hats

i recently realized that i have an awfully large assortment of hats.

about a month ago, several local high school students came to evan's candy to make chocolate for a fundraiser with all proceeds going towards haiti.

that same day the local news station and local newspaper visited my place of employment to do a story on the kindness of these high school students. but of course i needed a piece of this action.

the evening before, i realized that i should wear a hat to work since, after all, that's a very sanitary practice. my dad's collection of baseball hats sits on the top shelf of my closet (hence why i am claiming all of them), and i began looking through all of them to try to find the best one.

as soon as my eyes saw it i knew it was the one. i couldn't believe my luck in finding it.

it's a beige color, and it's huge. there's a fish right across the middle of it. all it says is:

IDAHO The Great Getaway

how ever in the world could i resist?

so after waking up at 5am and then 6am to watch my boss on the news (he did so well!), i hurried off to work and excitedly showed my hat to everyone that i work with. they were just as impressed as i was.

and then the students came. and we had fun being silly and helping them out.

and then the cameras rolled on in. how was i supposed to contain my excitement? i followed the cameraman and news anchor around, attempting to get everyone in the susquehanna valley to see my face on the local news at 5:30.

i got on tv.

could they see my face?

no.

they could see the huge hat though!

as my kind parents sat down to watch the news with me, i saw my hoodie, and the hat, and even a bit red hair! but no face.

i was still satisfied.

because i also managed to jump into a picture that was printed in the local newspaper, and i'm even mentioned as a "professional candy maker."

no lie, read about it here: http://engleonline.com/AdDesk/Htmlfiles/Readers/article.epc?id=29255

i now like to rub that in my boss's face - i'm the professional.

and it does get better than that, because i found out how many hilarious hats i have (and some are actually mine)!

i have an asian hat (like this one) that i bought in chinatown a couple years ago. unfortunately, there's no strap and it kept falling off my head. it didn't last too long.

i have a brown trucker hat that says BILL MELONE (my dad's, grandpa's, and brother's name). it's chocolate brown and disgustingly old and large. it may be my favorite.

and i have an anne of green gables hat. this one is so huge that throughout the day i couldn't help but run into everything. and every time i walked by the radio we would lose signal.

but now i've run out of hats. the hilarity at evan's does continue to ensue, just without the help of my head covers.