{"id":8771,"date":"2011-07-29T15:23:31","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T20:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smaggi.us-east-1.derr.space\/?p=8771"},"modified":"2011-07-29T15:25:23","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T20:25:23","slug":"1976-the-birthday-of-anticipation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maggipicayune.derr.io\/wp\/2011\/07\/29\/1976-the-birthday-of-anticipation\/","title":{"rendered":"1976: The Birthday of Anticipation"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been boring Somara lately with my reminiscing over 1976. It was a significant time because it was the first time my parents took Brian and me with them on a major vacation. When I mean major, I’m describing a trip in which you get loaded in the car and travel around for at least a week. We had done a long-weekend in St. Louis two years earlier where I discovered my fear of heights at the Arch and Six Flags. This Summer was the holy grail in American\/Canadian childhood\u2026DisneyWorld!<\/span><\/p>\n

There was a slight delay though. We were in the process of moving into our new house located in Champaign. I don’t recall if Dad hired movers or recruited friends. I know we hit the road shortly after everything was unloaded, the TV worked, key furniture was in place (beds, couch, etc.) and the pets were taken care of.<\/span><\/p>\n

The final days in the duplex couldn’t come quickly enough because the neighbors were bikers: Hell’s Angels wannabes, not the Lance Armstrong Mafia you see pedaling along Parmer Lane’s shoulders. Their tough image got dispelled for me when I overheard one of them puking his brains out. It was more comical than disturbing. His buddy asking him if he was alright and wanted a beer evoked further giggling.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyway, it was a cool time to be turning eight. The vacation went on to be very memorable: the Haunted Mansion gave me nightmares for weeks, meeting cousins Julie and Matt and visiting non-Midwestern states (we had only been to Iowa and Missouri). Its downside was how it raised my standards to a rather unrealistic level with future excursions we went on.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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