Spring Woods High School - Safari Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Early morning schedules varied from sludenl lo sludenl as each engaged in individual preparalions ol washing, prirnpinq. and ealing. DAY BY Somefimes if seemed like caugh+ a few exfra z's before M 'A 'S H on Qld fhen y you iugf couldfff, for the life fhe digifal clock 'flashed 7 00 barely had hme lo review for of you, fhrow back fhe warm and you had +o ge? up or else fhe chemislry +es+ second fuzzy elecfric blankef and you wouldn'1 have 'rime fo period affer you read four bgunge qui of bed +9 shut off dry your hair or fake a chap+ers of Huckleberry 1-he blaring mongfongug shower. Finn Even lhen you were screech of 'lhe alarm. bu+ Perhaps if wasn'+ 'lhaf you 'Forced 'ro s'l'ay up pasi somehow you did. Blinded, were all fhai' sleepy and Johnny Carson you sfumbled fo 'rhe dresser eXl10USf6Cl: if was iusf fhaf Unwrappmg lhe fwisfed and nabbed 'lhe 'ricking once your feel' hi? fhe ice cord from around fhe dryer s an Qpparg-tug, cold file floor in the nozzle you plugged in fhe In From fhere you hopped b6fhr00m. The fuzzy school curlers and shivered while back in 'l'he sack, snuggled day fhaf loomed before you watching fhe hrs? hny drops back into The warm. molded came info focus . . . You f d + f d covers which had clung fo remembered thai' +he 'rhe gray lucife lid ro your Sleeping ghape algebra homework had noi Suddenly you remembered fhroughoul fhe nigh? now been done because fhere was Thai l'he navy corduroys you furmn ended. By doing fhis you a greaf one hour episode of were going fo wear 'loday 34 Da .Qxas Nofing her refleclion in 'rhe mirror. senior Monica Burns delicalely applies lip color wifh a loam-Tipped applicafor io define her mourh. Quielly reaching over his righl shoulder from The east fhe brighl morning sun qlares ar freshman Roberf Sundquisl as he approaches his familiar ride lo school which is provided by a senior friend around 7:25 am. daily. Fnished dressin so homore Sfac-f 9. p i Wells cornpleleg her mornmg schedle w h some las+ rn mia smovfg bewee' re' cerea' ard Marne fe g ..c.

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r 1 Y..-.- Lf ci 'TT N if . Q Mwgfv we 4 .W 1 . . fifzi 'Lf' ff' - obbling on cruTches or wearing a casT may have seemed glamorous, Tun and oTTen enviable, buT Tor The unTorTunaTe who had To Tace crowded halls, weT 1 pavemenT, and sTeep sTairs on cruTches iT became a real hassle. . MosT oT The ordinary daily Tasks became diTTiculT when' Temporarily handicapped. l couldn'T do anyThin buT siT home. said senior elim ReiTT who Tound himselT s orTin cruTches Twice cE1ringTooTball season - because oT a Torn carTilage in his knee and again a sprained ankle. Because oT his sprained ankle, senior Vince Grbic couldn'T drive and ThereTore had To double wiTha ' Triendu Tor The Homecoming game and dance. How To sleep comTorTably was one obsTacle ThaT sTudenTs learned To deal wiTh while donning a casT. You were so Tired, and drained Trom baTTling cruTches and people all day long, you almosT died when ou hil The bed, sophomore Tferonica Koblein said aTTer being iniured in skaTing accidenT. l had To sTuTT pillows under my leg and sleep on my back so long ThaT now l WiTh his arm in a sling sophomore Bryan Peska Trudges Through Typing l. Peskais arm was separaTed Trorn his shoulder during a pracTice TooT- ball game. Unable To play clue To an iniury he suTTered in The Memorial game, jun- ior Glenn Graham, TighT end, looks on as The deTense discusses iTs nexT play. l iusT caughT a pass, l cuT To The side, when l did, The asTroTurT or my shoe sTuck which made my knee buckle and l Tell, he said. can'T sleep in anoTher osiTion,' said sophomore Eanae Lee who was Torced To endure cruTches Tor six weeks wiTh a broken leg she suTTered in a car wreck. The weT l-lousTon weaTher was oT no assisTance To The already injured. IT was hard To geT To class on Time. Thank God l had undersTanding Teachers, especially TirsT period, said iunior Kelli GarreTT, whose knee was swollen Trom an unknown cause. Mornings were really lgard, kiweing weT and humid. veryT ing was s ippery, iunior Glenn Graham said. The ramp goT so slippery and weT iT was oTTen hard To geT up and down, buT sTairs were decisively The hardesT To manipulaTe while handicapped. l had To have my schedule rearranged To avoid sTairs, said senior John Fahy, who was in'ured in a TooTball game. l2veryone was coming aT you, he explained. l-landicaps

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x +R X , X if Groggily freshman Phillip Engle sfrelches 'ro click off 'rhe buzzing clock radio fha? signals his early morning walce up. AHer an early morning shower, sen- ior Sfeve Sroelfie ulilizes a powerful blowdryer along wiih a slyling brush +o shape his hair info The desired s+y e. '- An exlra five or Ten minules is alloweclgin senior Sieve Boessling's morning reaffine +o warm-up his Cuflass for 'rhe 'rrip fo school. Daily Riiuals