Twenty Year Meme

I had grand plans for these few days of vacation before Hope is off to schedule and we have a much stricter schedule around the house. So am I doing the masses of cleaning and organizing. No, of course not. I've lazed by the pool, half-heartedly washed a few dishes, and am now wasting time on the interwebs. I would like to say that this is Carpe Diem in motion, but truly it is only procrastination.

The Twenty-Year Meme

20 years ago I:

1. Lived in Clermont, Georgia and was 8 years-old.

2. Was getting ready to start the third grade.

3. Became obsessed with Anne of Green Gables and Little Women.

4. Wrote stories about a purple bunny named Mabel.

5. Played outside from dawn to dusk.

6. Had a crush on Michael J. Fox.


10 years ago I:

1. I was 18 years old and had just moved back home in Clermont.

2. Managed to start going to high school twice in that year and then dropped out both times.

3. Quit doing drugs.

4. Stopped working at Pizza Hut.

5. Was best friends with this chick named Joy.

6. Pretty much only dated douche-bags.


5 years ago I:

1. Was 23 and living in single parent housing at my University.

2. Worked as an assist at the Help Desk.

3. Hope was three and we watched hours upon hours of The Wiggles.

4. Had recently gotten out of my first stint at a mental hospital for depression, an eating disorder, and PTSD.

5. Read nothing but thick, classic books all summer.

6. Was dating Ex-Boyfriend for the second year.


3 years ago I:

1. I was 25 and lived in Gainesville, GA in a moldy apartment.

2. Hope was in Kindergarten.

3. Had been working at the library for a year.

4. Was still dating Ex-Boyfriend now for the 4th year.

5. Pierced my nose.

6. Lived at the Coffee Shop of Horrors and Ralph Waldo's Books.


So far this year I:

1. Have read 42 books.

2. Acquired one new piercing and 2 new tattoos.

3. Started dating Inky Darcy.

4. Finally got my driver's license and a car.

5. Started learning how to sew.

6. Began living completely on my own with Hope and the cat.


Yesterday I:

1. Had a vanilla bean frappacino.

2. Did laundry at my parent's house.

3. Helped mom cook dinner. I made homemade mac'n'cheese and homemade biscuits.

4. Hope and I stopped by the tattoo shop to say hello to Inky Darcy.

5. Stood in line at Walgreens for 20 minutes waiting for the anti-spawn prescription to be filled.

6. Read some more Histories of Middle-Earth.


Today I:

1. Cleaned out the refrigerator and the freezer.

2. Baked strawberry muffins for breakfast.

3. Spent nearly 4 hours at the pool with Hope.

4. Listened to Hope and her friend Cecilia giggle upstairs.

5. Hope to read some Harry Potter tonight.

6. Will work on my embroidered shirt.


Tomorrow I will:

1. Finish scrubbing the kitchen.

2. Take Hope to get her haircut.

3. Brave the crazed masses at Open House.

4. Organize Hope's back to school supplies and clothes.

5. Bake something for Hope to take to school with her.

6. Try to go to bed early.


In the next year I will:

1. Have a nine-year-old!

2. Turn 29 (yikes).

3. Pay off my and close several of my credit cards.

4. Finally get around to painting the apartment.

5. Have a half-sleeve of tattoos.

6. Learn how to quilt.