A Life in the Day of Rosemary Booker - The Woody Back to School ...
A Life in the Day of Rosemary Booker - The Woody Back to School ...
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s<strong>in</strong>gle article that gave me any <strong>in</strong>dication that no<br />
sooner had I entered through <strong>the</strong> heavy gates I<br />
would f<strong>in</strong>d myself sprawled head down arse up across<br />
<strong>the</strong> lap <strong>of</strong> a young woman barely two years older<br />
than I was at <strong>the</strong> time.<br />
Later that even<strong>in</strong>g I would learn that I was not<br />
alone <strong>in</strong> as<strong>to</strong>nishment at be<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>troduced <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
extraord<strong>in</strong>ary concept <strong>of</strong> ‘Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g Spank<strong>in</strong>gs’.<br />
After spend<strong>in</strong>g a full day <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> company <strong>of</strong><br />
Sophia, alternat<strong>in</strong>g my time between stand<strong>in</strong>g fac<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>the</strong> wall and por<strong>in</strong>g over a <strong>to</strong>me that conta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>the</strong><br />
rules, regulations and pro<strong>to</strong>cols <strong>of</strong> my new home, I<br />
was escorted <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Grubby Dorm.<br />
This was a long Spartan room furnished with<br />
twelve beds, lockers and side-tables. <strong>The</strong>re was no<br />
privacy, not even a curta<strong>in</strong> between each bed. This<br />
would be where I slept for <strong>the</strong> next four years.<br />
Each new <strong>in</strong>take is comprised <strong>of</strong> twelve<br />
<strong>in</strong>mates. I recognized several from <strong>the</strong> newspapers<br />
and <strong>of</strong> course we all recognized Debs who was one <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> most famous women <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> world. We all<br />
<strong>in</strong>troduced ourselves nervously and <strong>of</strong> course <strong>the</strong><br />
conversations turned <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> spank<strong>in</strong>gs we had all<br />
received. <strong>The</strong>re was an atmosphere <strong>of</strong> considerable<br />
<strong>in</strong>dignation and also some trepidation <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> dorm.<br />
I don’t know whe<strong>the</strong>r I was jok<strong>in</strong>g or just<br />
try<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong> be comfort<strong>in</strong>g but I blurted out, “But it was<br />
only whops.” <strong>The</strong>y looked at me is if I had two heads<br />
but that unplanned observation has followed me<br />
around for years and created <strong>the</strong> myth that I am<br />
impervious <strong>to</strong> pa<strong>in</strong>.