Mickey

I've grown in love with Rock Hill for several reasons and I'll spare you most of them. I don't know if it's because I work for the City or because I'm just that awesome (not likely) but I've gotten to know a lot of the community folk. Like Mickey. Mickey is the nicest old man who wears a bow tie and greets me as I walk in the door at chickfila on Cherry rd. A couple of months ago he was asking me what I wanted to do with my major because he didnt really know what it was. Like I tell everyone, I said that I was going to own the Panthers and he laughed and said really seriously that if I put my mind to it, then I could. Tonight I walked in for my free chicken sandwich and he said "where have you been lately? I thought you'd ran off to own the panthers!" Isn't that awesome, that he remembered that? I love that. I love being a regular at cherry rd. and at Moe's and Kinch's across the street from my work. As I was walking home from small group, my ghetto-fabulous neighbor who sits on his front porch everyday saw my guitar and asked if I played and said: "You got some cd's out and stuff?" See the more I stick around here, the more I feel like I fit in. Not just because of Winthrop or because it's some big cool city, but because of the relationships I've made. I told my boss the other day that I'll either be the Director of Parks and Rec one day or the Mayor. The one they had before Dougie was a woman, so I think it would be cool. I recognize that I have a long way to go to reach that goal though. I should probably graduate and pick a high school football team. We have 3 high schools here, and I'll always cheer for Gaffney no matter what. It's just that everyone has a team and they kind of force you to choose a school for the typical friday night football conversation. This is going to make me sound like a total lame head, but everytime I hear a song about a hometown I get all emotional because I love Gaffney so much and miss something about it every week (if not daily). But if I can't be there, I'm glad to have this town where the community mascot is a frog and where people like Mickey know your name.