Larceny and Old Lace
My nephew is graduating this year from the school I graduated from. That makes me old! But...last night brought back some memories I attended his play Larceny and Old Lace. It was very good. He was most excellent (not just because he belonged to me) but his part fit him perfect and he was a natural. In fact, everyone did a most excellent job. I dreaded the fact that I had to go and sit through some school play but it was very entertaining and I enjoyed it very much!
I sat there before it started and remembered things of my high school days. My friends, the pep rally's before a big game, the lunch room where we all sat to eat is the drama teams exclusively and the tables are now boarded up to the wall. The lockers that were in the hallway are still there but added down the hallway to the library. I tried to remember my locker number but couldn't. I can remember walking those hallways with my friend Jody and making plans for the weekend and what to do around Jackson. We use to think it was so boring here. Well... it still is but we found things to do. Cruising the ave. every weekend, tee peeing houses, the bonfires, house parties. It was fun to have some fond memory's come back to me. And now my nephew is enjoying his last days of school. I feel sorry for him though. For me, getting out was what I looked forward to the most and he is totally opposite. He loves school, friends, and all the activities that go with it and he dreads the day he walks the aisle for his diploma. Now that I look back on it, I wish that school could have lasted longer too. Those WERE the days of no responsibility and not a care in the world. NOW.... a husband, child, house (2 in my case), a job and financial responsibilities. Wow where has the time gone!! Its really flown by.
Someday, hopefully Alanna will be sitting in the very chairs her mommy sat in and will have her own fun times. I pray she too meets a friend like her mommy did and has the fun times we did.
I sat there before it started and remembered things of my high school days. My friends, the pep rally's before a big game, the lunch room where we all sat to eat is the drama teams exclusively and the tables are now boarded up to the wall. The lockers that were in the hallway are still there but added down the hallway to the library. I tried to remember my locker number but couldn't. I can remember walking those hallways with my friend Jody and making plans for the weekend and what to do around Jackson. We use to think it was so boring here. Well... it still is but we found things to do. Cruising the ave. every weekend, tee peeing houses, the bonfires, house parties. It was fun to have some fond memory's come back to me. And now my nephew is enjoying his last days of school. I feel sorry for him though. For me, getting out was what I looked forward to the most and he is totally opposite. He loves school, friends, and all the activities that go with it and he dreads the day he walks the aisle for his diploma. Now that I look back on it, I wish that school could have lasted longer too. Those WERE the days of no responsibility and not a care in the world. NOW.... a husband, child, house (2 in my case), a job and financial responsibilities. Wow where has the time gone!! Its really flown by.
Someday, hopefully Alanna will be sitting in the very chairs her mommy sat in and will have her own fun times. I pray she too meets a friend like her mommy did and has the fun times we did.
Labels: Memories
posted by Linda's Place at 6:05 AM
2 Comments:
Lin... you made me all teary-eyed. I don't know what I would have done there without you. No one else would have been as wonderful. No doubt. I could have done without the teepee-ing... that scared the crap out of me every time because I just KNEW that we were going to get caught. We never did! Amazing considering the troublesome duo we were with.
Yes. Those days passed very quickly. And now it does, too. It's been way too long... maybe I'll get there for the 20th reunion....
OH! and I'm so happy about your house. I know you have been waiting and waiting... Send pictures!
I bet Alanna will love her room. One thing that helped my kids was that I didn't wash the sheets in between houses. I know that sounds wierd, but I wanted them to have that comforting scent in the new house, too.
When they were babies, I used to put my slept-in jammies in the crib with them so they could smell me even when I wasn't there. I think it helped them adjust to the new bed... of course I have a lot of theories, but no way to prove them! ha ha!
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