When Kathy finished the eighth grade at Mary Magdalene elementary school, she started going to Mount Carmel Academy for high school. It was a private catholic all girls school way on the other side of town. The first year she went to Mount Carmel she used the city bus system. Once she turned sixteen she got her drivers licence. Dad and mom bought us a second car---a volkswagon beetle. Kathy was going into her sophomore year, I would have been going into seventh and Michelle 3rd grade. Kathy drove Michelle and I to school and then across town to hers. She would also pick us up after school. We got to school a bit early and had to wait for a little while for Kathy to pick us up. We liked it a whole lot better than riding the bus and standing at a bus stop in all kinds of weather.
When Kathy started her senior year is when I started as a freshman at Mount Carmel, so I got to ride across town with her. I REALLY liked that.
Once Kathy graduated, I started using the city bus system. I didn't dislike it as much as one would think. I caught the bus just a few blocks from our house and transfered to another bus downtown that took us right up on the Mount Carmel campus. I really liked the downtown transfer after school because my friends and I sometimes stayed there and did some "shopping" and fooling around.
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I didn't know you guys had a VW Bug. Those are some of our favorite cars. The girls would love to have one. Cute little cars! So after Kathy graduated, what became of the car?
ReplyDeleteIt was a real cute little car. Kind of a greyish blue and it had a sunroof. Kathy went to business college (hey!! why am I telling you this when it will be in a future blog!!
ReplyDeleteI am guessing the Wichita city bus system was less stressful for your mother than the San Francisco bus system was for you.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely!! Plus I was 14 and you were 9. Plus there are weirdo democrats in San Francisco.Even more than that, potheads!
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