Margaret Creedon:  

CLASS OF 1979
Titusville, FL

Margaret's Story

I am going to try to use all 30 of their ice-breakers... 1. I hope old friends remember that I looked just like Morgan Fairchild...at least that's what the guys at the keg parties said when they needed a ride home. 2. I always wanted to be a PRINCESS when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a PIPE DREAM. As it turns out, they were ON THE PIPE. 3. I blow off steam with a few shots of tequila...okay 2/3 of a bottle, but who is counting? 4. When the STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS is over, I'll reveal several wild things...probably over tequila and Pepsi. 5. If I'm going to work somewhere, I need to have CAFFEINE, ALL THE POWER, and A HANDSOME FLUNKY THAT I GIVE ORDERS TO ALL DAY to be able to deal with the day-to-day. 6. YES, I HAVE HEROES, BUT MY ANSWER WOULD NOT BE FUNNY IF I ANSWERED SINCERELY...BUT I SURELY DO ADMIRE THE THREE-LEGGED DOG DOWN THE STREET...SOME TIMES I GIVE HIM A LITTLE PAT ON THE BACK WHEN I GO BY ON MY GOLF CART. 7. FIRST, I SWEAR I WAS NOT FORCED OUT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BUT I MOVED TO A MOUNTAIN CHALET I HAD BUILT AS A VACATION HOME IN MURPHY, NC. IT WAS AROUND THE TIME OF ST. TERESA'S FAIR TWO YEARS AGO AND WE ALL KNOW THE PRESSURE OF RUNNING INTO EACH OTHER AND PASSING PLEASANTRIES AND HOW EACH YEAR IT GETS HARDER TO FIND ADJECTIVES THAT ARE NICE BUT NOT TOO PHONY NICE TO DESCRIBE EACH OTHER. I COULD NOT TAKE THE PRESSURE SO I RENTED MY FLORIDA HOME, MOVED TO NW NC AND HAVE NEVER LOOKED BACK. 8. The one person from my past who I'd most like to see again is JENNIFER KASPAR TROTTER, because 20+ YEARS IS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO GET OVER HER DEATH...PLUS SHE OWES ME $5.OO. 9. IF I SHARED MY TV AND MUSIC OBSESSIONS, YOU'D REALLY THINK I HAVE NOT GROWN AT ALL. LET'S JUST SAY MY 11 YEAR OLD NEPHEW IS NOT ALLOWED TO LISTEM TO MY iPOD...SOMETHING ABOUT ME NOT CHOOSING THE CLEAN VERSIONS OF SONGS...I HAVE NEVER LIKED "THE MAN" TELLING ME WHAT I CAN DO...I WANT TO HEAR DIRTY WORDS IN MY SONGS IT MAKES ME FEEL THAT COMPARED TO GWEN OR PINK AM A REAL SAINT. 10. NO, LIFE DOESN'T ALWAYS TURN OUT ACCORDING TO YOUR DESIRES...BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE...GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO BAD PEOPLE...UGH THAT ONE MAKES ME MAD. MY BIGGEST SURPRISE IS THAT IT'S ALL OKAY...SOME TIMES YOU ARE THE WINDSHIELD, SOME TIMES YOU ARE THE BUG. 11. If I could improve my home, I'd remodel NOTHING and add on a NAKED LAWN GUY. My dream home would be EXACTLY WHERE AND WHAT IT IS. 12.I AM NOT A PARENT AND HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE...YOU ONLY HAVE TO GO TO YOUR OWN CHILDREN'S EVENTS, AUNT MARGEY HAS TO GO TO MY FAMILY & FRIENDS' KIDS RECITALS, SPORTS & EVEN PRACTICES. I HAVE LEARNED THAT A KID WILL RAT YOU OUT AND TRY TO SEEM INNOCENT..IE: MY NEPHEW TOLD HIS MOM THAT I WAS HELPING HIM WITH HIS VOCABULARY AND WANTED TO KNOW IF IT WAS OKAY TO SAY ASSANINE. 13. WHICH TEACHERS WOULD I LIKE TO SEE AGAIN.?.? I LOVED ALL MY TEACHERS AT COQUINA...MRS. CARTER, MRS. BELL AND MRS. BREWER. AS FOR JACKSON JR HIGH, I GUESS I NEED TO SEE MR. DUGOLPOLSKI (MR. D) AND LET HIM KNOW WHAT I PUT HIM THROUGH WAS NOT MUCH FUN FOR HIM, (THE CLASS AND I HAD A BLAST DUE TO MY ATTEMPT TO CHANGE HISTORY) I DON'T KNOW WHY HE DIDN'T IMPLODE. I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME EXCEPT FOR BETSY THE HOME WRECK TEACHER. SHE COULD TOLERATE A WHOLE LOT TOO. ALL THE P.E. TEACHERS AND COACHES WHO TOOK THE TIME FROM THEIR OWN FAMILIES TO KEEP WE POSSIBLE/PROBABLE DELINQUENTS OFF THE STREETS. 14. If I won $100 million, I'd give $10,000,000 of it to friends & family, then spend the rest on a ...Expand for more
