TERRY
As I write Terry is in bed with the paper and the TV on. I would say she is same same.
Well 85 years ago today Mom and Dad married. I would say, without bragging, that they had 6 children who were pretty special. Few couples endeared the hardships that they experienced. First they lost Ronald at the age of 27. Then they lost Janet at the age of 28. Then the entire farm burned in 1982. I would add that they had their faults, as most people do, but they did their best to raise a family of 6. Mom pretty much gave everything she had to her kids. Dad, not so much, but I would say he loved us all. For all they gave us I am thankful for having them for my parents.
Well it is Saturday and I am not sure if I will play tennis. I may ride over to see who is there, if anybody shows up. I would say that of the tennis players who play on a regular bases at least 90% of them have gone north for the summer. AND I do not blame them as we would be gone as well if Terry were well. It almost is useless to look at the weather day to day as it is the same same same. Lows maybe in the high 70s and highs in the low 90s!
I will write a little about my freshman year in high school. Well a big event was the homecoming dance. Dave did not go so I asked Dad for the car and went. Why? Not sure as I NEVER was a dancer in any sense. Funny as Dad loved to dance and he went to every dance in the country. Mom went too but not so much to dance but rather to socialize. Anyway I drove to Forman and became one of the freshman guys who stood on one side of the dance floor and WATCHED. At one point one of the gals came over to where the boys were standing and told me JoEllen wanted me to ask her to dance. WHAT!!! Well I guess I did get up the nerve to walk across the gym floor but I never thought the gym was so far across!!! We danced or at least were on the floor and did some kind of movement. She put her head on my shoulder and a shiver went up and down my spine. We must have been on the floor as the dance ended because I then asked her if she wanted a ride home. Well she must have been a little more experienced than I as she said it would be OK to take the long road home. Really I, at first, did not get the idea but I caught on!!! Well the night ended up with my very first kiss. We kind of went together the rest of the year as least I thought we did. Summer came and I became just another boy I guess. Following up we again became more than friends as seniors in high school. BUT she went off to a summer camp and then the fall came and we went to different schools. I think we had one other conversation much later in life at a high school graduation where we found out that our lives were kind of similar but miles apart. So much for puppy love I would say! Now, at kind of an advanced age, I can remember and have some good chuckles!!!
Well here it is 7:30 and I THINK I may TRY to get some things done today. I will go over to the courts at 9:00 ready to play but not sure if anyone will show. I do want to make some good food for Terry today but have not yet decided on what.
So as I drink my FP and reminisce about the past it is time to sign off and live in the real world!
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