Return of Memoryfest - Day 11/31

[bironic]

11. Middle School

Baskin Robbins ice cream stores give kids a free scoop on their birthdays. We had a Baskin Robbins in the mall by our house, right across the atrium from B. Dalton (a bookstore since acquired by Barnes & Noble). Once when we went for the annual clown cone (see icon)—I don't remember whether it was my birthday or my sister's—I had a library book in tow, a paperback about a raccoon in the Pacific Northwest that at one point drank something that made it seem rabid. 7-UP, maybe. Or it had been left in a hot car. Anyway, afterwards, following family tradition, we crossed over to B. Dalton to pick out books, and I realized I'd left the raccoon one at Baskin Robbins. It being a library book and not one of my own, my parents were especially worried that it had been lost, but I was positive it would be right where we left it. We went back, and sure enough I was able to pick it up off the table.

WTF

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[thewlisian-afer.livejournal.com]

hahahaha Once I was the lost item, and had a similar reaction.

It was Halloween the year I was in first grade. I only recall the specific year because I remember my younger cousin was dressed as Frankenstein's monster and in the pictures from that Halloween there's one of me standing next to him dressed as a cat and another of me walking beside my teacher during the school parade in the same outfit. Anyway! My cousins, all our parents, my sister and her two boys were all trick-or-treating together and we stopped to look at someone's lawn because there was a crowd around it, admiring the decorations. When I looked up, my entire group had disappeared. I was positive they would miss me and come looking for me before long, so I sat on the sidewalk by the edge of the lawn and started in on my candy while I waited. Sure enough, before very long my sister and my older cousin came running back in an absolute panic, which amused me because I was just fine. And anyway, my friend Candice lived right down the block, so I would've known where to go to get home. I was just utterly unworried.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Aside from the fact that it's helpful to remain calm in situations like that, it's also quite fun to lord it over other people when they panic and you don't, isn't it?

(Or is that just me?)

[thewlisian-afer.livejournal.com]

XD It's not just you! ♥