It's June 21, 1979

It's Thursday, June 21, 1979. School's finally out for the summer. I will miss my teacher but because we live in the same two-mile radius, I will probably see her, and the teacher I will have next year, here and there over summer vacation anyway. 

Today, I'm going to eat a bowl of Kaboom for breakfast; a small one because I have to fit into my terry cloth shorty shorts all summer. 

Next, I'm going to sneak some of Mom's blue eyeshadow, because it's so pretty. If I wear sunglasses she probably won't notice. 

I need to slather on a bunch of Sea & Ski because it's a really sunny upstate day. Don't want Mom to come at me with that awful pink Calamine lotion! I am usually covered in that junk all summer because of my bug bites and sunburn. It ruins my look. 

I just got the new Dr. Scholl exercise sandals; they're exactly like Mom's! Super fashionable, they go with all my outfits and I really think I will have the nicest calves on the block by the end of August with these babies. I just have to figure out how to run and ride my bike when I am wearing them. 

Walking out the door, these sandals are harder to walk in than I expected. I also tripped and stepped funny and now my heel hurts like crazy.  

Clip clop. I'm on my way over to my friend's. I will play a competitive round of Rock 'em Sock 'em robots with her brother while she feathers and sprays her hair. It takes her a while but that's ok. I kind of like her brother.

Now her little sister needs us to set up the clown sprinkler. I will have to do it because my friend's hair cannot possibly get wet. As I squat to attach it to the garden hose, I take a quick swig and remember how we ran through that sprinkler all summer last year. I guess we are too grown up for that now. 

I like how it's made by Wham-O. They make a ton of groovy things. I can't stop looking at my cousin's Magic Window, which I am definitely putting on my birthday list this year, and my favorite Wham-O item is my red Superball, which I'll bounce and chase for an hour on our front sidewalk tonight while my parents sit on the porch talking to the neighbors walking by. 

I'll probably put on my sneakers first. 

Can't imagine chasing that ball in these shoes. 

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