It's been a dry summer here in Maryland...very dry...until the other day.
Thanks for the rain...my flowers are now happy again.
I remember growing up on Long Island...I was an awkward teenager.
Braces.
Glasses.
Unreasonably high hair (only in the front though...the back was flat as a pancake).
The whitest skin you could imagine.
I longed to be tan.
I still do.
My legs will never tan.
I used to lay out on my deck with my little booblettes in a bikini.
I thought I was so cool.
Until I fell asleep with my baby oil and my polka dotted sunglasses on my face.
The I realized that I was just an idiot.
With sunglass tan lines that no amount of Wet N' Wild makeup would fix.
We had a pool...it served its purpose.
We used to have major fights in the pool...outside of the pool...around the pool.
It would get so hot.
Then it would rain.
Big fat drops would slam down on to the pool water.
We'd be stuck inside the house.
Then I'd get the idea that I missed wearing jeans.
So, I put them on...with a t-shirt and flip flops.
What a great feeling...rain in the summer...jeans in the rain.
It's my favorite thing.
I often wonder what Hailey will be like at that age.
Will she be awkward?
Or will she handle herself with grace?
Will she have tan legs?
(The answer is "yes." I know this b/c she already has her father's skin.)
I'm so jealous.
Will she love the rain?
Will she miss wearing jeans?
Will she wear her jeans in the rain?
Ummm...Please Don't Steal My Craziness...Okay? Thanks!
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6 comments:
I had to laugh at booblettes!
Laughing at the hair! I shudder to think about all the CFCs I am responsible for through my misuse of hairspray at getting those bangs "just right"!
And speaking of shuddering, I saw the title of this post, and I thought for sure you'd gotten stuck in the rain wearing jeans. Yes, jeans in the rain - inside - are good, but wet jeans from being caught in the rain - yuck!
I love this!! It reminds me of that awkward phase. I also wanted to be super tan. And I loved running in the rain.
I love this!! It reminds me of that awkward phase. I also wanted to be super tan. And I loved running in the rain.
I loved thinking of what the future will bring, of how much my girls will or won't be like me. It'll be here before we know it.
ha...I was such an awkward teen, too. gah! big, ugly red glasses, braces, too tall, too skinny, pale, big nose....it was awful! I pray that my daughter stays as cute as she is now as she grows. :-)
Remember when jean shorts were the rage? we went to Cedar Point one summer, wearing jean shorts...and rode all the fun water rides...in jean shorts...Chapped doesn't even begin to describe how I felt that day and the week that followed!
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