I Remember...

Sometimes I like to reminisce...

I remember Pre-K with Ms. Fenton and Mrs. G. No matter what colors you mixed on the easel it always came out brown and Tyrone had ringworm's back then...

I remember back in Kindergarten, when my chair dropped on Ms. Jarvis' foot. She still uses a walking cane 'til this day. Overreacting or Overweight? I don't know... Tyrone still had ringworm's and him and I had a photo put in Child magazine for the future of kids and video games... (I never caught ringworm's)

I remember 1st grade, Ms. Pilato and meeting my future crew Trev and Vince, and our forever follower Rehman...

I remember 2nd grade, Ms. Spector. She used to give you pretzels from a can for answering math questions correctly... I also remember the mean kids running circles around Onan Smith to make him throw up out in the schoolyard. I apologize if I ever did that to you Onan.

I remember 3rd grade when Mrs. Schupack was pregnant forever like Joe's wife on Family Guy, but then she had to leave and we got Ms. Jarvis as a teacher for the rest of the year. Had she been on a teaching "hiatus" that whole time? I also remember her yoking up Jason Santana in the stairwell that same year.

I remember 4th grade with Mr. Stokes throwing Alberto through a row of desks and yoking him up against the wall. We had a substitute teacher the day before and Alberto definitely took advantage destroying the whole classroom. I used to beat him up on the school bus because he looked at me over the stall one day. I almost felt bad when I found out he was a "resource room" kid when I graduated 6th grade.

I remember back in 5th grade when I went to the district spelling bee, i misspelled reminisce to take 3rd place. I did smash PS127 though, so HOLD that!

I remember 6th grade sitting right in front of the teachers desk and always having to smell her nasty breath. Big Red gum doesn't work... I also remember "sonning" Manny and 7th grader on the court though. Remember putting your hand on someone's head and laying it up like you were dunking it?

I remember 7th grade having Options in Robert Wagner aka IAT. A fake shop class and you get out of school 45 minutes early so that you can go back to PS127 and visit your friends...

I remember 8th grade having Options... The option that was taken was to cut that class and get out 2 hours early... I did not take this option due to fear of my dad catching me because he worked around the corner. Lucky Vince, Trev and Ian...

The summertime reminds me of so many things that I used to do in my preteen years. I recently revisited Queens for mother's day to see my mom, and it's changed in the past year. Apartment buildings everywhere, Citifield is huge, Pathmark has a different exit off the Whitestone.

I'm in Clifton Park now making new memories and looking forward to my future.

For the many blessings you have bestowed upon me, and my new family,
Thank you Lord...