Memories: The Good, The Bad, & even The Crazy ones...

Have you ever been talking to someone about nothing in particular and POOF a memory flashes into your mind? Sometimes it is a fleeting memory that goes as quickly as it comes; but other times it brings you back to the day/time that it happened? I love those memories and I've been having more and more of them lately. Now I do not remember specific days & times (ah no I'm not that good) but I can usually remember the year sometimes even the month that it occurred. I can do this because I associate everything with something; for instance--before or after cancer? Was it cold or hot when it happened? Who was I dating at the time? Little things like that help me remember the details of said memory. The more I practice it, the more clearer the memories have become. Also since I went gluten free and am actually digesting my food; my brain isn't quite as foggy (though my brain and body are still not in sync DRIVES ME BATSHIT CRAZY ACK) as it had been for the last few years. (I have to say after the throwing up and feeling nauseous all the time, having the foggy brain and not being able to articulate my thoughts was by far the 2nd worst part of being sick and not knowing what was going on with me) 

Anyway, I was texting a friend this evening and we were talking about a guy she likes at work which got us talking about how she could catch his interest. Well the conversation went from constructive and actual things to do; to downright dirty and kind of hysterical. So this silly conversation I was having with my friend brought me back to high school when my best friend MC and I would write stories that we kept in a spiral notebook. It has been a long time since I thought about those stories and so wish I had just one of the notebooks we wrote them in.

I don't remember how it started but I do remember MC loved to write and so did I. We both kept diaries from a young age and we were both HUGE NKOTB fans. Yes people I was (ok who am I kidding I still love me some Donnie Wahlberg not ashamed to say it. HAHA) a huge New Kids on the Block fan and we both had bought everything you could imagine that was NKOTB. My room was literally covered in posters (I'm talking including the ceiling). You could not see a mm of white in my room. I even had posters hanging straight down from my ceiling because I no longer had space to lay them flat. It was rather insane but hey I am a loyal person (still am probably too loyal) and I was going to show my love/loyalty for them (haha I laugh now thinking about all the time & money that was spent on this but hey that's what we do when we are teenagers right?)

I had dedicated my entire room to this boy band (oh Maurice Starr you were a genius) and my favorite one of the bunch was of course Donnie Wahlberg. MC loved Jonathon Knight (never quite understood that one but her & I NEVER had the same taste in guys. So it was one thing we never had to worry about fighting over LOL). But I digress I was madly, deeply in (what a 14/15 year old thinks is) love with Donnie W. and was convinced from 14 to about 16 that I BGG would meet and marry him. Oh I had it all planned out but that's not what this post is about. Btw I did end up meeting Donnie about 5-6 years ago and I have to say he is truly a nice guy and I have an awesome picture. I will tell you all about my NKOTB & DW obsession later. HAHA I'd definitely say I was obsessed but what teenage girl isn't obsessed with some star heck before NKOTB & DW I was in love with Corey Haim (do you see a trend yup I have always loved me the bad boy not the nice guy. Sadly up until VERY recently I still wanted what I call the bad boy reformed haha no such thing ladies---see one of those tangents I warned you about)

The Simple Things in Life - TV Shows, Celebrity Gossip, Bravo Channel, Chatting on Social Media, Cellphones

Do you ever think about the simple things in life? The things we have, do or use everyday that are "insignificant" to most but make your life happy and sometimes even easier. I've been thinking about those things lately and I've come to realize one person's insignificant thing really can be someone else's salvation, stress reliever or just plain old guilty pleasure and NO ONE should make you, me or anyone else feel bad because we like something that they consider "stupid", "childish", or "a waste of time". Who are they to judge me or what I have, do or like? They are  (as I like to call them) The Nay Sayers. Thankfully I have now dropped most all of them out of my life; these last few months. During what I can only call My Journey and let me tell you it is the BEST thing I have done for MYSELF so far. 

That is the key right there "MYSELF". Why is it that any time we try to do something for ourselves we are immediately labeled, "selfish", "greedy", "inconsiderate" or my favorite "lazy". I do not understand when or where it became a bad thing to take time for yourself & to actually be okay with whatever you want to do, see or have. This is especially true for women and most of all for Mothers. 

It's Time to Write Again

Well I've decided to start a blog again. I've been wanting to do this for a while but wasn't sure how or where I wanted to do it. I finally decided on Blogger.com b/c I am familiar with this site as I used to have a blog before. I'm not ready to name that blog as I was completely open to who I was (i.e. my name and such) on that one. It is still up even though I haven't written on it in years. I can't bare to delete all of its contents but I would like to go on it and print out all my old blog postings so I can have them. I will do that soon. 

Anyway, I do not mind telling you my name if you ask but for now I'd like to keep everything under my BostonGreekGirl name or BGG for short. I've named this Blog even Boston Greek Girl b/c that is who I am. I am a girl from Boston, I am Greek and obviously I'm a Girl (woman). I am also Finnish (my mom is from Finland) but Boston Greek Finnish Girl just doesn't have the same ring--flow as BGG does (sorry Mom). I am very proud of both my sides but I won't lie I am definitely more in tune with the Greek side. I think (know) that is because I can speak the language, spent a lot of time there (even lived there as a child for almost a year) and my Grandparents from there were VERY involved with me and my life up until they both passed away. I still miss them terribly & recently found my grandfathers (papou) "Lyra". 

It was something he played everyday and there were times when I was a kid that I would sit on his lap and he would use my hands to play it. As I got older (teenager) I remember hearing the same few songs over and over and over again and how "annoyed" I would become and NOW all I want is to hear him play that silly song one more time