We Had A Sub For Half The Day. It Was A Living Hell - May 31, 1992

Day: May 31  Date:   


I haven't written in hear for a long time. **** and I are still going together! This is really cool! Friday, we had a sub for half the day. It was a living hell. We missed 10 minutes of our lunch, we missed our recess, in the volleyball game, we couldn't talk at all. She took away a couple of kid's funday away. She was a real bitch! Everybody acted horribly. The 10 minutes we missed from our lunch was because Mr. Principal was giving us a lecture! Boring! But the part that will be the worst is tomorrow! I have no idea how Mrs. Teacher is going to react! It'll be horrible. 


On Saturday, we left early in the morning and left for Hutchinson, Kansas. We saw the Space Museum, an Ominax show, a planetarium thing that was so stupid, I was about to die! We spent the night in a motel. That was fun.


Something


Everytime someone says **** I get really weird feeling. It's like I'm embarrased and I can't explain it. In my yearbook all I do is stare at ****'s basketball picture. The reason why I look at that one is because he looks better in that picture than his class picture. I want to kiss him so bad but I don't know when I could. Speaking about yearbooks, **** signed mine. He wrote "love, ****." I thought that very sweet of him. I could go on and on, but I can't. I wrote 3 and 1/3 pages.


La


Audra S
age 10 5th grade

Holy cow, that was a long one. So much to dissect. I believe that dangling La at the end was the beginning of "Later."

**** and I have been "going out" for over a month now. What does that really mean? We went on zero dates. We went to each others' houses zero times. We kissed zero times. All I know for a fact is we couple skated once. I have memories of holding his hand at the Boys and Girls club, but beyond the declaration that "We are going out with each other," there wasn't much to this relationship. However, I still thought it was "really cool!" How cute and age-appropriate.

It amuses me that my reaction to the sub is "she's a real bitch" when I plainly admit in the next sentence that we were acting horribly. Sounds like we deserved it. Poor substitute teacher! The stuff about the principal's lecture and fearing our regular teacher's reaction makes me laugh. There's no sense of remorse...just dread. Kids...

Here are a few pictures from our trip to the space museum in Hutchinson, KS.  My mom, bro and I went with my uncle and two of my cousins. Ominax = Omnimax. I had the opportunity to visit the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center again in August 2010. It's a very good museum and an easy day trip from the Kansas City area. They have the Apollo 13 command module, Odyssey, among many other unique artifacts.

Left to right: Uncle, Cousin, Me, Cousin, Brother

Me and a command module

Nerd alert

My mom, cousins and I in a park in Hutchinson, KS

The Cosmosphere has a lot to offer

Oh, look! A teepee!

That's all he wrote in my yearbook? He wasn't a man of many words, was he? I'm checking my yearbook right now, and yep, there it is. In hot pink ink like most of the other signatures. Other messages include: "Stay smart," "Stay real cool this summer," "Kiss my butt," and "To a real cutie - have a fun summer." That last one was from my gym teacher.

Here are the 5th grade boys basketball pictures. One of these 16 boys is ****.

Is he on this team?

Or this one?

He And I Got Married - May 17, 1992

Day: May 17, 1992  Date: Sun

Fri. May 15, 1992 **** and I got married. It was on recess. The bad part is we didn't get to finish it. On Friday Mr. Ruskey was our sub. It was cool. We did all our work in the morning, then we played all afternoon. Today we went to Worlds of Fun. We didn't get to ride the Monsoon though. That sucks. I think I saw Officer Tucker there. I don't know. 


Audra S age 10 5th grade

This one made me laugh out loud. I wish I could remember who performed the interrupted recess wedding. Did I have a Maid of Honor and **** a Best Man? I also want to know whose idea it was. It sounds like something I would suggest...

Not me and ****.

Officer Tucker was our D.A.R.E. officer. We loved him. He showed us drugs.  Worlds of Fun is the amusement park in KC. This was written back when I liked the water rides (the Monsoon). Today they gross me out. The Timberwolf has been my favorite ride there since it (the Timberwolf) opened in 1989. It replaced the EXT, which was my first upside down roller coaster. In the great wood versus steel debate for coasters, I swing heavily in favor of wood.

