 

-Bev