Today I am waiting for an oil change at the Toyota dealership in South Holland with the Coming to America greasy head stains above each seat in the waiting room. It makes me laugh out loud because it's funny-gross. My favorite song right now is "Old Dirt Hill" by Dave Matthews Band. It fills me with joy and gets me all nostalgic for those days when finding your favorite sweatshirt jacket was your greatest worry. My "old dirt hill" was: Mt. Baldy, singing outrageous swear songs, the Adventurer's Club, Uncle Jim O's drum set, smokin' in the blue dinghy on the Kalamazoo River with Jen, the Bloody Boob and the funhouse at Lion's Park, Lan-Oak pool and ice skating, Lynwood Roller Rink, building forts in the field across the street, Charlie's Angels, kick-fights in the hallway, Barbies and "school" in the basement, belting out REO Speedwagon wearing HUGE headsets on the floor in the family room, Mom's Bridge Club, Ice Cream @ Round the Corner, Tony Decavitch and Lan's Theater, Crab Sandwiches on English muffins, makin' out in the Winnebago, walking the trestle...to have the run of the land and a whole lot of "old dirt hills" fills a soul with crazy joy. "Yeah, bring that beat back to me again."
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