"All Summer Long" makes me think of where I was..
I was home alone..17 years old, my parents took off in the motorhome for 3 months..I took finals a little intoxicated and passed.. Though I don't recommend that. Partied all summer long, drank a lot of Schmit beer, I hate to admit that..Listened to a lot of Bad Co. and Steve Miller..Fell in "like", made some great friends, lost some not so great friends. Had a first time experience, if ya know what I mean..LOL, must say not so great. My mom was so happy to hear that, because that meant I did not do "that" again for almost 2 years.. Freaked me out a little. LOL. I realized, that was something too serious for me, I just wanted to drink my beer and party with my friends without all the serious crap..What in the hell were my parents thinking? I can't even imagine leaving my kid alone like that, but things are so much different these days..Anyway, I don't mean to get too personal, but 1989 was very memorable and I don't think I would take anything back.. LIVE AND LEARN, RIGHT..?
My oldest daughter was 3, I was in nursing school.....thank God that's over, I started in nursing cause it was a career I could make a lot of money and stay home in eastern KY...and ended up loving my job.... I married my second husband, we are now divorced, but still friends, I still like a lot of things I did then, camping, 4-wheeling......
I celebrated my first wedding anniversary and the birth of my first child (on my 21st birthday) Haha, I guess I was in a hurry but in no way did my childhood end. My MIL lived with us so we had a built in babysitter. We still partied on the weekends with our single friends. Drag Racing and Demolition derbies. My parents had a house on the water so we took the boat out to Jones Beach whenever possible. It was a great year.
I meant to say Angel (about 93).. Beth, that is so cool, when I was younger I would watch "heart like a wheel" about Shirly Muldowny..
Looking back, I can't even believe that I was left alone...I wasn't one of those kids who always got in trouble but the fact that my step dad was the judge (retired by that point) of the town I lived in, did not hurt either.. My husband and I always say what we will and will not let our daughter do and how we will know what she will be up to because we "were that age", been there, done that... and Ange, I too loved 93, that's when I met my husband, that was a good year.
I was a Mommy by then LOL!, But i spent a lot of my time drag racing, in NH at epping, new england dragway, for those who don't know it! Those days were good and bad, i'm awesome right now and hope to stay that way!!xoxo
oh noooooooo.
you will never find me leavin' my 17 year old daughter home alone for three months.....in fact, probably not even overnight! why? cuz I know what I was up to at that age!!!
summer 1989 took the first "real" vaca I ever paid for myself to the Bahamas...went with my boyfriend who I had broken up with- fought the whole time we were there. ended up marrying him (did you see that coming?).