Billy and Tommy. Those were the names of the two boys I nannied while plugging through classes at Butler University. I took the job for extra cash, and ended up loving it. The boys were full of energy, one loved to brush my hair, and the other tried peeking through the old-fashioned keyhole of the bathroom door when I was on the other side. I still have their house key. It's been 15 years since I quit that job.I wonder what ever happened to them? They would be 20 and 22 now. Hard to believe.Thinking of them brings up other names from the past. I wonder what ever happened to...The security guard at Butler's radio station who spotted my car after I'd been broadsided on the way home from my late shift. Unconscious, he rode with me to the hospital until my parents arrived. I thanked him later, but we lost touch after graduation.The cook at my sorority house, in college. She always had a smile on her face, and never cared that I would sneak in to the kitchen and steal frozen discs of cookie dough. Boy, it was good.Last, but not least, my first college roommate. I decided to take my chances and get paired up with someone I didn't know. She opened the door, looked me over, and said, "I'm Valinda, with a "V." I smiled and said, "I'm Deborah, with a D." It lasted two weeks.After warning me not to touch her collection of Metallica t-shirts, I figured becoming tight friends was out of the question.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
EVER WONDER?
Billy and Tommy. Those were the names of the two boys I nannied while plugging through classes at Butler University. I took the job for extra cash, and ended up loving it. The boys were full of energy, one loved to brush my hair, and the other tried peeking through the old-fashioned keyhole of the bathroom door when I was on the other side. I still have their house key. It's been 15 years since I quit that job.I wonder what ever happened to them? They would be 20 and 22 now. Hard to believe.Thinking of them brings up other names from the past. I wonder what ever happened to...The security guard at Butler's radio station who spotted my car after I'd been broadsided on the way home from my late shift. Unconscious, he rode with me to the hospital until my parents arrived. I thanked him later, but we lost touch after graduation.The cook at my sorority house, in college. She always had a smile on her face, and never cared that I would sneak in to the kitchen and steal frozen discs of cookie dough. Boy, it was good.Last, but not least, my first college roommate. I decided to take my chances and get paired up with someone I didn't know. She opened the door, looked me over, and said, "I'm Valinda, with a "V." I smiled and said, "I'm Deborah, with a D." It lasted two weeks.After warning me not to touch her collection of Metallica t-shirts, I figured becoming tight friends was out of the question.
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