Snapshot

I was going through a folder and found this little questionaire. I did it last year, and I thought it would be fun to do it again.  If nothing else than to remember how old I am...

***20 YEARS AGO (1990)***

1. How old were you? 15
2. Who were you dating? In September of 1990, I would have been crushing on my date for the Homecoming dance, Jess B. Unfortunately, 3 weeks before the dance (and a few weeks after he decided to ask me!) Jess started dating Julie. Julie wasn’t happy about my being Jess’s date for the dance. I stopped crushing on Jess after that.
3. Where did you work? I taught gymnastics in my hometown.
4. Where did you live? With my parents and sister Amy.
5. Where did you hang out? With my friends at The Palace. Preferably in the “Modern” room. They played Depeche Mode’s Personal Jesus followed by Spirit in the Sky which induced people to jump around (but not bump into each other, because that was moshing and moshing was illegal at The Palace.)
6. Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? Yes.
7. Who were your best friends? Rebecca. I was starting to be friends with Cindy at this time.
8. How many tattoos did you have? None
9. How many piercings did you have? 4.
10. What kind of car did you drive? I wasn’t old enough yet, but I did have one fun afternoon with my friends when we borrowed Tommy C’s brown bomber and drove around town. Yeah, I’d never been behind the wheel in my life. Good times teaching yourself how to drive.
11. Had you been to a real party? Not yet.
12. Had you had your heart broken. Nope.
13. Were you Single/Dating/Taken/Married/Divorced? Single
14. Any kids? No, but I had 4 nieces. Britteny was 6 months old.
15. Books I liked during this time: Gone with the Wind, A Separate Peace. Lots of VC Andrews (Troy Tatterton was really hott.)  (I just added this category.  Remembering books I've read is almost as good as memories of my childhood or college. Does that make me weird?)

***15 YEARS AGO (1995)***

1. How old were you? 20.
2. Who were you dating? No one. But remember liking a guy named Paul.
3. Where did you work? No job, but would start working at Kinkos in downtown Blacksburg, VA.
4. Where did you live? Dorms. #336 Main Eggleston, Virginia Tech campus.
5. Where did you hang out? Pheasant Run. A place where multiple-keg parties were held on a weekly basis. Too bad I didn’t drink.
6. Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? Yes.
7. Who were your best friends? Angie, Rebecca.
8. How many tattoos did you have? None
9. How many piercings did you have? 4, in my ears.
10. What kind of car did you drive? Did not have a car
11. Had you been to a real party? Oh yes. Every weekend was a party.
12. Had you had your heart broken? Yep.
13. Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? Single.
14. Any kids? No.
15. Books I liked and/or had to read: The Rules. Lonesome Dove. The Shell Seekers.  Huckleberry Finn (I hate Huckleberry Finn. Hate. But I had to read it for school.) I remember some VC Andrews still sneaking in.

***10 YEARS AGO (2000)***

1. How old were you? 25
2. Who were you dating? Married to Shane for 1 year, 8 months.
3. Where did you work? At my current employer.
4. Where did you live? In our old house. We would have just gotten our yard put in a few months before, and moved on to the next big project: babies.
5. Where did you hang out? With other married friends at their houses.
6. Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? Yes.
7. Who were your best friends? Amy, Rebecca, Mikkel.
8. How many tattoos did you have? none
9. How many piercings did you have? 4 earring holes, but only 3 occupied
10. What kind of car did you drive? A green Saturn without power steering, but with air conditioning.
11. Had you been to a real party? Yes.
12. Had you had your heart broken? Yes. But not recently.
13. Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? Married
14. Any kids? No. We had a fish and two cats. And we were trying to get pregnant with Thomas.
15. Books I read during this time: The Poisonwood Bible, We were the Mulvaney's, Ahab's Wife, Fall on your Knees, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Blind Assassin. It was a good good reading year. Of course, I had no children, so no wonder.

***5 YEARS AGO (2005)***

1. How old were you? 30
2. Who were you dating? Married for 6 years.
3. Where did you work? At my current employer.
4. Where did you live? In our old house.
5. Where did you hang out? With John and Melanie at our house and their apartment.
6. Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? Yes.
7. Who were your best friends? Melanie, Shelly, Amy.
8. How many tattoos did you have? none
9. How many piercings did you have? 4 earring holes, but only 3 occupied
10. What kind of car did you drive? Nissan Xterra which was really Shane’s but he pretended it was mine.
11. Had you been to a real party? Yes.
12. Had you had your heart broken? Yes. But not recently.
13. Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? Married
14. Any kids? 2 kids. Ben would have been 7 months, and Thomas was 4.
15. Books I read: Sleeping with Schubert, Harry Potter 6, Those who Save Us, March, Mists of Avalon (for the 122 time, or nearly), My Sister's Keeper.  Read Highlander but wasn't impressed.  So many of these I remember reading while pumping breast milk at work for Ben. Lovely way to remember books, isn't it? 

***TODAY (2010)***

1. How old are you? 35
2. Who are you dating? Just my husband
3. Where do you work? Insurance company
4. Where do you live? In our house, half a mile from our old one.
5. Where do you hang out? At John and Melanie’s, and at home.
6. Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? Yep.
7. Who are your best friends? Amy, Melanie, Shelly, Rebecca
8. How many tattoos did you have? None
9. How many piercings did you have? 4 earring holes, 2 occupied
10. What kind of car did you drive? Mazda
11. Had you been to a real party? Yep.
12. Had you had your heart broken? Yes, but it’s been a long time
13. Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? Married
14. Any kids? 2. 9 and 5 and getting sassier by the minute.
15. Books I've read this year: Little Bee, Little Stranger, Girl in Translation, Time Traveler's Wife, The Knife of Never Letting Go, Mockingjay.