I have only a couple of things loosely planned for today, so it may not be the smoothest ride ever. Extended family at the farm in the early afternoon. Oldest daughter doing a group costume building session at a friend’s house for eleven. A family dog walk this morning. Very loose, very informal, very much a patch work of half heard suggestions, requests, and answers. I get it. Not my best work, of that I am aware.
To the best of my knowledge I do not know what I did with myself when we had PA Days back when I was a Child. I have no recollection of doing anything out of the ordinary. No additional programming. No babysitters turning up. Must have been like an extra Saturday, so no cause for celebration, or alarm. In my teen years I would have gone to work for extra hours. That I do know. But childhood me? You could say that anybody’s guess is as good as mine. I genuinely have no idea. We certainly didn’t do day trips as a family, or go to do some out of home programming with the library, or town, or some other educational institution.
It’s funny because I have been watching these two guys on Facebook reels that talk about retro gaming, clothes, and music from the late 80’s, and the 90’s, and they were waxing poetic about shoes (most recently). And I honest to goodness could not tell you what brand of shoes I had ever worn, until I met my wife (back in 2002) because I only now remember the White & Green Adidas she bought me, and prior to that I don’t know what I would have had on my feet. I remember a reddish brown pair of faux leather New Balance shoes with a squared off toe, but again I think I got those after 2002. So for my first 22 years of life I do not know what brands of shoes I owned or wore. Desiring foot ware was not one of my concerns as an adolescent.
I don’t really remember my coats all that much either. I do recall a UNLV red and black hooded sweater, button up jersey thing I used to love back in grades 7 & 8. I remember the half zip pull over mostly black ski jacket I had. I’ve never been much for fashion. I do remember certain t-shirts that had patterns on them, or Bart Simpson apparel. Clothes just weren’t that big a deal to me. I remember getting overalls, which were “cool” at the time, and immediately hating them. I know I wore track pants for far too long before ever wearing jeans. I had a couple cable knit sweaters I loved in high school (the purple one was the shit). So that era is not totally lost to me, but I have some significant gaps in my day to day memory. Weird how that works huh? Crazy.
I do still have most of the video games, and systems I’ve ever owned. My Sega Master System & games, my PS 1, and games, and my Xbox, and Xbox 360. Problem is with those 2000’s gaming consoles I would have bought & traded in games to get new ones all the time, so the full roster of games I’ve ever owned is unknown to me. I didn’t keep a master list of owned titles. Now that would be interesting to see and know. I just never thought of it at the time. Shame. I did try out some dog shit games back in the day. Would be funny to know exactly what they were, so I could mock them mercilessly with confidence & as authority. Oh well, what could have been.
Welp… I’m pretty sure it’s Friday. I need to get up and go walk the mutt. Have a day to remember. Ciao Bella!
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