So, I guess old habits die hard. For probably the last six or seven years, I have been waking up at 4:30 to get ready for work. I haven’t slept well for a couple of years anyway and coupled with my constant and continuing knee pain, I don’t sleep very well now. I am usually awake early to make sure Sean is up and getting ready for school. GMFB is on at seven so I have to be up for that anyway!
This morning, I got an alert on my phone that I just happened to check just before 6 o’clock. This was the alert:
Sean was in the shower so I just HAD to listen to it! I had never heard it before but I remember hearing that Prince was the one to write the song. I hadn’t heard Sinead O’Connor‘s version of this song in so long! Her version reminds me of my birthday when I had to be nine.
My brother Steve took me to Fairlane mall and bought me a birthday present. I got white pants with black polkadots and a black vest with white polkadots. We went to Friendly’s to get a couple Reesie‘s Peanut Butter Cup parfaits. Sinead O’Connor’s version played over the mall’s speakers as we walked to Friendly’s.
I remembered getting these with my brothers all the time when Friendly’s was in Fairlane mall when I was a kid. I actually texted my brother this morning to ask what those parfaits were called. He told me that there are no longer Friendly’s in Michigan but they are in Ohio and are completely worth the drive! I told him that maybe Sean and I will have to go on a road trip!
When Sean got out of the shower and dressed and ready for school, He came into my room to help me get out of bed before he left for school. As he put my shoes on, I told him about my birthday shopping trip with Steve and described what I got. He thought that sounded ridiculous but I told him they were the epitome of cool! Especially if I wore a white turtleneck underneath the vest!
This song has been in my head all day long! I’m going to ask my Mom for a picture of me with those pants in that vest, I’m sure one has to exist! I remember getting those parfaits and they were garnished with a Reese‘s cup and whip cream. We would lick the whip cream off the Reesie‘s cup and place it on the napkin as we ate the parfait and the dessert was the Reese‘s cup.