Memmmmm-ries

It is truly amazing what one can find when doing the first thorough (more or less) cleaning of a room in, say, 10 years, or more likely 12.

That's what I've been doing today, trying to rid Rob's old bedroom of things accumulated since he graduated high school and even before that. Found some vintage (ca. 1957) Mad magazines; some old comic books carefully preserved in plastic slipcovers ; numerous standardized test reports from the ACT and PSAT; an assortment of memorabilia from his trip to Europe in 1999 and his two weeks at Y-12 in 1998; several empty packages from the numerous video games he got for every Christmas forever; and 75-100 empty CD packages. Also bulky and well-worn folders from high school (English, economics, precalculus and accounting), as well English 102 from Roane State.

The find of the day, though probably not worth anything, is my old Beatles Abbey Road LP. The cover is pretty worn, but still, it could make a neat framed piece of art (the back, I think, and not the front).

What is even more amazing is the packet from my high school days, preserved for years by my mother and handed over to me a few years ago, then promptly forgotten. Boy, did that bring back some memories ... and surprisingly, I could recall names for most of the old classmates in my little photo album. Boy, was I skinny back then!

I did not EVEN get all of that room done, partly because I need but do not have another room or basement or garage to move things into so that room can be completely emptied and the carpet can come up, but eventually it will happen.

All that exertion has worn me out completely, so I called it a day, ate a bowl of Crock-Pot chili and tuned in the Vols on the radio (damn it all, Pay-Per-View!)