A Trip!
NOTE: I promise not to talk about Survivor everyday here on The Deseret Housewife [smile], BUT, since a lot of people have been asking me about the show this week--I thought I'd share a little of what it's like to go from "Average Joe" to "Average Joe on Survivor 23."
Okay, I know you know . . .
I spent the summer in the South Pacific (Samoa, specifically) playing the game of Survivor. (http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/video/)
But until this Wednesday's premiere of the show, most everyone in my life did NOT know I'd been on this adventure.
So for a good chunk of the summer, I just went about my life just as I usually do--doing typical family stuff (park trips, campouts, cooking, driving, laundry, preparing for school, etc.).
In reality, it was really difficult to do the "family stuff" on the heels of such an incredible experience. And I confided in my husband more than a few times about how hard it was to "go to the moon and back" and then, not be able to share any of it.
It was difficult, to say the least.
But then on August 22, CBS officially announced the cast and show premiere . . . and I could finally tell people where I'd been all summer.
Here (literally on this very beach):
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| Copyright CBS, Monty Brinton, 2011. |
But surprisingly, life didn't change all that much after the announcement of the show.
I mean, I still went about life as usual--barring a few fun phone calls, emails, facebook questions, and funny PHOTOCHOPS made of me looking like Granny on the Beverly Hillbillies.
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| PS: I don't know who made these or I'd give credit. People share them with me and I love them. They crack me up! |
Life was pretty "normal."
But Wednesday that changed.
Really changed.
The show premiered. (This photo is from days 1-3 of the game.)
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| Copyright CBS, Monty Brinton, 2011. |
And finally friends, family, and a few million people SAW what I'd been doing all summer.
They saw ME. On Survivor!
They saw me row, run, jump, laugh, and cry.
And laugh.
And cry.
Rinse. Repeat.
Rinse. Repeat.
All on national television!
But fortunately
I Survived!
Both the first Tribal Council AND the first public airing of the game. (In HD, no less. Now I see why 40 looked old to my tribe. LOL! Hello march of time across my face.)
Anywho, my point!
Now that the show has aired, a few more people seem to know me.
My students are asking questions. (Why did you wear a dress? How do you stay modest? Or did you?)
My colleagues at BYU are asking questions. (Did you have to lie? Did you win? Why are you at work?)
My friends at church are asking questions. (Did you get to shave?) (MY FAVORITE!)
And . . . even people I've never seen before--in a grocery store outside my own city--are asking questions.
Yup, yesterday I went to get some apples with my kiddos, and right there in the fruit section, as I was choosing between the Granny Smith and the Gala, a sweet mom and her two teenage daughters came up and said, "We just have to ask. Are you on Survivor?"
What the what?
I really almost fell over.
It seems so silly.
And yet so fun. Truly.
I feel really lucky to have this experience right now.
I just pray I don't look too wonky, too old, or embarrass too many of my loved ones.
And I pray I survive another week.
In the grocery store, that is. [Wink. Wink.]
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| Again, not sure who creates these, but I love them! So dang funny. (THANK YOU PhotoChoppers.) |
