Retro Redux!, Part One

I've been trying to sort through some Tupperware bins (re: JUNK) in preparation for packing and moving lately. The idea of purging all of this stuff that I have been carrying around is really appealing to me, especially when considering the fact that we will be moving in, at the very least, mid-July, if not later into the summer.

I started in on one bin Saturday morning, and found a bunch of stuff from my school days: various awards and certificates, band programs, yearbooks, etc. I also found about 4 or 5 of my journals that I kept as a child.

I decided to read them (of course!), and post some of the entries on here, for a couple of reasons: 1) entertainment, and 2) further preservation. Not that I expect to be someone famous, but in doing a little research into my family's history, I find myself very disappointed when I come upon a dead end. In other words, I can find a distant relative's name, but there is very little information about them. What were they like? What did they do?

And so, in the primary interest of entertainment, I present to you some of my earliest writing. I also found a packet of letters exchanged between my great-grandmother and myself, and I plan to post some of those as well.

Without further ado, here is the first installment of a new series I'll be calling "Retro Redux"...


DATE: 7-7-88

Dear Diary

Yesterday we went horse back riding and on a hay (ride) in Durango Colorado

till tomorow

dear Diary


DATE: 11-5-89

Dear Diary

I saw one of our Christmas presents in my mom and dad's closet but I didn't get to see the other things but we got [Battiling] Tops out. That was one of our presents.

till tomorrow

dear Diary


DATE: 1-27-90

Dear Diary

Last night I made my 1st [reconcillyation]. I didn't make a fool out of myself although I whispered first and then he goes I can't hear you and it went like a song "I can't hear you" but the embarrassing part was that my mom went to confession when children were doing it!

Till tomorrow

Dear Diary


DATE: 9-27-90

Dear Diary,

So school is the subject here I guess well Spelling = Boring! Reading = Kinda English = Kinda Math = fun Writing = Fun Science = Very Fun Soc. St = Fun Art = ART I LOVE!


More to come. :)