The Early Bird Catches.... $3 and some serious COLD

So, I know you will all be sad when you realize what you missed today: The Sarcoxie City-Wide Garage Sale. Yes, that's right. I, on the other hand, was fortunate enough to be there. Fortunate enough to wake up at 4:30AM to be on the square at 5:00AM to wait in the freezing, windy cold (my fingers and toes went numb) with two shirts, two hoods, and two blankets, with no customers until well after the sun came up. We stayed there until 1:00PM. I made a total of $3.00. My dad was kind enough to point out that I was making less than 40 cents an hour. To that I replied, "That's okay... it's more than they pay me at the jail." :) Honestly, though, in some weird way I thought it was a lot of fun. My mom wore this funny monkey mask to draw people to our booth (and also succeeded at scaring a few small children), we had some laughs, I saw some people I hadn't seen in a long time and will likely not see again for a long time, and it was a good reminder and memory of "home." The home of my childhood, anyway.