So tonight I went with the boys to dinner and to see Batman (Which, by the way, scared me to death! But that's another post for another day.) Jordo and I left the theater before the show started to get treats and we were outraged at the price of a bag of M & Ms at the theater! I'd have to mortgage my house (if I had one) to buy the treats I wanted. So we ran over to Target, bought four LARGE bags of M & Ms (one for each of us, of course) and some beef jerky and headed back to the theater. The movie ended and the night was fairly young so the boys came over to my house for our usual game of "Sit Around and Make Fun of Each Other." It's really a game, the rules aren't very complicated if you'd like to learn sometime. When I was sufficiently pissed off by the boys, I kicked them out. After they walked out the door I realized they'd each left their LARGE bags of M & Ms... on purpose! I picked them up and ran out the door after them. They ran to their car yelling "Get inside with your M & Ms before the Joker gets you!" I immediately turned around with my arms full of delicious chocolate goodness, ran back across the lawn and attempted to run up the steps, only to feel myself falling down hard on the concrete. I somehow managed to scrape up each and every side of my leg... which I'm sure is nothing short of a miracle if you look at the physics of the fall. The boys tore off in the car and I crawled into the house, grasping at the M & Ms and trying hard not to pee my pants. It was, after all, almost 2 am.
I share this story because of the feeling I have now, after the fall. Do you remember that scraped knee, constant stinging feeling that you had ALL summer as a child? Well, I have that. At first it hurt and felt more like a pain, but now it's a constant reminder that I'm not as old as I feel sometimes. I can still have the same experiences I had as a kid, just in a bigger body :)
5 comments:
Meg-you'll alway be young at heart no matter how old you get! I just hope you didn't spill any M&M's when you fell ,we would not want to was any. The treats at the theater are sooo expencive, 15 damn dollars for a popcorn and a medium coke! Now I remember why I rearly go to movies.
You will never be too old to have fun. You have the ability to make everyone feel young at heart. I bet you are the BEST teacher! It was so good to run into you the other at Lagoon, you are still cute as ever!
I think we recover quicker as children. I don't recall crying often when I scraped my knee but I know I would now because it hurts. I'm not as young or resilient either.
By the way, it's the left wrist but I appreciate the sympathy pain either way :)
I want to get together soon.....
Oh Megan! I am laughing so hard right now. First, becuase beef jerky and M&M's were the food of choice. Second, because you're young enough that you didn't have to pick up some Tums to go with your refreshments. And third because I can imagine the fall! We girls don't do well with steps and running. Thanks for making me pee my pants tonight!
If you are feeling old then I am really ancient.
I hope that you put a scooby-doo bandaid on those hurts, a bandaid make everything better.
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