- being pregnant and giving birth to my son
- my freshman year of college and meeting lots of awesome people
- getting my first car
- Myrtle Beach family vacations
- driving down to Myrtle Beach
- having a beach front hotel room in MB and waking up to a beautiful sunrise every morning
- going to the Ohio State Fair with Mom and watching the horse shows
- the day we got Lady from the pet store
- running out of the house to hug Dad as soon as he pulled into the driveway when I was little
- the entire day of my high school graduation... walking the stage, getting my diploma, realizing I'd never have to set foot in my school ever again and having an awesome dinner with my family at Red Brick Tavern
- seeing the re-release of Star Wars Episode IV in the theater with my Dad and brother
- doing a Taco Bell run with Vanessa to get those cinnamon twists that we were addicted to
- various off-campus adventures with Avis and Angela
- watching reruns of 90210 with Mark
- walking to psychology class with Mark
- attending my brother's Bachelor's and Master's degree graduations from OSU
- watching and making fun of the bad soap operas with Lisa and Angie
- going to Ripley's Aquarium and petting the stingrays
- my Grandma's lemon pie, rhubarb crisp, and tapioca pudding and eating them till I felt sick
- going to that club in Huntington with people from my dorm and getting shit-faced drunk
- when Patrick and I rented a paddle boat on the lake and got to poke some snakes with a stick
- meeting with friends at the packed movie theater on opening day of Spider-Man
- taking this picture of Patrick smiling with the police officer after he got his car broken into
- walking around in the old graveyard across from the University of Alabama stadium with Patrick
- eating at Rama Jama's and that other little diner that had the best gumbo EVER
- making out with Charles in the car before seeing Star Wars in the theater and not caring if anyone saw us
- playing Heroes of Might & Magic with Patrick and Sunshine
- spontaneous road trips with Joe
- putting puzzles together with my brother
- going to my college library, picking a comfortable corner and just sitting and reading for hours and hours
- Mom making chicken noodle soup for me when I was sick
- Mom's "going away" chocolate cake
- going to Westland Mall when it was one of the best malls in Columbus to go to
- remodeling my Dad's house with my Mom, step-dad, and brother
- randomly getting asked out on a date by a handsome stranger at work
- when Vanessa and I got all these free things at college and we kept going back and getting more and more free things everyday
- Vanessa and I racing to prepare our ramen noodles to see who could cook them the fastest
- accidentally setting fire to a kitchen sink (who knew that was possible?)
- looking at apartments with my Mom (never found a place that was both affordable and livable but it was fun looking)
- walking with Joe through the fields near his house to get to a hidden lake
- ATVing and snowmobiling with Matt
- going to Disney World (Magic Kingdom & Epcot)
- my Mom's cute notes she wrote to me when I was little
- all the sports games I've gone to with my Dad and brother
- getting drunk and playing cards with the guys in my ex's dorm
- Matt and I playing with the glowsticks that people throw on the ground in our park when the fair is over
- sharing the best ever peanut butter and jelly smoothie with Sunshine
- getting ice cream with my volleyball team after the game even if we lost
- spending all day in downtown Columbus so we'd have a good spot to watch Red, White & Boom
- playing board games and charades with family during Thanksgiving and Christmas get-togethers
- when Trina and I would play with our Barbies and her brother would come over rip their heads off and we'd scream at him
- Day Camp in 5th grade
- Amanda and I playing Slip 'N Slide in my backyard
- making a Sims character of me and my ex and watching us hate each other and him die of electrocution from changing a light bulb
- going to MCL Cafeteria with my grandparents
- searching for Easter eggs at Llo's house
- watching the Leonid meteor shower at 2 in the morning even though it was freezing outside
- touring the St. Louis Budwiser Brewery and getting free beer
- staying over at my brother's apartment in Zanesville
- seeing old classic movies at the Ohio Theatre
- going to the Christmas Eve Candlelight ceremony at the Methodist Church and afterwards opening presents and watching the Catholic Mass on TV
- visiting the Amish shops and restaurants in Plain City
- going to the Parade of Homes in Columbus
- taking our nightly walk around the neighborhood with Mom
- fishing at a lake with my family and catching the most fish even though it was my first time fishing
- holding Alissa when she was only 3 days old
- going on a tour bus to Washington, DC
- taking a ferry boat to Canada and stopping off at an island in the middle of Lake Erie
- driving into Boston and seeing the downtown fireworks going off
- staying at a tiny beach front hotel in Southport, NC and eating the best seafood ever
- sitting with Patrick on the banks of the Black Warrior River and watching the barges go by
- watching Queer As Folk with Sunshine and friends
- giving/receiving Valentine cards in grade school
- pulling an April Fool's Day prank on my Aunt Joyce and Aunt Kay and Mom laughing her ass off
- going to downtown Columbus and seeing the Lazarus Christmas display
- baking Christmas cookies with Mom
- seeing the IMAX movie with Patrick in Birmingham
- helping my grandparents pick vegetables in their garden
- my Grandma's snapdragon garden
- going to Cedar Point with Joe
- watching Dumb & Dumber with my Mom and brother and laughing our asses off
- building forts out of chairs and blankets when I was little
- going trick-or-treating and getting the caramel popcorn balls that our neighbor Mrs. Fortyacres made every Halloween and my Mom making me go back twice to get one for her
- all of the pets I've had over the years
- husking sweet corn on our porch
- searching for shark's teeth on the beach
- helping my Mom and Grandma prepare and can snap beans
- raking leaves into a pile and then jumping into them
- receiving postcards from my Mom while I was away at college
oct 25 2009 ∞
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