Return of Memoryfest - Day 23/31

[bironic]

23. Elementary School

The first and possibly only time I stayed overnight at my aunt and uncle's house, I slept in my cousin R.'s room in a sleeping bag on the floor. She had a poster of a Tyrannosaurus Rex animatronic model from some museum that loomed over us on the opposite wall. What I remember most vividly about that night is both of us going up to her room at bedtime, getting into bed, and R. turning off the light. When she did that I asked her, surprised and with a little pang of homesickness or loneliness or disappointment, "Don't your parents tuck you in?"

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[thewlisian-afer.livejournal.com]

When I was in third grade my parents were part of a bowling league. Every Thursday they'd leave the house at 5:30, have dinner out with the other people on their team, and then bowl from 7 to 9. My mother's parents (Nan and Pop) would already be there when I got home from school at 4:30. I'd play games with Nan or listen to Pop tell stories until my parents left and then it was homework time. I still don't completely know my times tables because all it took was a cute pout and they'd tell me the answers instead of helping me get them myself. At bedtime, Nan would come upstairs with me, wind up one of my music boxes and sing along with it. Then she'd lie down with me and stay there at least until I fell asleep. I don't know if she stayed around and napped until my parents came home or what, but I always fell asleep with her on Thursdays.

[thewlisian-afer.livejournal.com]

Ah, crap. I've made myself cry. Boogers. I miss Nan. :: uses sad Maggie Smith icon in which Maggie Smith looks remarkably like Nan, which does not help the crying ::

[bironic.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry you were sad. :( That's a very sweet memory.