This week's Friday Five
What was...
1. ...your first grade teacher's name?
Mrs. Miller. It took me a good 5 minutes to remember that. Please don't ask me my kindergarten teacher's name. (Or names, really; I had two kindergarten teachers, as the first one left abruptly partway through the year.) I could remember my second and third grade teachers' names fairly readily, though.
2. ...your favorite Saturday morning cartoon?
Hmm. Maybe Kidd Video. When I was slightly older, it was Garfield & Friends.
3. ...the name of your very first best friend?
I think my first absolute best friend was Andrea Gonzalez. In New Jersey I had a number of good friends (Shannon Buckley, Carrie Taillon, Elizabeth and Jessica Mattfield), but I don't think I considered any of them my "best friend."
4. ...your favorite breakfast cereal?
I was very fond of Cookie Crisp. My sister and I spent an entire vacation in St. Croix subsisting almost entirely on Cookie Crisp and McDonald's.
5. ...your favorite thing to do after school?
I liked going to the YMCA, but I hated swim lessons (though I did like--still do--swimming). And there were a lot of kids in my neighborhood, so we all played a lot. But I don't remember what I did when I got home from school when I was that young.