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June 30, 2005
Stuff I miss
The good folks over at the absolutely scrumptious Mini Cooper's blog tagged me a few days ago to talk about five things I miss from childhood. What with all the job drama, it totally slipped my mind until tonight. Being the link whore I am in my darkest soul, I was doing a search for myself at Technorati. Lo and behold, there was the link and shout-out. And here I am with egg on my face.
Better late than never, right?
The concept is simple. What five things do I miss from my childhood?
1. I miss not having boobs. On the same note, I miss not having a period. Life is just so much easier when you don't have to give thought to bouncing yourself sore or the consequences of white shorts.
2. I miss being able to sit on my front porch swing for hours, doing nothing but listening to my Walkman and staring into space.
3. I miss that whole business about having no responsibilities. Today has drawn that into sharp relief.
4. I miss spending every Friday night at the roller rink; giggling with my friends, couple-skating with cute boys, drinking Suicides, eating Sno-Cones and skating until I had blisters on the soles of my feet.
5. I miss looking forward to adulthood, and being able to imagine what I would do and who I would be, without the constrictions of reality getting in the way.
It seems only appropriate that I tag Kara for this one, since she'll be staring down the barrel of 30 this weekend.
Posted by Robin at June 30, 2005 11:35 PM
Comments
Oh oh oh! Suicides. Man, does that conjure up a vertiable flood of memories. I miss pinball.
I'll give you one nice thing about adulthood: having a child who's eyes you can look through as she discovers the same things you used to love. (Nauseatingly sappy, but true.)
Posted by: Liz at July 1, 2005 07:21 AM
Poppy, did you have your own skates or did you rent? I always wanted to own some skates and have those matching balls on them.
Posted by: PKB at July 1, 2005 09:40 AM
I miss Charlie, our Sno-Cone man that used to drive around the neighborhood with an aquarium of ice and the various flavors in the bed of his truck. 25 cents for the best Sno-Cone in the world.
Oh, to be 10 again...
Posted by: Betsey at July 1, 2005 10:02 AM
I totally had my own skates. White with rainbow stripes at the heels.
Liz, sappy but so true.
Betsey, you just gave me an idea for a new career! I have a truck. I have ice. I'm hitting the thrift stores tomorrow with PKB and I'm sure I can find an aquarium. I'm gonna be the sno-cone lady!
Posted by: Poppy at July 1, 2005 10:08 AM
I miss showering with Kevin Sparks after gym class.
Posted by: Big Daddy B at July 2, 2005 11:11 AM
