I remember and this started when I was 9 to 12 years old, if I did my math homework subpar i was able to go with my father when he wasn't drinking his self silly that he would take me to see the neighborhood Christmas lights! From past remembrance day to the New Year's Eve we would walk around looking at the Christmas light in the trio neighborhood area of Almonte Ontario, that was where I lived for 28 years. Well when I went to see the Christmas lights it was a real treat and a half to be honest with you! It was my happy land, if you would! Not the stipulation was that I was supposed to do my math homework but couldn't always do it correctly so if I did it halfway correctly or some par I was able to go and see the Christmas lights with my father father! As we went out it would be like the gay pride parade rainbow for me as I saw all the different colours that make up the beautiful rainbow! Now some houses were overtly decorated and some not so decorated I loved the one's that were overly decorated and I was able to enjoy the colourful spectacle but my father liked the more modest looking x-mas decorated houses! I did not understand why at the time! Still don't!
I guess some people have more Christmas spirit in them than other people! I was when to decorate overly if you know me on a very personal level that very few people would see; I have a lot of stuff in my room....copious amounts of dvds and books and music and musical instruments! Some where in that room in my group home you will see that I have a steel tounge drum!
I guess I would be the zealous decorators that I saw as a child and would decorate my house to hell and back! They why I loved it as a kid! In the fifth grade I remember going to the helipad at the local hospital, Almonte general hospital near the (still is) the emergency department I would see this blazing red star over the er! I would with my father look at this spectacle after doing an hours with of stargazing and seeing different Christmas decorating that night!
I was staring catatonically, obsessively at the star over the er, that I lost track of time....
"Come on Elena," (that's my legal name) he would say! "It's beyond your bed time and you have school!"
"Dang it!" I would say as I went back to the house! At that time I could not swear nor use anatomical terms. ( this day I swear but don't use anatomical terms that people would say and make a doctor blush)
That night I remember it was very close to Christmas and I was sleeping in despite going to school the next day! I was going to be late but I did not care at that time! One I have ADHD and two crappy subject matter except for science and art! Science was fun and so was art! Math was a fart..... to me!
I remember at the end of the year 1999 to 2000 that we had year books! Under my name:
" there will be no math today if she has her way!"
Which I found funny and hilarious at the time but, still applies to this day! I remember that one or many winter nights were my father and would see the Christmas light and look at the with aww! As you can tell I still hate math!
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