Nov 18, 2008 17:45
i miss:
Sharkie
My family
Northwest
Cali's weather
Self respect
innocence
holiday excitement
fourth grade with sarah howard
sixth grade with skeetie
dad's first lake house & the pattle boat
arts and crafts
those really good fruit gummy snacks
"are you afraid of the dark"
Friday nights in elementary school: tgif & hide and go seek
friday's in school
the sound of crickets at night in the summer
thunderstorms with the back doors open at night
good books
having time to do nothing... but never being bored
summer nights in general
my old body
not cussing
baking
waking up to the smell of birthday cake... on my birthday
birthday parties ( the kind with invitations, balloons, and sleep overs)
getting excited about ice cream... because i couldn't buy it for myself (well... i guess i still do)
having money meant... having money to save or spend recklessly
crossing my fingers... and believing that it helped
Being taken care of when i was sick
fitting in the bath tub laying down
breakfast, lunch, and dinner being provided for me
not being able to wait until i was a pre teen! let alone, a teenager!
learning to drive
throwing fits
eating off the kids meals... without pissing the waitress off
back to school shopping
saturday morning cartoons
waking up early by myself... and being ready to get up
Brittany Eynard's laugh
Being a good christian
field trips
barbies
playing house
having the store clerk put the shoe on me
fires in the winter
snow
snow at night
soccer
family beach trips
playing "bull"
the big rock
playing in the creek and not having a clue what contamination/sanitation was
family trips to florida for christmas/ thanksgiving
being excused from ANYTHING ....as long as my mom or dad wrote a note
reading logs
flintstone vitamins
the ninja turtles
lamb-chop
Timothy the Tooth
Faking sleep
Cleaning the house before Grandma and Grandpa visited
Show and Tell
Recess
Laughing until it hurts
Velcro shoes
Playing "Trolley"
Fighting over who got to turn on the tv
Kierra's sincerity
Easter egg hunts
Neighborhood christmas parties
Believing in Santa
Undoland's ... craziness
the smell of paul tucker's house
hall passes
watching movies in school... and forgetting i was in school
having time to take naps
being able to turn in a hand-written assignment
not being able to fall asleep on christmas eve
begging for sleepovers
Being young