Having another go at Maggie and Laurens, Throwback Thursday challenge! This week it is Lauren who has set the questions.
This week’s prompt is: Hanging Out.
Did you spend more time hanging out at friends’ houses or away from the eyes and ears of your parents? Not as a child. I was a true homebody. My school was a little further away and my friends lived in areas that were not easily accessible to me on a day-to-day basis. But I did hang out at certain cousin’s houses.
If you stayed home, how did you spend your time? As I mentioned before in a previous post, I have a huge extended family, and it was rare to mot have someone staying over. So it was either spending time with them or in my room reading.
Did you have a favourite eatery? On the rare occasion I was able to go out with my friends, we liked Pizzaland. It’s not around anymore, now, though!
Did you go to the mall with friends? I went more with some of my cousins of similar ages but they were like friends to me. We would hang out in Birmingham City Centre and just have a giggle.
Did you choose to socialize at bowling alleys, arcades, or roller rinks? Not that much, but the bowling alley was more of a haunt when I was in university.
Did you go miniature golfing or do another outside activity? Outdoor activities were definitely not my choice of fun!
Did you hang around after school killing time? What did you do? I never hung out after school. It was straight home because Mum used to pick me up.
Did your parents typically know where you were? All of the time. Even as a student in uni I would call them and if we were going out, I would tell them, as there was no point in lying.
Did you prefer to “hang” out with friends or family members? I loved both for different reasons. Being with family meant you could be with people who understood your day-to-day life and culture. With friends, I was able to develop my own individuality, which stayed with me as I grew up.
Was it “cool” to be seen hanging out at any particular place? Quite possibly, as a school kid, yes, but I never knew, lol!
Was there a place you wanted to hang out, but weren’t allowed to? There were times I wished I could stay with my school friends more and just do whatever they got to do, so I could be more involved in conversations about things they had all done, but then again, I could never say I regretted how my childhood was because I had a wonderful one, all things considered!
There you have it! I’ll try to be on this, on the actual Thursday, next week!
“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.”
John Green
Thank you. Spidey, for that reminder. I’ll keep it short and sweet, today.
It feels like the world is going to pot this year, in a different way.
First, the war in Ukraine, affecting the cost of living for everyone, then the resurgence of Covid, and now it feels like each nation is having a political crisis.
Having another go at Maggie and Laurens, Throwback Thursday challenge! This week it is Maggie who has set the questions.
This week’s prompt is: Secrets, Hiding Places and Niches.
Did you keep a diary or a journal? If so, where did you keep it? I kept various diaries over the years, but I was never one to manage a continuous one. I still have the part diaries, and I love reading them. This terrible habit of not finishing is still with me. I have a one like a day five-year journal, and I have been trying to keep it for about three years, but I’ve still not completed a year!
Did you have treasures or money you hid from siblings or parents? No, I really didn’t have anything of value that they weren’t aware of!
Did you have a need to hide things your parents would not approve of, like cigarettes, etc.? As a child this was something highly unlikely. However, during the college/university years, there might have been a few things. but instead of things, it was relationships! Eek! As an adult, I am always hiding my favourite snacks from the family…
Thinking back, describe your most creative hiding place. There was never anything really creative, just specific drawers, or under the mattress!
Did you have a tin box or safe or a diary with a lock? I had one diary with a lock and key, and a piggy bank shaped like a little Barclays Bank that had a combination lock!
What about yourself? Did you ever have a favorite get away spot or hiding place? Not so much a hiding place, but I loved squirrelling away in my bedroom with a good book. Some things never change!
If you did not feel the need to hide away, where did you go for a little alone time? If the weather was good, I would sit on the swing in our garden, or again, in my bedrooom
If you had siblings, did they hide things from you? If so, what types of things? I don’t think my brother and I ever really wanted the same things, to hiding them was no worry. However, he liked to hide unpleasant things for me to find… like catching Daddy Long Legs in an empty cotton bud container, then offering me one, with the lid on, only for me to scream at the sight of the gangly legged creatures trapped inside! Typical brother!
Now that you are an adult, do you still have little niches where you hide things away, like mad money, treasured letters, etc? I only wish I had mad money to hide away. I think I am more often than not, hiding the bills, from myself! As I mentioned above, I do hide my favourite snacks in places the kids won’t find them,(they are gannets, as teens tend to be!), and I have little boxes filled with treasured letters, cards and items, but they aren’t so much hidden, as in safe places.
When you feel the need to be alone, to where do you retreat? I have a couple of places I could go, in my home. My bedroom is one sanctuary, then, I have my writing room with its reading nook or the summer house. But sometimes, the best place is in my classroom, after the rest have left. Peace from my class, some colleagues and the noise of my teen-aged family!
There you have it! I’ll try to be on this, on the actual Thursday, next week!
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “make a note.” Do with it what you will. Have fun!
This feels like a very apt prompt for me, right now.
Some of you will have read my Chai Post a couple of weeks ago, detailing the decline of my memory, as I head into Peri-Menopause.
I find myself constantly reminding myself to make a note of everything I am told because I will forget it, if not. My phone calendar is being used more than ever.
I have notepads everywhere, too! Work lists, shopping lists, home lists, calendars, diaries… the list of my notes and lists is endless!
It’s a wonder I manage to remember how to get home!
But I Smile Anyway... 