BrownSuga's Sweet Spot: The Good Ole' Days

So sorry MGF faithful! I've been a bad blogger, I just disappeared with no notice and for that I'm sorry. Anyway, I'm semi back if that makes anyone feel any better. Many things have happened in the last month and the next month will be just as chaotic. But here I am and here is my blog for this week.

I love being an adult. But sometimes I remember something from my childhood that I would love to have back and here are the top five things I miss from my childhood.

1. Summer vacations. Anyone who works in a school gets this still but for the rest of us and those teachers who work in year round schools, it's a sad thing to see go. Honestly there very very few things I miss about school but this is it. Three months to do as you pleased. I went to camps, volunteered, eventually worked but it was 3 months of my choices. And everything was a new experience and I love new experiences.
2. Musicals. I know there are still musicals being made today but to me they just can't compare to the ones I grew up watching. I can sing every song in Grease, Dirty Dancing and A Chorus Line. Yes I know Dirty Dancing isn't technically a musical but the music in it makes the movie. Hearing Patrick Swayze belt out "She's Like the Wind" or knowing that "Nobody puts Baby in a corner" just makes remember the first time I saw it.
3. Family Holidays. Holidays are still WONDERFUL, but remember them as a kid. Not being responsible for bringing anything just showing up in your Sunday best and letting whatever relative pinch your cheeks and say how big you're getting and the rest was pure bliss. Now as adults and if you're married, splitting the holidays between families or just being able to take enough time off from work to get to your family just makes them a bit harder.
   
4. Siblings. I have 3 brothers and a sister. In my house there was ALWAYS someone around. Some nights we would all congregate into one person's room and talk till 3 in the morning. At dinner we would keep each other laughing. Like any relationship, there were fights but even those seem like pleasant memories 20 years after the fact. When we get together now we still have those ridiculously long conversations they just don't happen as often.
   

And the final thing I miss about my childhood....

5. Theme Songs. I know, I know cheesey. But you could have guessed from the musical one, right? Anyway I was a t.v. junkie and to this day I can probably sing ANY t.v. theme song from my childhood. The shows today don't have theme songs. What a shame. Remember...

" It's the Garry Shandling Show, the opening theme to Garry's show.
Garry called me up and asked if I would write his theme song...."

or

"When the world never seems to be living up to your dreams
Suddenly we're finding out the Facts of Life are all you..."

There are so many....Growing Pains, Who's the Boss, the Cosby Show, A Different World...

Do you miss anything?