"It's the most wonderful time...of the year!"
Ever see that Staples "Back to school" commercial where that song is playing in the background and a father is dancing with joy as his two kids are scowling in the background because they have to go back to school? If you have, I love that commercial. If you haven't, I still love that commercial.
The past few days have been very cool (temperature wise). So cool that I've had to wear a jacket to work. Everytime this time of year rolls around and the temperature drops to the low 60s, I can't help but be reminded of school. I remember waking up in the morning, putting on a jacket, throwing my bookbag over my shoulders, making my way to the school bus stop as dead leaves blew across my feet. I went to P.S 129, my local public elementary school.
This weather makes me feel young again, where all that mattered was getting home in time so I could watch Duck Tales on the Disney Afternoon and then dread all the homework that was due the next day. Looking back on it now, life seemed so simple. I wish I could go back in time and make cupcakes for the class on my birthday, or go on class trips to the museum, or have to stand in two lines (in size order) to go to gym class. Where art class was once a week and pipe cleaners and construction paper could be used to make anything. Music class was where we learned to play the Recorder and Science class had us build toy cars and styrofoam airplanes. And if you didn't play nice or broke a rule, you were made to stand against "the wall". I had crushes on everyone and everyone knew. And being paired up with the girl you liked was the best thing that could happen to you.
I was so young but all I wanted to go was get older. By the second grade, I was already divorced and remarried. I couldn't wait to go to Junior High and once I was there, I couldn't wait to get out. Junior year of High School, I took Driver's Ed so I could get my driver's lisence a year earlier and I couldn't wait to go to college.
The sad thing is, now that I am older, all I want to do is be younger again.
posted by pierre 10:34 AM
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