I'm on a business trip and not sure how much blogging will get done in between
May 2004
Things I Miss
- Seeing my Dad
- Starsky & Hutch, Charlies' Angels and Donny & Marie
- Coaching my OMCC kids
- The comfort and security of thumb sucking
- Slumber parties
- Nursing my girls
- Going to McDonalds on Saturdays with my Dad and Bob Wellmeyer
- Bowling on Saturdays and going for ice cream afterwards
- Summers in the Oak Meadow pool
- My brother's eyelashes and how they turned into little stars when swimming
- Christmases with the Smith family
- That first time of falling love
- Playing Barbies
- Falling asleep on the couch while my parents watch golf on TV
- Opening a new box of Crayola crayons
- Pizza Oven pizza
- Peeing in the shower with our bathing suits on at work
- 8200 Pine Creek Dr.
- Aces Basketball games
- My friend Karen B's funny humor
- Riding the bus
- Being pregnant
- My Dad's cigars and his little black books
- My family at the Highlander Pool
- Getting to pick and sing songs in Mrs. Waite's music class
- Ding Dongs
- Seeing without contacts
- Being friends with Michelle
- My kids as babies and then toddlers
- Playing cards
- Wacky stickers
- Watching John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova, Larry Bird, and Terry Bradshaw play sports
- My wooden little people set
- Singing songs out the bedroom window with my friends
- Shooting hoops in the driveway
- Marathon bars and Zots
- My tooth before it cracked
- The "dant dadadant dant" knock we always did before opening the neighbors door and going inside
- My purple fire hydrant
- Chili nights with Sharon Lea
- Putting on plays and shows in my backyard
- 45 and 33 records
- Winning ribbons for swimming
- Mr. Wooten's high school classes
- Lifeguarding
- Parking the car in front of my old house
- Meet the Creeps
- Visiting in my Aunt Helen's kitchen
- Riding in the back of a station wagon
- The old oak tree at Oak Meadow
- Nance's Store
- Working Friday nights at the Courier
- Watching home movies with my Dad
- Friday nights at Clearwater Beach
It's funny to read back through that list. It's great to see how some of the stuff I missed is back in my life. I played Barbies with my girls. I've opened new crayons. I've had Pizza Oven pizza every time I got back home. Thanks to Facebook I'm back in touch with Michelle, Karen B., Mr. Wooten, and many of the Highlander Pool crowd. Ding Dongs are still around although I don't eat them. I'm seeing without contacts thanks to surgery. I play cards much more especially with my girls. My wooden people set, while not fully all together, ended up back here with me and my girls played with it. I can find Zots now. My tooth is fixed. I have the tapes to Meet the Creeps and it brings me to teenage giggles still. I have my 33 and 45 records and a player to play them on. Ah, life. Sometimes it comes full circle.
Here is my list of things I miss now in no particular order:
- Talking with my Mother
- My girls being little
- Drinking water from the faucet
- Little Magnum
- The companionship and communication of having a job outside the home
- Ghosts in the Graveyard
- Wearing flipflops all day or going barefoot without my back and knees hurting
- My neighbor Howard
- Sleeping on my stomach
- Euchre games with the OMCC group
- Jumping on the bed
- Knowing the people who work at my gym
- Hugs from my Dad
- My permed, long hair and wearing kerchiefs in it
- Swimming laps
- Walking the dogs with Garnet
- The Evergreen Acres bike trails
- Kissing Madison at night
- No responsibility
- Chatting and laughing with Murphy
- The lifeguard room at Oak Meadow
- Fall weather
- What is what like when I didn't have hot flashes
- Swim practices
- Making leaf houses and playing outdoors all day long
- Eating ice cream for dinner
- Hanging out with Kim and Steph
- Teaching kids to swim
- My skinny body
- Living in Indiana
- Believing in Santa Claus
- My huge purple sunglasses and my Shit Happens sunglasses
- Working with Mr. Lane
- Looking in the mirror and not seeing deep circles under my eyes
- My youth
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