30-20-10-0

Am I the only blogger with draft posts that never see the light of day? I was rummaging thru my 287 unposted drafts and came across this oldie written in October 2007. Was this a meme? I don't remember.

30: 1977

• I was 14.
• A freshman in high school, academic success easy.
• I lived with my mother, my step-father and my sister in the suburban house where I grew up, in Alexandria, Virginia.
• We had Mutt, the family dog, and two white cats, Angel (mine) and Mush (my sister's).
• My father and stepmother lived in southern California.
• I knew every inch of my neighborhood and beyond.
• I rode my bicycle everywhere.
• Except to school. There I walked, carrying my clarinet.
• I was in the symphonic and marching bands.
• I adored band.
• I had yet to become a rebellious teenager.

20: 1987

• I was 24.
• The Boy was two.
• I drove a cherry red 1983 Mustang GT.
• I had what could, still to this day, be called my favorite job as the office manager for a 32-person architectural firm.
• The Boy's father and I had been married for five years.
• We had a husky mix named Paisan.
• My sister lived nearby.
• My mother and stepfather lived in Norfolk, Virginia.
• My father and stepmother lived in Portland, Oregon.
• We purchased our first house in the suburbs.
• The shit, it hit the fan in 1987.

10: 1997

• I was 34.
• Divorced, out lesbian. Alrighty then.
  
• The Boy was 12, attending his eighth year of Montessori school.
• There were seven kids in his class. Ten years ago, it was all about those kids.
• We lived in Woodbridge, Virginia and commuted 12 miles north to his school in Mount Vernon.
• We had three pets: Cosine, Detail and Figero.
• I drove a 1992 Toyota Corolla wagon.
• My sister lived in Sedona, Arizona.
• My mother and stepfather lived just south in rural-ish Virginia.
• My father and stepmother lived in Portland, Oregon.
• I was self-employed as a bookkeeper.
• I had yet to meet Wendy, but I knew Tina.
• I was dating someone but in hindsight, seriously, wtf what I thinking?
  

0: 2007

• I am 44.
• The Boy, 21, is a working actor and college student.
  
• I live with Wendy, my partner of eight years, about five miles from where I grew up in Alexandria, Virginia and over a thousand from where she grew up in small town southeast Texas.
• We have two dogs, Dudley and Pixie.
• I drive a 1999 Toyota Camry.
• My sister lives in Sedona, Arizona.
• My mother, a widow, lives in semi-rural Virginia.
• My father and stepmother live in semi-rural Washington State.
• I appreciate my employer and strive to give my best.
• I am a peri-menopausal woman recovering from empty nest syndrome.
• Expect the unexpected. Life is gentler that way.

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