{"id":243,"date":"2005-01-23T22:57:01","date_gmt":"2005-01-23T20:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/archives\/2005\/01\/23\/10-year-anniversary"},"modified":"2005-01-26T14:06:41","modified_gmt":"2005-01-26T12:06:41","slug":"10-year-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/2005\/01\/23\/10-year-anniversary","title":{"rendered":"10-year anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>10 years ago, give or take, on January 21st we moved to this house. We used to live in a 2 bedroom (+ 1 study) apartment but it got too small for us after my sister was born and grown to be old enough to need an own room. For a while we slept in the same room (oh horror) but I got a study made in a big walk-in closet where I could do my homework in peace and only had to sleep in the shared room. Sharing a room with a little sister wasn&#8217;t nice, especially when she was sick, threw up on the carpet and got to sleep in my parents&#8217; bedroom while I had to stay in the smelly bedroom.<\/p>\n<p>Memories&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The winter when we moved was a very snowy one, like this one (at least amount-wise). That Monday, 23rd, I had to travel by bus to school for the first time. It was nice, though, that I got to end my 6th grade in my old school even though we&#8217;d moved out of the city. That Monday, I happened to be at the bus stop at the same time with my English teacher, it was windy and snow flurries everywhere. Then she taught me the word &#8220;blizzard&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I got to have the room downstairs. It used to be a garage and then it was made into a storage and finally into a bedroom. It has a door that leads outside &#8212; it&#8217;s hardly ever used, only to bring heavy stuff in because there&#8217;s the strip for the garage, and once our dog (the previous one) ran out during a sleep-over when my friend was sitting on the doorstep &#8212; and a very own toilet. And it&#8217;s huge. It&#8217;s going to be a shame to move into my own apartment that&#8217;s going to be the same size as my room now but with toilet, kitchen and everything crammed in the same space.<\/p>\n<p>That year I got to keep a birthday party because we finally had enough space (I had had a great party once in our old home, too). I invited my whole class except the only boy. Thanks to that party, I had surprise visitors several years afterwards when we all had went our own ways, each to a different high school (or vocational school).<\/p>\n<p>I also got a real piano at last. In the apartment I had an electric piano which didn&#8217;t do good to my touch and finger strength but at least I could play with earphones on. With a real piano it&#8217;s somewhat difficult to play without anyone hearing. (With the electric piano I could also open the window, crank the volume up, put one of the demo songs on, and make our downstairs&#8217; neighbours green with envy <img src=\"https:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_lol.gif\" alt=\":laugh:\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> I&#8217;m sure they didn&#8217;t even hear it&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Memories&#8230; I always wonder how people can remember all kinds of interesting little things. Apparently I do too, only they&#8217;re the odd ones that don&#8217;t really matter much I guess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 years ago, give or take, on January 21st we moved to this house. We used to live in a 2 bedroom (+ 1 study) apartment but it got too small for us after my sister was born and grown to be old enough to need an own room. 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