I was tagged by Camy Tang!
Where was I 10-20-30 years ago?
10 – Worked as a shoe saleswoman at Fred Meyers, a one-stop-shopping store, at least twenty hours a week while taking fifteen hours of class work during my sophomore year at Pacific University. This might have–insanely–been when my husband and I began discussing having a baby.
20 – Fourth grade, Reno, first year back in the States having done the majority of my growing up–at least the part I could remember–in Nigeria, West Africa. A period of adjusting to stores with aisles full of toilet paper, a precious commodity we shipped to Nigeria. To ice cold soda. To no longer being special because of my skin color. Hoping against all hope that we’d return to our foreign home.
30 – Spent a lot of time sleeping, eating, producing waste. Only 16 days old!
Photo courtesy of Tenunda
Interesting. I didn’t know you grew up in Nigeria. Were your parents missionaries, or what’s the story?
Wow, you were in Nigeria? That’s WAY cool!
Camy
Fred Meyer! I totally forgot about that store. Thanks for playing.
My aunt, uncle, cousins grew up in Nigeria, too. One of them was born there. I have art, a doll (it’s not really a doll, but was to show the dress you could buy in a store,) and a bag from there. Fascinating!
Christina,
I love Africa, way cool that you grew up there and loved. Now I want to here the rest of the story.
Tammy
PS You’re sooooo young!
Pretty cool…I gather this was in answer to some sort of blogging trivia…hmmm. 10 years ago was living in Gladstone with my nearly 1-year old child and my best friend, Sammie. I worked for a credit reporting agency on Macadam.
20 years ago-seventh grade, gearing up for snow skiing season, crushing on Shane Conrad (son of Sean Conrad), spending every other weekend with my now deceased grandparents.
30 years ago-Two year old full of innocence, thinking my parents were perfect human beings, enjoying my “baby sister” and perhaps causing some mischief.
Missing my blog friends today. 🙁
Jennie