Years ago meme thingy

[charliesmum]

This meme is going around, so I thought I'd give it a whirl.

30 Years Ago

I was ten years old in Mr Hackbarth's (yes, really) 5th grade class. I had a crush on the boy who sat next to me. His name was Bobby. My beloved grandfather had died not long before, and I was grieving heavily for him. I was also still recovering from the nervous breakdown I'd had the year before; still on meds, and still seeing a shrink, whom I loved. I think this was the year I started acting classes, at any rate I was still doing it, and I loved it.

25 Years Ago

Sophmore in high school. This was the year my grandmother committed suicide. It is also the year I saw Rocky Horror for the first time. Both happened on the same weekend. The boy I loved at this point was called Craig. He was an Army Brat who'd spent time in Germany and was therefore a Smurfs fan, way before they got big in America. This is also the year better_wishes and I became very close until we could basically have conversations made up entirely of private jokes.

20 Years Ago

I was a sophmore in college. This time of year I was involved in the fall play which, for the life of me I can't remember. It might have been Room Service, actually. Yeah, Room Service. Funny play. The Boy I Loved In College was in it, and this is pretty much where my obsession blossomed. My roommate's mother had just passed away, and she'd gone home. She wasn't going to come back that semester, and so they stuck me with a freshman roommate, as they were totally overcrowded, then my roommate came back and we stupidly said the girl could stay. She turned out to be one of those people who take your shampoo and eat your snacks without asking. It was annoying. We had fun laughing about it though.
15 Years Ago

Ten Years Ago

Well, Princess Diana died, but for the first time in this meme no one close to me did. In fact this was the year Charlie was born, which pretty much makes up for all the bad things. This time ten years ago I was learning how to be a mother and discovering what it was like never to get an unbroken night's rest, and not to care. Four-o'clock in the morning was rather peaceful if one is rocking in a chair feeding a baby.

Five Years Ago

No one died. Got my first article published in Autism Asberger Digest, the one about the Wiggles. Was working, but wasn't very happy in the job any more. Sadly. Nothing else in my life had changed much. Charlie started kindergarten, and enjoyed school emmensely.

Two Years Ago

My husband's grandmother on his father's side passed away, but she'd been in a home and pretty out of it for awhile, so it was a mixed blessing. I mention this just for completion's sake. I'd discovered LJ, so most of what happened at this point can be found in the archives. I was on yet another job, I'm sure. Other than that, nothing continued to happen.

One Year Ago

I was working from home and very happy to be there, but the job was heading south. I was blissfully unawares, though, and just living my life the best I could. I know we took Charlie to Dorney Park around this time, and that was fun.

Six Months Ago

What was that, April? Was not working, and deluding myself that I could get away with it.

Today

Working. Glad it is finally feeling like Autumn. Thinking about last night's episode of House. Hoping the stew I put in the crock pot will come out okay tonight.

And that's it really. Funny how it makes you think, this meme. Probably if I wanted to, I could learn something about myself.

Nah.

Comments

[robriki.livejournal.com]

20 years??!!??

*cries*

Gosh, when did we go and grow up???

*is now curious as to the identity of TBYLIC*

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

Um...George Robson. He was the GM of WMCX in '87.

[crossbow1.livejournal.com]

It's weird how so many of your landmarks were people dying.

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

I know! And I didn't realise it until I did this meme.

[jfda.livejournal.com]

Fun meme. Of course, for me, "thirty years ago" was "a few months before being conceived" ... would've been fun if I'd done this a few months later, then I could've said "undergoing cellular division" or maybe "developing limbs" or something ... :-)