The Timberwolf at World's of Fun!

If you can't tell, I loved amusement parks. Still do. My husband and I got married at one. It was fun. See:

Elitch Gardens, July 2009. Photo cred to my cousin Shondee.

We Hung Around Each Other - May 8, 1992

Day: May 8, 1992 Fri  Date:   


Today nothing really happened. **** went to the club. When we were talking about ____, ____ asked **** if he would go with her. **** said no. That's good. We hung around each other. That's about it.


Audra S age
10 5th grade

Damn right, "That's good." He better not say he wants to go with some other chick while he's going with you! I wasn't very assertive. I should have told the boy who asked **** that question to mind his own beeswax. Oh well. I was too busy trying not to do anything stupid to make him want to dump me. Ugh. Too bad I wouldn't find self confidence until my 20s.

"Nothing really happened" sounds a lot like "Nothing ever happened" which happens to be the title of a song I love. Especially the last minute and a half.

I Watched Or Followed Him - May 6, 1992

Day: May 6, 192 WED  Date:    


Today after school **** went to the club. I watched or followed him wherever or whatever he did. ____ asked me and **** when we were going to kiss. I really emarressed. I don't know what else to say.


Audra S age 10 5th grade

Uh oh. I sound like a stalker and a prude. Not a good combo if my goal is to keep him as a boyfriend until at least 6th grade.

By the way, "the club" is the Boys and Girls Club that was next door to our school. I spent a lot of time there, mostly playing bumper pool and foosball.

We Couple Skated - April 30, 1992

Day:  April 30, 1992 THURS.  Date:   


Nothing happened at school today so let me tell you about the skating party. I got there around 6:35. **** came about 6:45 I think. Well **** and I couple skated. ____ and ____ were ooing and ahing when I finished. Also **** got this sticky hand thing and while I was skating, he wraped it around me. I really love him. Everybody calls me Mrs. [****'s last name]. Well I did the speed skate too. I was the fastest girl. ****, ____, and ____ wanted me to slap their hand when I went by. I couldn't because I was too far in the middle. I remembered that ____ said **** wouldn't break up with me unless I did something stupid. Well when I left **** said bye and that was the end. I also asked mom if she would let me invite boys to my B. Day party. She said yes. I'm finished!


Audra S age 10 5th grade

I loved roller skating as a kid. B&D Skating Rink was where we'd go. I went about a year ago and the place hasn't changed much. It smells exactly the same. But who cares about that. In 1992, I got to couple skate with **** and he wrapped me up in a sticky hand! How romantic. Congratulations on my speed skate performance. So athletic.

Look at me planning ahead, all the way to the end of August, for my birthday party. I was sure **** and I would last!

Would **** have liked me more if I was this good on skates?

Today Was Class Picture Day - April 29, 1992

Day: April 29, 1992 Wed.   Date:   


Today was class picture day. I got to hold the sign and sit by ****! Also now my teacher knows I'm going with ****. I didn't have very much to say, so I'm finished.


Audra S age 10 5th grade

Short and sweet. Were you hoping I'd scan in the class picture so you could see who I'm sitting by? Too bad, so sad. Unfortunately, that can't happen. I don't have a copy. Maybe my mom can hook us up. In the meantime...

Not my 5th grade class

He Won't Break Up With Me Unless I Start Being Mean - April 28, 1992

Day: April 28, 1992 TUES.  Date:   


Today **** went to the club. I was glad. We hung around each other. I also found out that **** won't break up with me unless I start being mean or something. Now everyone in the world knows I'm going with ****. They all tease me tons! I hope **** and I will be going with each other at leat to sixth-grade. Well, I have no more to say.


Audra S age 10 5th grade

I hope she got that part about not breaking up unless she's mean in writing. Ha. I know for a fact that there were people in the world who didn't know I was going out with him. Like everyone in China or, say, my mom. My goal of going with him until 6th grade would mean we'd have to maintain our relationship over the summer. Let's call that a stretch goal since I don't know where his house is and I have to visit my father in Arizona every summer. But it's good to have goals. And, according to more than one of my previous bosses, they need to be SMART goals.