Hey, Ya'll Need Your Support

[mcd2830]

Hey everybody, Great news... I just got a job at SHUCKS here in Abbeville. Theyb make the best corn and crab bisque, and the grilled catfish with sweet potato fries aint so bad neither.

I decided to try my luck at staying clean long enough to get a job ...its keeping it that is scary.

Im asking for all yall's support. Say a prayer, voodoo, whatever... I'll take everything, lolol. JUST KIDDING PASTOR

My auntie knows the manager and she put in a good word fpor me. CAN'T LET HER DOWN.



xxx meant to say I NEED YA'LL'S SUPPORT.

[4tRACY520]

Wonderful news, MCD! So happy you got a job you'll enjoy.

Congrats...stay clean and sober!

[armanij79]

Good luck. Sounds like a fun place to work at.

[mcd2830]

HOOD, you sure got that right!

I've never gone anywhere outside of 40 miles away - just like my daddy and granddaddy did. My mama went up norty a long time ago, before i was born to a place called PINEVILLE HOSPITAL. All i know about it was north of Alexandria. Don't know why she went up there and not a closer mental hospital, maybe it was her daddy that did it.

My mama's daddy was a rich guy, a sheriff in Abbeville. He got in some trouble with the Roughriders and ended up being hogtied and hanged by them. It was real bad. They still talk - the oldtimers do - about how the Roughriders were really bad. They would steal from the farmers and had a kind of racket going. making farmers pay to keep them out of their business. anyway, my granddaddy wasnt afraid of them, and i guess he paid with his life for it. Anyway, sorry fopr the side trip, haha.

Yeah, I love my hometown. A lot of history here.

[mcd2830]

Forgot to say that yesterday was my first full shift. We had two big busses drive up and i found out it was a group from France. That was wild! I made A LOT in tips. Well, they liked me. Said i was a good dancer. We have a dance floor - everybody in louisiana has a dance floor. We have bands come in who play cajun music.

Guess the France people like our Louisiana French. I was able to speak with them. Most people my age dont know cajun. You see, in Louisiana, Cajuns keep to themnselves and the Englis didnt like that. Guess thats been going on a long time.

Just look up the story of Evangeline. Some guy wrote a story a long time ago, forgot the name.

I loved talking with those French people. Made me proud.

Anyway, yeah, I'm doing my best to stay clean and sober.

[mcd2830]

I'm amazed - thought it was only a story known in Louisiana. Didn't realize it was about real history. Wow!

I know in Lafayette, they have a tree that was suppossed to be standing where Evangeline found her Gabriel. There's different versions of the story..guess everybody claims he or she was part of their family...haha.

I got an aunt who is big on family history. She says we're related to Jean Lafitte, the priate. Wouldnt surprize me one bit!



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[charlie]

Congrats! I am sober 2 years now!!