Comments on: 1988: I turn 31 https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2017/03/1988-i-turn-31/ Catching Days Sat, 11 Mar 2017 15:42:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2017/03/1988-i-turn-31/#comment-8409 Sat, 11 Mar 2017 15:42:10 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=20415#comment-8409 In reply to Claire Guyton.

It is not! And you must. Just start planning. I used to do that every day…

]]> By: Claire Guyton https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2017/03/1988-i-turn-31/#comment-8408 Tue, 07 Mar 2017 19:34:17 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=20415#comment-8408 You got me! For some reason I read your trip-planning as applying to the whole family. When I read that last line and realized the trip was just for you, I felt like you’d just handed me a big slice of cake–what a treat! I’m so glad to know you did that for yourself. And once again I’m so jealous, I just can’t help myself–I have never seen any of those things! My one trip to France was a bizarre, unexpected, totally unaffordable thing that somehow landed in my schoolgirl lap when our new French teacher used connections to swing an incredibly inexpensive (and one-time only, as it turned out) 9-day trip for a handful of students. My parents, who never had two dimes to rub together, saw the opportunity for what it was, and I will forever be grateful (and surprised) that they acted. I saw the Seine and Mont St. Michel and Mont Martre and of course Versailles and Notre Dame and the Arc de Triomphe (forgive spelling errors, too lazy to look things up) and something like 10 little chateaux I remember zero about. Oh, and Normandy beach–ouch. There was a strike at the Louvres, so that was a huge disappointment, but overall the trip was magical. But I was 15 and remember so little. Maybe one day I will go again and see these other, more interesting items you’re naming. Of course what I most want to do is sit outside a cafe and drink cafe au lait and eat warm croissants, then read a very thick book while overlooking a Parisian street, then shop for a simple dinner of fruit and cheese, and buy little pastries and caramels for dessert. Is that too much to ask??

]]> By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2017/03/1988-i-turn-31/#comment-8407 Sun, 05 Mar 2017 00:43:00 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=20415#comment-8407 In reply to Terri.

It is! I like to think I will reread these years in the future, in which case I’ll want to remember that we moved in 1987–so that’s why I’m going back and adding things I remember. But I’m also fascinated by process–so that’s why I’m noting a memory that comes up later than the others.

]]> By: Terri https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2017/03/1988-i-turn-31/#comment-8406 Sat, 04 Mar 2017 06:56:26 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=20415#comment-8406 The urge to edit is real! 🙂

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