Monacan High School - Legend Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Theresa Rickman lounges around in between different homework subjects. Tension arises when Mike Bailey’s studies are interrupted. A favorite pastime with Lori Garrisison is watching television. Goofing off at home is a fun way to fill in time with Kelly Machett. HOME LIFE 33

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There’s school life and social life, but most important there is . . . After school most kids retreat home for an afternoon of relax- ation and satisfaction of the soaps, cartoons, or talk shows. You can always find a way to make the most of your time. After you pry yourself away from the refrigerator it is time to sit back and relax. After a pe- riod of recuperation from the day’s activities you finally sit down and get yourself settled to get into your homework. As you begin your concentration is bro- HOME LIFE ken by the sounds of your little brother or sister coming home from school. Now your respon- sibilities may turn to watching them until your parents get home from work. Probably the biggest and best thing to do after school is either sleep for a while or talk on the phone. If you don’t feel like that, then usually a friend, boyfriend, or girlfriend can come over to fill in the time when you have nothing else to do. Most of the time you have to HOME LIFE leave your house and go to work, but some may have to leave right after school and not even come home until later on in the night. Or if you don’t go to work, your parents will usually make a list of things for you to do, such as, wash dishes, clean up your room, or feed your pets. Time with parents means talking over the day’s events, eating dinner, or watching television. Then when everything is done you can finally go to sleep just to wake up and have the whole cycle repeat until the weekend comes. On weekends you can go out at night or babysit. During the day you might enjoy doing something with your parents, older brother or sister or you might just decide to be alone and do something by yourself. But all in all, your home is al- ways a place where you can go for caring and love, from the ones who love you and who are a part of your life. Doing what teenagers do best and most often, Angela Bryson talks on the telephone.

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The best seat in the house .. . BLEACHERS You have just bought your ticket. You enter and you go straight to those long elevated seats with the holes under them, better known as bleachers. You pick one out and sit down on the cold, uncomfortable seat. You put your bag on the step in front of you and begin to watch the game as a man gets up and starts walking your way. “Excuse me,”’ he says to eve- ryone he bumps. He now gets to you. Just as he announces “Excuse me,” he bumps your bag and it falls through the holes 34 BLEACHERS under the seats. He says, “Sorry” and proceeds. Now it is your turn to go down the line saying excuse me. You finally find your bag just as it starts to rain and you realize your raincoat is in the car. You know that if you exit the field you will have to pay to get back in. So you go back up and sit in your seat. Slowly people begin to leave until you are the only one left. You are soaked, as water runs down your face. The announcer says that the game is cancelled. Crystal Camba Mark The next day you get up with the worst cold you have ever had. Now wasn’t that a fun ex- perience on the BLEACHERS? That is probably the worst thing that can happen to some- one and it usually doesn’t hap- pen that way. Usually you see people walking around talking, laughing, and having a good time. Matt Dalton was asked how he felt about bleachers. He re- sponded, “‘They’re like Sweden, neutral. They’re there if you need them and they bother you if you don’t.” Students were asked what could best replace the bleach- ers. “‘Recliner chairs, because they’re much more comfortable. They don’t get hot or cold with the temperature,” replied Janet Bryant. Bether Johnson said, “Hundreds of contour adjust- able chairs.’ Perhaps the stu- dents in the pictures have the best ideas for what to do during the game. They never sit down. denny Hable is caught by surprise dur- ing a short break between cheers. Sideline visits with friends makes Jen- nifer Morgan a football fan. For socializing and watching, these are perhaps the most important part of the game, THE BLEACHERS.