There are a few times in your life when you realize you aren't quite as young as you once were. Maybe it's playing a basketball game and getting dunked on by a 20-something or realizing that maybe you are
finally too old to actually shop at Forever 21. In my case, it was celebrating my cousin's 21st birthday and thinking somehow that I could keep up with these young kids.
Do you remember your 21st birthday? Mine was celebrated at Kent State where I specifically remember my dad saying, "Allison - don't try to do that stupid 21 shot thing." I listened to my dad and didn't quite make it 21 but my friends and I had a blast from what I remember on that snowy January night.
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| Little Lauren all grown up |
We come from an even larger Croatian family where there are hundreds of cousins who we often forget because we only see them one time a year but our moms are first cousins. Our grandmothers were very close so many of my chilhood memories always included Lauren's family at holidays and I even remember when she was born.
My favorite memory of my little cousin was when I babysat her and her brother, which turned into me making popcorn, burning it so badly that I believe their house probably smelled for weeks after. If you ever have burned popcorn, you understand exactly what I'm talking about.
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| Carrie, the birthday girl, Clara; Doing gangam style of course |
How well did I hang with the young kids? Let's just say I failed miserably..... After sleeping most of the day with a ridiculously long and pounding headache, I finally joined the living world and headed to
Nano Brew for a squeaky wheel and breakfast burger and a lot of laughs with friends to celebrate the West Side Market 100 year anniversary.
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| Just riding home in a hatchback from W 25th |
6 comments:
Oh 21, you seem so far away now! What's worse than burnt popcorn? Burnt FISH smell. BAAAAARF! That stuff will make your house smell perma-funky.
i most definitely did the 21 shot thing, and made it all the way through.... i didn't have a dad to lecture me!
i feel your pain! my little bro turned 21 a year ago :)
i made a horrible video for my 21st bday, and its painfully embaressing to watch! At least you still can hang...even if the recovery takes a bit longer! You still got it!
LOL. I accepted a few years back that my days of being "21" were over. :P I just can't hang with them anymore. In fact, the idea of going out like that is exhausting in itself for me! LOL :) You're a champ for giving it a shot!
it sounds like you held your own though, going gangam style and all. It's always harder the next day when you're post 21 ;) I wasted a full day in January this year after thinking I could drink scotch like a shot
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