Some more thoughts of #waybackawhen,,,,

Sis and I grew up, mostly, in a single parent home.  Da was the breadwinner and stanchion that held our lives together.(still is in many ways.)  Eldest sis sorta took on the role of ‘mom’, especially in my case, since I was still very much in school, and she had more time to be able to deal with said school and my punk ass ways, where Da was busy busy busy trying to keep us under roof, bellies full and in clothing. (no mean feat that last as I went through several growth spurts; cloths not even worn out but didn’t fit anymore.)

And I had D&D, or AD&D as I progressed,,,,     Local bookstore was able to keep me in books and I would work as stocker for them to pay for my addiction.   All before legal working age but who was snitchin’?

Phones tethered so tightly to the walls, or limited by range of reception for those swank enough to have a wireless type.   We would run the neighborhood until the street lights came on and NO ONE KNEW A THING about the happenings,,,,  We, at quite young ages, were our own supervisors, and as long as no one died, or was maimed beyond easy bactine and bandaid repair, no one cared!!! and it was BLISS!!!   No bike helmets, no shinguards or elbow pads, no shoes in most cases, runnin’round barefoot in cut offs and filthy, head to toe, and BY GOD!!! ALIVE!!!!  We were so ALIVE then,,,,

The D&D thing allowed me to explore the world, history, social orders, tactics DIPLOMACY, and not get beat up for some faux pas.    It taught me about (true) fair play and how to LEAD,,,(I was always the DM,,, never getting to be a PC, but getting to play ALL of the NPC’s)      And I never saw it until years later.  (due to the DM nature of my fun, many thought for certain that I was going to go into acting.   HA!   Not this introvert that has chronic stage fright.)

Playing with imaginary monsters taught be how to be HUMAN,,,,   And how to spot the real monsters in hooman form.

Then came Video games,,,,

not the Arcades,,, the ones in homes,,,,   Things started turning inward then.  

And MTV,,,,

And GURLS!!!!!! oh, so wonderful and soft and pretty,,,,   Enough to make a boy forget EVERYTHING except her,,,,,    We found Eve and fell from Eden at that time.

All the ‘wargaming’ I did, did NOT prepare me for the Girls,,,, Not even a little bit.     Just a little elbow rubbin’ and my brain would be tied in knots, usually my tongue as well.   (later, it was eaiser, but at first,,,  LOL)  

Time operated MUCH slower then, I swear to it.    Unlike now where a year is gone in the blink of an eye and we look back 20 years and ask “where’d it go?!?!?”   Summers of three months lasted as long as they needed to, and the nine months in school felt like an eternity: we had no clue that was just an illusion.   

Well, its a short day here at the homestead: rain out, though I managed more hours than the rest,,, Installer thing , had to go back out and diag a autogate.  High winds muck with BIG gates, nothing to do but be patient, but that doesn’t fly with Customers,,,   SO, Self and Son of Bossman are crunching ideas,,, we’ll get together again on muhnday to discuss.

Feeling good, breath is coming back on line, FINALLY (only been two months of the Cruds) and tomorrow is looking like Hella kayak-y day,,,, Thinks I won’t be out there?  Is to laugh,,,,    I need my church time,,, time to look more inside, not just backwards in time like I have been doing the last twenty-four.

Hope y’all enjoyed these little trips backwards,,,, I think there is something back there, not to recover perse, but to INSPIRE as we move forward.  

Keep on livin’