No One Was Dressed Up

Last night I finished teaching the cutest group of twenty-something’s. They learned quickly and were great listeners. One student came into class with a new haircut. I asked if she had gotten it all cut off and she said, “I wanted to be like you.” Her hair cut was similar to mine, but trust me this darling girl was not trying to look like me. It was just a very sweet answer.

They asked me all kinds of questions about myself that were sometimes a little off the Mah Jongg topic. Being me I told them some off topics things which led to more stories, like about previous jobs.

They wanted to know where I was teaching Mah Jongg next and I told them that today I was going to go the the Colonial Dames house in Downtown Raleigh. “Do they dress up there?”

I immediately understood that she was thinking they were like re-enactors, like in Williamsburg. “ No,” I said, disappointing them. They are just dressed in regular clothes. I thought it was such a fun thought of these women dressed in Colonial dresses learning Mah Jongg.

When one of the twenty-something’s texted me today about a future class I told her that I was at the colonial dames and no one was dressed up. She responded that her friend was going to be disappointed. I love twenty-something’s.