Tonight I was driving to a friend's house and it was the first time in quite a while that I have been driving through Plain City. All of the sudden I realized that once I was graduated from college, that was probably it for me and Plain City. When I graduated from Fremont High and went to college I was still only an hour and a half away and came home often enough that my home ward Relief Society doesn't consider me a "visitor" anymore. But once I get a job somewhere, even if it is relatively close, I will begin making my life there. I will be creating a life in a different place. Something about college makes it feel very transitory. It's a highly temporary situation. But once I get a job? That's life right there.
So I decided to make a list to celebrate this transition point. A list of what I will miss about Plain City
1. Giving directions by referencing people's houses ie "it's by the Orton's" or "it's on the corner by all the Jenkins' ".
2. Fields
3. The confectionary which is actually a bar
4. The fact that the confectionary for my entire school life was right across the street from the elementary school and is now connected to both a Bible church and a daycare center.
5. That building next to the confectionary that has been so many different businesses and each of them has failed.
6. Hearing the FHS marching band practicing on summer mornings and football games on Friday nights.
7. Fourth of July's. Plain City has THE best Fourth of July ever. I missed it for the first time last year and it was devastating.
8. Founders Day! It's a treat. I've had to miss it the last few years but they have a program and everything. My favorite is when they change the words to well-known songs to make them about Plain City. So quality.
9. Three LDS churches in one tiny town.
10. The Dance Establishment, where I learned everything I know and gained such dear friends.
11. Fremont High School. I'm one of those nuts who absolutely loved high school. That school holds a lot of really positive memories for me.
12. Hearing the mosquito truck coming so you knew you could finally play outside without being eaten by those little buggers
13. PC 4th! The ward I grew up in may not still be around in its original form but it remains close to my heart.
14. The house I grew up in.
15. Boone's. Yes. We have a restaurant aptly named Boone's.
16. Driving through that town and seeing the roads I rode my bike on, seeing where the old market and drugstore was, seeing my elementary school, and all the houses I visited throughout my life.
Oh sweet nostalgia.
1 comment:
HEY! You are so DANG cute :) I miss you!
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