Day 12 - BAHH

So my Mama is very insistent on getting me to school on time.  By on time I mean, usually by 8 o’clock.  Now today my classes started at 11 o’clock… so maybe you begin to see my problem.  Ah but you don’t.  Let me tell you about this morning…  So Mama says that the Reverend cannot drive me to school today & it is already 7:30a.m, so I will be late.  She ushers me out the door, calls my sister, & we walk down to the road to catch a Taxi (aka- church van style transportation).  I insist that I have plenty of time to walk to school, but Mama is not convinced.  When we cannot catch a Taxi she finally agrees to let Sarah & I walk.  Not even half a mile down the road this Taxi starts yelling to Sarah & I… this is kind of normal, being white at all.  But soon this guy is standing in the open doorway of a moving vehicle belting, “WE HAVE A PLACE FOR YOU!”  Sarah starts laughing because of all the attention I’m causing.  Eventually the Taxi pulls over & says that someone has already paid for us. Basically my Maama paid the Taxi, pointed us out to the driver, & they had been chasing us down ever since. 

When I finally got to school it was about 8 o’clock… I had 3 hours until class. Hmm.