Travel Log Edition

First Travel Log on record, in which the family travels to Bolder, CO, and I have a little acedont.

July 27, 1993

 I'll tell you about the trip first.  We rented a mini van, it was great!  I got a whole seat to myself!  I got carsick on the way and well...had a little direa acedont!

Well anyway, we spent 2 nights at Nancy's.  (a collage mate of my mom's)  It was fun!  I acidently left Lambie at her house, but at the hotel we stayed in last night, mommy called her, and Nancy told her that she had found Lambie and was taking good care of her!  Right now I'm sitting on the floor eating dinner in a cabin in Bolder, Colorado (our destany).  Adam is picking at his grapes, and Daddy is reading the newspaper and Moma is somewhere in the house.  Well time to do the dishes!

July 28, 1993

Hello!  Today Adam and me played baseball for a long time!  It was not a good game!  I threatened to stop 2 times, but there was 2 little kids in the cabin next door who keept on watching every time I did, so I was forced to play untill they left, then I went inside!  Then there was this lady who acted like she ow(n)ed the WORLD!  She was cutted off branches of everyones trees!  And she said to me, 'Smile!"  and "What?" What besness is it of hers if I smile or not?  And it was stupid to say "what" when I wasn't evan looking at her!

Summer Minutiae

July 2, 1993

Yesterday was Adam's B-day!  We got him a poster of Socela ONeal.


July 5, 1993

Yesterday we went over to Grandma and Grandpa's house with Aunt Allie.  We had a cookout there to.  I swam.  Then when it was we watched fireworks they were pretty!  Mom said they wher to be like "The Bombs bursting in air" in the star spangled banner.


July 19, 1993

Today we went to see the play Buaety and the Beast.  But!  Insted of Beaty bing a girl it was a BOY! And the Beast was a GIRL!  Beautys real name was John in the play.  It was very interesting. 

July 21, 1993

Yesterday we went to Astroworld! It was fun!  I roud one ride called the Viper and it went UPSIDE DOWN!

Note: If you are still not sure exactly who was on Adam's birthday poster, try reading the name out loud.  

And: Strong evidence once again as to why no one should've been surprised I turned out a theatre person what with the early exposure to such avant-garde productions like a gender swapped Beauty and the Beast! 


The truth of the matter is that we were constantly going to see wonderful shows growing up so I don't have that memory of "my first play" like many folks do, simply because we saw plays so often.  


Do you remember your first play?

An Astonishing Lack of Sensitivity for Centipedes

May 7, 1993

Today Kate is spending the night!  Kate has two hermit crabs and once she brought them when she spent the night.  And we teased daddy with them and it's always been a joke bweetwen us and daddy.  But tonight she's not going to bring her crabs.  She can't.  

But I hope she brings her rubber roach.

May 21, 1993

Helloo everyboty, this is your old pal Grover! (that really isn't me!  It's just from Grover on Sesmee Street) Well this weekend I hope I can go swimming at Grandma's!  I love swimming!  But, of corse, not as much as reading.  
Theses are tree things I love to do. 

1. Reading

2. Writing storys

3.  Swimming

4.  Jumping on tramiline

Today momy and me was working in the yard and guess what I found?! A 4 leaf clover! For real! I'm not joking! And I saw to baby praying manitises.  They where green with red bug eyes.  And today insted of one braid I wore two.  And when I was helping momma move bricks, and you know bugs and spiders live under bricks.  Yukk! And I was watching a little cinnipide walk along and I picked up a brick and cut it in half.  You might thing I'm crul, but I'm not, I'm very sensitive but not about cinipides.  

A Short-Lived Attempt at Writing in Cursive

April 13, 1993

April 16, 1993

Confessionals

Time to get real, folks.  Time for some third grade angst. 

April 13, 1993

I know that mommy's mad at me.  Because she called me and I called back.  Then she said I was to come when called.  When I left she said I rolled my eyes.  But I still love mommy. Life woundlen't be the same without her.  She's nice! 

June 9, 1993

I am so mad because mommy and Adam watched the Price is Right without me!  How mean!  The Price is Right is a game show that we wach in the morning.  But there's always tomorrow, but tomorrow is in 35 hours! 

As an adult who works with children, I frequently see them become highly indignant over silly incidents on par with missing a viewing of The Price is Right.  It can be hard not to laugh, and I'm sure Adam and Mom were (justly) bemused when I got all bent out of shape.  

I laughed a lot after rereading that entry, which also unburied the memory of how we did indeed go through a phase of watching The Price is Right every day that summer.  I believe my roommates and I went through the same phase my freshman year of college.  We would come back from our first classes, eat Pop Tarts, and watch The Price is Right. 

And hey...some days certainly FEEL 35 hours long....

Just the Facks, Ma'am.

Here continues the selected journal entries of Lee-the-3rd-Grader, in which I happily discover to whom I am writing and throw misspellings around like "confety." 

Feb. 13, 1993

Today we had fun.  First we played Barbie then American girls.  Yesterday we arrived at Corpus.  A girl named Amy babysat us tonight, she is was nice!  We had pizza and watched a movie it was funny!  It was called The Apple Dumpling Gang.  Bonnie just pulled her 1st tooth!

Let it be known Bonnie was a far cuter child than my artistic ability could depict. 

March 9, 1993

Hello, Today Jenefer came over to see the grass.  Tomorrow is Gymnastics.  Tonight we went to Luby's.  We go there always when we can't think of anything els! 

March 16, 1993

I'm hungry.  It's 12:30pm and I haven't had lunch.  Carl and Allie are coming in April, that's their spring break.  Adam and mine is next week.  I'm home schooled did you know that?  I've figured out who I'm talking to!  Myself.  So when I get old I can read this and read the facks about me evan thou now I know but later I'll forget!

April 5, 1993

On Saturdy Carol and Allie came.  Today Allie and I did a puppet show.  It was Cinderella!  I think it was pretty good.  Kate's birthday was on Saturday too.  In my favauor bag I got a confety egg.  And I'm going to use it on Daddy but I haven't done it yet but I will, and when I do I'll right and let you know.

April 9, 1993

Carl and Allie have to leav tomorrow! Boo-Hoo!!!  Well tonight we had dinner at Grandma's and Grandpa's house.  (that's where Carl & Allie are staying!)  We had barbegu.  (By the way, the Rathers live in Virginya and I live in New Branfels, TX!) 
Have I ever told you? I'm nine years old.  Holly and Bonnie, (you know them, my other cousins) they and Rick and Marry (their Mom and Dad) are going to easter camp at T Bar M witch is in New Braunfels and T Bar M is a funny place wher you can go to camp...So on their way to T Bar M they stopped here for lunch!  It was fun! 

A very family-centric series of entries, and after looking them over, I just gotta say... 

I am so grateful to have had (and still have!) such a warm and loving family in which I could first experience things like tooth loss, the laying of grass at a newly-built home, puppet shows, Easter, and eating BBQ. 

Excuse me, I meant barbegu.