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Monday, May 14, 2007
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7 Things That Happened to Me As A Teen
J is always good for a bottle of wine and a meme. haha Here goes..
1. When I was 15, I threw out my back for the very first time. I choose this one first, because today for the 5,342 time, I did it again. Back to 15, before I had any sense of good behavior, I and some other bad girls, took someones school books. I hid the one I took in a heavy box of books that was on the top shelf of my closet. When I went to put the box back on the shelf, I could feel something tear in my back. I call that instant Karma. These days I call it a constant reminder to be good to myself. No bending at the waste people.
2. From the ages 10 to about age 13 or 14, I gained one step-monster who used to take me to see scary movies and read my diary, another step-mother who only spoke Spanish (still miss her home cooking), a step-dad who became the greatest Papa that ever lived, and four half siblings. Today we are a family who drifted away into the wind, only one drifting all the way to heaven.
3. I got my drivers license and first really cool car. I was an old teen of 18 and a half, but I was finally coerced into getting my license. I finally caved because we also convinced my mom that getting a 1981 Camaro Berlinetta with T-Tops in pretty saphire blue was a really good idea. I was a pretty lazy teen. I saw no good reason to really get my license when I had perfectly good parental units chauffering me around.
4. I started attending beauty school when I was a senior in high school. I got high school credits for it and I also got to attend school for free and only had to pay for the cost of my kit. I went for a year and had a blast. I met some really cool people. I got to go with one of them down south for 3 weeks to visit her family (and study for my high school equivalency test). But because of #3 here, I couldn't help her drive.
5. I went on Nutri-System and lost 25 pounds. That totally rocked. I wish I'd had more sense to continue with their maintenance plan so that I could have learned more about keeping the unwanted weight off. But I liked going out with my boyfriend and getting free fast food from all his friends who worked at Burger King and Jack in the Box. I guess I would do it all the same. Who wants to be 19 and overly concerned about their weight.
6. I'm kind of grasping at straws at #6. The only thing I can come up with is that as a young teen I tried lasagna for the first time and then kicked myself for never having tried it sooner. I had a very long love affair with lasagna. Until I became lactose intolerant in my 20's. Booooooo!
7. I met my too oldest and dearest friends as a teen. The first, Shawzey, when I was 12 years old and the second, LynnDenise when I was 19. LD and I would later become related. She and I talk every day thanks to modern technology. We three still share a love for Duran Duran, shopping and Coach. I'm honored to have them in my life and to call them sisters. I wouldn't trade them for any amount of Coach purses. No, seriously.
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