Things I remember

1.) My earliest memory is of my sister climbing out of her crib and leaving me in mine. I cried a lot. Then I think my dad came and got me.

2.) I remember waking up at 2 am on Christmas morning to check out all the gifts under the tree. First we (me and my siblings) would just stare at them and try to figure out if it looked like more than the year before. Then we'd figure out who got what wrapping paper (my mom would wrap every gift for one person in a specific paper . . . she still does). Then we'd pretty much count them to see who got the most. Finally, we would find all the hidden gifts ( yeah that's right, Santa puts notes in our stockings telling us to "look in the dryer" or "look under your bed" and then there would be a gift there).

3.) I remember falling off the top bunk while sleeping. ( I think, did that really happen?)

4.) I remember throwing up on my sister who was on the bottom bunk while I was on the top.

5.) I remember being REALLY good at puzzles at a very young age . . . some called me a prodigy. If only I had stuck with it more, I could've done it professionally.

6.) I remember Casey (KC?) the cat, who lived to be 16, but then had to be put to sleep. Princess the cat, who wasn't really ours, but then just started living there one day. Max the cat, who was shot in the backyard but survived until he went missing threeish years later. Tennison the cat, who I prayed would never get big and then didn't . . . because of being malnutritioned (we found her on the streets). Chewy the cat, who was once named Sebastion by my sister, but then came to live with us so we renamed him. Samantha the cat, who was really really annoying and only suppose to be temporary because a friend of my sister's was finding a home for her, but we had her for like 11 years (until she went missing). Spencer the cat, who my brother found and left in our bathtub. I came home, my brother called and told me to look in the tub and it was like the greatest surprise ever. He said it was my 18th birthday present, but my mom won't let me take him anywhere I move so I guess I kind of got jacked on that one. I still love him though. There's one more cat, but she's kind of a B.

7.) I remember swimming in my Grandma's neighborhood pool with my brother and sister's while she watched us.

8.) I remember being afraid of my next door neighbor because God forbid you step on his precious lawn. I also remember him giving us 2 big wheel tricycles.

9.) I remember yelling "Hey Fat Albert!" at a fat man that walked down our street because my sister told me that's what his name was. He came over and told on us, but we denied it up and down. Poor guy was just trying to lose some weight.

10.) I remember being really good at throwing a football until someone mentioned I was good . . . it was all down hill after that.

This concludes this post on "Things I Remember". There may be a part two at a later date . . . it might even be tomorrow.