Beneath the Wraps

I did have a few photos of me at various dances such as my high school Junior Prom.   It was held at the capitol building and I had asked a guy that I worked with.   I thought it would be cool to attend the junior prom in my junior year but was not popular enough to be asked out.   Thus I had asked someone who went to another high school and school district. We both felt like outcast in this luxurious room full of students that neither of us shared commonalities.   We left and went to Snelgroves (the ice cream parlor where both of us worked) and had some ice cream.   Afterwards we decided to go to a disco scene called The Front Page.   We were serverly overdressed – but had a lot more fun at the Front Page than at the capitol building.   There was another dance I had attended when I had gone to at Ricks College – I don’t even remember the theme or dance name.   I remember my date making pom-pom figures to match what we were wearing.   I thi...

         It’s been a number of years since Roland had purchased a suit.   An embarrassing number of years.   We used to go to the Big and Tall or the Men’s Wearhouse to get a proper fitting.   Douglas County doesn’t have the same variety of clothing stores (or any store for that matter) as is offered in the larger cities.           Roland had seen an ad for Shaquil O’Neal wear at JC Penny. We had gone to the JC Penny in Roseburg.   Though there was a small selection of suits he could try on, the formation around the shoulders gave one that he had been propped into his suit as a scarecrow hanging from a pole.   We needed something else.           The clerk had told Roland that Eugene would have a much larger selection.   Thus on Saturday we took the time to make the drive to Eugene.   We drove through fog practically the entire ...

            We have tried saving up for a Disneyland vacation for the last three years - asking each of our children and my siblings to please save for October this year.   Each year we have dipped into our funds - not that we ever had enough to get us there.   Last year we had gone back to Utah for Jeanie's funeral.   Next year will be returning for a wedding between Biff and Clair.   I really would like to meet her and support Biff again.   But truth be known, I HATE weddings.   I'd much rather go to Disneyland.             We used this year's tax refund to pay off bills, replenish our food storage and an excursion to Enchanted Forrest - though the latter was not necessary.   After struggling from paycheck to paycheck every month, sometimes you just feel that you need to do something so as not to go insane.   So after Jeanie's ...

           In this post I talked about going to the doctor specifically to get a Z-pac.   I had failed to mention that as long as I was there, I mentioned a stomach rash that I hadn't noticed was there until after Labor Day.   The doctor gave me a prescription for some cream which seemed to sting at times, but did/does seem to help.               Perhaps I shouldn't have mentioned it as it became a bigger concern for her than what I was actually there for.   She said she wanted to see me within a week.   I had to postpone the appointment and perhaps should have just cancelled altogether.   I really have not been satisfied with the clinic overall.   Or this particular doctor . . . And I'm even less impressed with the pharmacy that said they'd have my order ready in less than an hour and still didn't have it when I returned SIX HOURS later . . .   and the do...