ancient (?) history

Saw this on another blog and figured I'd take a stab at it. Gives me something to blog about, because what's going on IRL would take too long to write about tonight.

What were you doing ten years ago, twenty years ago, thirty years ago?

Thirty Years Ago:
I was six, which means I was in first grade in Original Racecar State. I went to Patriotically-Named Christian School, and had Miss T as a teacher. Looking back now, I realize she was probably only in her twenties at the time; she seemed so matronly. I remember earning colored foil stars in my speed-reading drill book. I remember walking for recess to the sort-of park, down the street from the church which housed our classrooms; Miss T would occasionally amuse our single-file first grade line by surprising us with a skip after every few steps. This was especially amusing given her generous proportions and voluminous shawls and extreme age (to us). My family would move westward in two years.

Twenty Years Ago:
I was sixteen with nary a thought of driving (didn't get my license till I was 18 and Mom made me). I was a sophomore in Ghetto Christian School (dubbed as such because it really was located in a scary part of town), and it was my first year at "real" high school; my junior high was a throwback, extending through 9th grade. I had made the JV volleyball team (thrilling) and was enduring the pain of geometry. I met the girl who would be my best friend for the next ten-plus years. She introduced me to the 'evils' of alternative rock music and the joys of deep philosophy (best expounded in the wee smalls).

Ten Years Ago:
I had already been with my life partner for nearly two years -- ok, a year and a half. Three years out of Local Christian U, I was whiling away my time as a secretary at Company that Cuts and Cooks Trees. It would be three more years before I came to my senses and went back to school for my teaching credential. I had enjoyed discovering the beauty and logic of Anglicanism for about five years, but Young Upstart Anglican Church was set to implode a few short years later.

Wonder what the next ten years will bring.