A whole lot of stuff was going on because of the eclipse. We left the house and went to walk about downtown. There were some fun things to look at. I got a Vincennes pillow, Mike and I got matching eclipse shirts and Ashley got prom earrings.
This eye place, Eyeworks was the place where I got my first pair of glasses. I remember coming out and realizing there were lines on the bricks - the mortar between the bricks - it was not all one big blur! Changed my life.
This place marks the location of LaSalle Elementary, where I went from second to sixth grade. In sixth grade, you could be a crossing guard - you got a sign and a vest to wear and got assigned to help kids cross the road on the streets to the school (including the busy street!) Why did they let sixth graders do that!!! Anyway, it was a huge honor and very cool back in the day.
I remember at school, in like third grade, the teacher had a little stuffed rabbit and if you were good you got the rabbit for the day. I had it one day and kept petting it during class. Did I only get it once? I was a good kid!
Also at LaSalle I had a perfect day. It was a Friday, I had a turkey sandwich and a day-old cherry pie in my lunch. And then, instead of having math for the last bit of school, our teacher, Mr. Nolting, took us down to the local park. We played softball and I was a team capital and we WON!! And then there was hamburgers at home for dinner and Dukes of Hazard. Life was simple then.
This is Lincoln High School. I spent my senior year there (it was brand new - my name is on a plaque inside to memoralize the first graduating class). I was on the swim team and was an editor at the school paper. We had to take the bus the first two weeks. David, Heather and I were the first on/last off. After that, we got to drive a car. That was good. But when I stayed at the paper to finish it up for the week, the other kids had to take the bus home. I was also likely in the plays. I loved being in plays. In high school I worked one summer at the local community college, Vincennes University, in their theater department. I was suppose to make costumes, but Alethea, the costume director, figured out I didn't really know how to sew, I was delegated to sewing on name tags and helping with props. I also did props during the shows and costumes. I was even in a play - The Mystery of Edwin Drood. It was super cool with actually New York actors!
Also here is Captain D's . Sometimes on payday, Dad would take a few of us down to Captain D's or Long John Silvers and get fried fish, probably hush puppies. That crispy fish, so good. And the crunchies at the bottom of the box, oh yum.
Lic's ice cream was fancy. We never went there because it cost too much. But we went this time and it was pretty good.
