Friday afternoon found me searching through some old drawers looking for a hole punch at my parents.
This is not a good task for me.
See, I suffer from 'distracted finding.'
It's like distracted driving but without the driving part.
I get very distracted when I go looking for things.
Not so surprisingly my children suffer from this affliction also.
School mornings are just a blast around here.
Sigh.
Three Days and Counting 'til school starts...
So what was in the drawers that was so distracting?
Well, the first thing was this:
Ronnie Milsap's Greatest Hits.
I mean...
It's just that...
Really, what can you say?
This was actually the first concert I ever went to.
Yep, right there at good ole Opryland.
That was before Opryland was a Mall and before the Mall became a Swamp.
I'm not sure you can get any less cool than Mr Millsaps for your first concert.
The only thing more uncool than that is that my first concert in a real venue was...
Wait for it...
Sandi Patty.
The crazy thing is that I felt so grown up the night that I got to go to that Sandi Patty concert!
I thought it was so cool to get to go!
How did we get on to this?
Oh, yeah...Distractions.
Kinda like that story was.
So, what else was in the drawer?
A KC and the Sunshine Band Eight Track.
Excellent.
Go Mom and Dad!
I'm thinking they were probably listening to this the day they took this picture...
Which I also found in the drawer with the 8 track.
The International Scout.
An excellent ride.
Another picture I found in the drawer:
My oldest brother Joey as a baby and two people that must have been his babysitters because no way do they look old enough to have a baby.
Hi Mom and Dad!
The ultimate distraction though was this:
The Intellivision Cartridge holder.
It just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy to look at it.
I had to longingly look at some of my favorites:
I drank a lot of Kool Aid and ate a lot of Steak Ums when I played this game.
My brother Robbie could make some mean Steak Ums.
"Hey Robbie, Let's listen to Duran Duran while you make me a Steak Um."
And this one:
The Power of He-Man!
How in the heck did we buy into this as kids?
We totally did though.
I loved this show.
Here's another:
I actually played Burger Time recently and it wasn't as fun as I remembered it.
It was actually kinda scary to have those eggs and hot dogs following me around.
I kept getting distracted by the salt and the pickle and the pepper.
Distractions!
They will get you every time!
And yes, I eventually found the hole punch.
It was fifteen minutes after any normal person would find it but at least I found it.