Day 96: Memories/Throwback Thursday

I'm not really sure who created Throwback Thursday, but it's definitely been an outlet for reminiscence.  I find myself looking at old family photos, pictures from the first years of college, listening to music from way back when and revisiting wonderful memories.

When I ran into a tree:

Today I substitute taught at my own elementary school as my last substitute teaching gig for a long while.  It was fun to be back there and share some of my memories with the students - particularly how I ran into a tree when I was in 1st grade. I was chasing a guy several years older than me when he suddenly turned around to chase me and I turned to run away... straight into a tree.  I was knocked out (on my birthday, mind you) and sent home with a goose egg.

When I got swindled:

I am not really sure what provoked my remembering of the time I got swindled - but I was swindled once. It's funny because it seems like swindlers are stupid to fall for until you experience one for yourself.  I was walking across the campus of my alma mater when a guy asked me for help with directions. I sat down with him and he struck up a conversation about life and such - proceeded to tell me how he was in a contest with several other guys running around campus - and asked if I would help him. I, to this day, do not know how he managed to convince me to help him (smooth talking? I don't know!) but the fact is he did. I don't know how much money I gave him, but he won - the swindling, at least, he probably wasn't even in a contest in retrospect. I was comforted by a friend that evening as I shared my bewilderment and amusement at the whole interaction - she said she had just been swindled a week earlier and that there are just people like that.

When we saw Snow Patrol in 2006:

Today my friend pointed out this lovely photo on Facebook:

He noted our cell phones from 2006.  Man, I was a rockstar at T9 that year! I also recall it being my first year really texting at all - let alone having a phone. Anyway, the picture did make me laugh as those phones were totally with the times and now they generally seen as a joke.

When we recorded a classic:

(Here Comes the Sun) - It only seems fitting since the sun is just starting to really make an appearance and this is a genuine throwback to a couple of years ago.

Anyway, all of these, and many other, memories make me smile. Coming up on some big changes, it's nice to reminisce good memories now and then.