Life's Been Good To Me So Far

That song will forever remind me of two things. The first is my many summer vacations spent in upstate New York with my cousins, forever listening to The Eagles and Joe Walsh, drinking beer in the bandstand and down by the river, running back and forth between Aunt Jean's and Grandma's house, sleeping on Grandma's porch, brown bread, molasses cookies (my father's favorite) and so many other great memories. These were truly some of the best times of my life. While we only saw the NY cousins in the summer we are a close knit bunch despite the distance between us.

The second is when my brother Kenny bought his Moped. It was the coolest thing. His was actually yellow, if I remember correctly. My other brothers teased him relentlessly and came up with their own lyrics for this song that included "My Moped goes 45, I lost my license, now I don't drive!" Not very original, I know, but funny as hell at the time. The teasing in our family is still relentless. We will never grow up, at least I hope not.

Off to Minneapolis for Nationals tomorrow. Go ILLINI!