32 years ago my mother remarried and we moved to Vestavia...4 days later my absolute favorite singer/actor died...Elvis Presley! Even though I wasn't even born when Elvis was "the thing" I used to stay up late on Saturday nights to watch the late movie which was always an Elvis movie! This was when I was 7-10 years old and no one knew I was awake! I'm still very much a night owl!
I have always been a huge Elvis fan and I am solely responsible for my nieces and nephews being fans as well...I have taken most of them at least once and some twice to Graceland....they first have to proclaim themselves true fans and then the fun is on me! Now my students are being slowly but surely converted to Elvis fans! Elvis surely lives in my classroom!
My senior year in high school I chose not to do the Panama City Beach trip and instead went to Graceland...Lisa Marie had just opened it to the public and it was awesome...Aunt Minnie was still living upstairs...there were no ropes or plexiglass...we actually sat on the white sofas in the living room, hung out in the jungle room...somewhere I have a picture of me in the pink jeep from Blue Hawaii!
I know I am a dork and I don't care :)
Long live the KING!!!
Love the randomness!!! Did I ever tell you I grew up down the road from Elvis's cousin? Of course, 'rond our parts of Mississippi every Presley was related to Elvis. I even went out with a guy who was distantly related. Anyway, the cousin's wife was nuts! Shot her sister's dog because it kept coming in her yard. Fun times in ruraly Mississippi!
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