Day 21: I am thankful for Kelly, one of my oldest friends. We first “met” on the basketball court in grade school. She played for a different team and quite frankly, she was terrifying. Large, quick, and competitive, no one wanted to guard her, me included. In 8th grade all the Catholic schools in town hosted a sock hop- the goal was to get all of us shy 8th graders to interact with each other and “meet” our soon-to-be classmates. Well as it turns out, Kelly was not so scary in the basement of St. Thomas Church. We hit it off right away and have remained close ever since. We were pretty good kids in high school and rarely got in trouble, but we sure did have fun together. Like most high school stories, most of my “younger” year memories of Kelly involve being in a car- we loved to drive. Wherever and whenever- we would drive for hours and hours.
My top 5 favorite “Kelly Car” moments:
1. The day that Kelly wrecked the Mustang.
2. Going on our “route”, a drive that in no way, shape, or form involved driving past both of our ex-boyfriends houses before turning around at the scary road that dead-ended straight into the lake
3. Getting a flat tire en route to Peoria and then deciding to lay out on the side of the interstate in our sports bras while we waited for Mom and Dad to come bail us out
4. Listening to a special mixed tape (yes, tape) over and over again. This involved reciting the “animal cracker” scene from Armageddon more times than I care to admit. I can still remember almost every song we had on that tape.
5. Cruising “Eldo”- a must when you grow up in Decatur.
1 comment:
I totally agree with this 21st day of Thankfullness. Your life would have been sooooo boring without me! haha jk
Thanks Meaghan! Your the greatest friend a girl could have. Even though will is trying to keep you for himself he will always have to share you with me!!!!
I am glad you kept it pretty clean and left out all the other stories like one of my favirote on Eldo and dropping something...haha!
Love you!!!!
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