Music Memory Monday

Now those of you that read my blog, or skim it, or just google the word Sarah, will someday figure out that I am a huge John Denver fan. Yeah I realize it's not that great for my street cred, even though I am pretty sure me claiming to have street cred takes my street cred down a couple of notches but I digress. I have loved him since I was a kid and saw him on The Muppet Show and fell hard for his mop hair and round glasses and his far out and groovy vernacular.

My screen name Everywhere is jdrules23, (even though I am 32 but I feel 23 and that is when I actually got a email address.Yeah whatever so I was behind the times). To further my street cred cred, if anyone asks me what it means I am not above lying to the cool kids and saying it stands for Jack Daniels, which ironically I am betting ole JD (John Denver) liked too in his day. The difference between him and I is that I don't drink Jack and Coke and then go and try and fly a homemade airplane... there was that one time I crashed my boyfriends model airplane, but that was vodka and cranberry juice, so really not the same.

When I was a Freshman in high school I was very very involved in my church's youth group. I was the only Freshman to earn the distinguished title of President in the youth groups whole history of elections. (Granted the elections had only been taking place for a year before I got there but really its all in the way you spin the story no?) Back then I had the kind of blind faith I am so envious of now. I would probably think they were full of shit and naive now. Back then,I was a great tribute to all things holy. My church worked with the local University and would go and do Bible Studies for college students and in turn ask for college students to come and help out with the Sunday night Youth Group meetings. Now being a 15 year old girl I was all for the hot college guys to come and help out, but really we mostly got girls.

The one boy/man that came and helped out for two years was named Jim. He was cute and smart and involved in the ROTC program that they used to offer and I lived right on campus practically so they would come and run by my house and I would join them on their excruciatingly long runs, pretending I was in shape and trying desperately to hide the fact that I felt like I was going to pass out. Since I was only 15 at the time I didn't drive (legally, another post) so Jim offered most Sundays to take me to the meetings and then back home again. Well really that's all I needed to fall helplessly in love with him and dream that I would one day be his wife, or lover. I mean just cause I believed in God back then didn't mean I was above letting the cute older boy feel me up. I mean it was in a church parking lot so that had to make it somewhat OK right? Yeah I thought so too.

Wow really long way a round to get to the point of this video huh?

So......as I waited for Jim to come and pick me up in his old blue Ford I would crank up This Ole Guitar and dance around my living room pretending Jim was singing that to me. Ahhh the naviety of youth. I miss being that stupid.

When school ended for the Summer Jim left and our "relatonship" ended. Turns out he left to go back to Indiana to be near his fiance coincidentally named Sarah. Yeah I am still nursing that wound. But Jack Daniels helps and so does John Denver!

Happy Monday!

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