cabana boy, a lawn boy and speedos. 15. EVER LIVE IN A DORM? JOIN THE GREEK SYSTEM? NO, BUT I HAVE SNUCK INTO A FEW GREEK WEDDINGS AT THE HILTON (NOT EASY TO DO WHEN YOU ARE BLONDE). THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A CASH BAR THERE...IT IS ALL YOU CAN SUCK DOWN AND SURVIVE. 16. TO BE TRULY HAPPY, YOU WOULD BE WHERE DOING WHAT, WITH WHOM? I AM TRULY HAPPY HERE IN THE MOUNTAINS...I AM 5 MINUTES FROM TENNESSEE, 10 MINUTES FROM GEORGIA AND BETWEEN THE OCOEE AND NANTAHALLA RIVERS. LIFE IS GOOD WITH MY FAMILY, FRIENDS AND DOG ZEKE. I GET MANY VISITORS HERE AND ENJOY SHOWING THEM AROUND. BUT...TREAT WILLIAMS IN BED DOING WHATEVER SOUNDS GOOD TOO. 17. My current age is 48. When I was 12, I thought that people my age now would be SENILE. I was so completely RIGHT. 18. AH, CAREER ASPIRATIONS...I HAVE WORKED MY FANNY OFF FOR 25 YEARS. TWELVE HOUR DAYS, HOLIDAYS, WHATEVER IT TOOK. NOW I ASPIRE EACH DAY TO HOP ON MY PONTOON BOAT, GO OUT ON LAKE HIWASEE AND CATCH A BIGGER FISH THAN AT LEAST ONE OF THE GUYS OUT THERE. 19. WHAT HAPPENED TO MY FIRST CRUSH? I BEGGED MY PARENTS TO HAVE HIS FAMILY OVER FOR SPAGHETTI DINNER. AFTER DESSERT, I DECIDED TO SHOW OFF A LITTLE GYMNASTICS NUMBER I HAD ARRANGED AND ENDED UP VOMITIMG ALL OVER HIM. HIS WHOLE FAMILY PACKED UP SHORTLY AFTER THAT AND MOVED OUT OF STATE. 20. My best friend would tell you I'm CALM/CALMING, but people who don't know me very well would probably describe me as HYPER. 21. HELL NO I DON'T DRESS LIKE I DID 10/20 YEARS AGO. I HAVENT HAD PANYHOSE OR SUITS ON FOR 2 YEARS NOW. 22. THE WEIRDEST JOB I HAD WAS JUST AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. I WORKED AT A FUNERAL HOME ANSWERING CALLS AND TAKING MESSAGES. MY BEST FRIEND JENNIFER KASPAR WOULD CALL AND ASK FOR "MOURGEY". THE OWNERS THOUGHT THAT WAS FUNNY AND NEVER CALLED ME MARGEY AGAIN. THERE ARE A LOT OF PRACTICAL JOKESTERS IN FUNERAL HOMES AND I WAS NO MATCH FOR THEM AT 18, BUT 30 YEARS LATER IT WOULD BE FUN. 23.I share my home with MY DOG ZEKE, which I find REMARKABLE THAT HE LETS ME IN AS HE IS KING OF THE CASTLE. 24. I DON'T HAVE ANY TROPHIES ON EITHER MANTEL BECAUSE IT WOULD RUIN THE DECOR...WELL AND I DON'T HAVE ANY. 25. I GET ONE DO-OVER...WHAT WOULD I DO DIFFERENTLY? I WOULD HAVE NEVER WORN WHITE SHOES AFTER LABOR DAY. 26. In 10 years, I hope to be RIGHT WHERE I AM. I'm going to get there by HOVER-CRAFT. 27. TALK ABOUT MY OLDEST FRIEND, HOW WE CLICKED. ALL MY FRIENDS AND I CLICK BECAUSE WE ARE ABLE TO GO WITH THE FLOW. WE CAN TAKE JOY IN EACH OTHER'S ACHIEVEMENTS AND MAKE THE BAD TIMES TOLERABLE AND EVEN FUNNY JUST BY KNOWING WE HAVE EACH OTHER. 28. WHAT ABOUT ME WOULD SURPRISE EVERYONE AT A HIGH SCHOOL REUNION. PROBABLY THAT I AM STILL ALIVE AND THAT NO ONE BEAT ME TO A PULP OR DISPOSED OF MY REMAINS IN THE EVERGLADES. 29. My first job was at PARTIES PERFECT, where I got paid IN PARTY FAVORS to ICE CAKES. What I remember most about it is THAT VOMITING ICING IS A LOT EASIER THAN VOMITING SPAGHETTI. 30.HOW DO I HOPE OLD FRIENDS REMEMBER ME? LET'S FACE IT, THERE IS A REASON YOU HAVE TO WEAR NAMES TAGS AT REUNIONS...NO ONE REMEMBERS ANY ONE. YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF WONDERING IF TERRI WAS THE FRIEND THAT LOOKED OUT FOR POLICE WHILE YOU PAINTED "CLASS OF '79" ON THE GYM ROOF OR IF SHE WAS THE GIRL WHO TALKED YOU INTO PUTTING A PORT-A-JOHNNY ON SOMEONE'S YARD AND MADE YOU LIE IN THE BUSHES UNTIL SUN-UP TO SEE THE EXPRESSION ON THE HOMEOWNERS' FACES. WHEN I RUN INTO SOMEONE FROM THE PAST I GENERALLY DENY MY IDENTITY.I NEVER KNOW IF THEY THOUGHT I WAS FUNNY OR COULD NOW PLACE MY REMAINS IN THE EVERGLADES.
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