War Wounds Past and Present

I have a rug burn on my elbow.

When's the last time you got a rug burn?

For me, it was when I was wrestled to the dark brown carpeted floor of my youth by my older brother.  Like in 1990.  And it probably included a round of tummy taps.

So this new one... My first rug burn of the new millenium.  From my husband and four-year-old son.  Wrestling me to the light brown carpeted floor of my adultness (what's the opposite of 'youth'?).  In 2011.

It stings.


And since we are reminiscing to my childhood home and today is January 11th, let's go ahead and wish my childhood next door neighbor, Celene, and happy birthday.  I have this weird thing for remembering random people's birthdates.

Like Joe McIntyre - you know, "Please don't go girlllll..." from New Kids on the Block.  His birthday is December 31st.

And Mike, this guy in jr/sr high that I was friends with and secretly wished would ask me to a dance... His birthday is March 20th.

My Great Aunt Phyllis... May 1st.

Your Great Aunt Doris... Sempnovember 32nd.

My future child... Let's say... February 24th.  Just guessing.