Finally, I made it to the “big time!” I graduated from “little kid-dom” to “big
kid-dom!” This was going to be the BEST summer ever! Now the mysteries of the universe would be
revealed! Just what did they really do after I went to bed? What did they talk
about? What secrets would I learn? What
was all the screaming about?
Just when it was the night of all nights, the night I would
learn it all, it wasn’t to be. One of the “star players” was out sick. Another
was called home for a family emergency and another was out for whatever reason.
They started to drop like flies. In a panic I wondered, “Why can’t we go on?”
Do we really need “so and so” to be here? Or the other few “so and so’s?” This has to be! This is MY night!
Even my best friend from next door was getting excited. She
didn’t get excited very easily unless it was a new doll or hair bow or something! Don’t get me wrong, I was no tomboy and I loved
dolls, but big kid-dom? Well, that was the ultimate! Maybe because she was the
oldest of two, big kid-dom just didn’t quite hold the same cachet for her as it
did for me. She was usually asleep a lot
earlier than me anyway. Her mom made her go to bed earlier. When I got older I realized
it was because her mom was ready for her “me time,” but more on that another
time. With our large brood my mom rarely got “me time” so that wasn’t a
motivator for my mom.
Now we’re on hold and I have to wait a few more nights until
the “mysteries of the big kid-dom universe” will be revealed!
Stay tuned....
