I wanted to share with you, dear reader, the origins of my idleness. This is The Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall. I attended high school in this very building in Milford, CT some years ago, never mind how many. Needless to say, it was an all-girls Catholic school. I have been thinking a lot about where my love of leisure comes from, and I realized that it all started here. Just look at the place. Can't you imagine me reclining on cushions in the turret reading Oscar Wilde?
The emphasis here was definitely on study. And as much as I love school and books, it was really hard for me to stay awake for the whole school day. So I spent many hours in the nurse's room. Please don't think less of me, but I pretended to be sick so I could take naps. Sometimes, I would even go so far as to say I needed to go home. Then my mother would have to come pick me up and take me home to my bed. I had to get up so early every morning, how could they expect me to keep going for the whole day? Luckily, I never played any sports.
But it was here that my love of books, art, music, and languages started to blossom. And without those things, what would I do now?
2 comments:
That's the prettiest high school I've ever seen! I used to play sick a lot too. teehee.
Funny, I had an incredibly similar high school experience! Although I went to school with all boys. Had I gone to school with all girls I may have been motivated to stay all the do da day!
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