I talked about my childhood friends in an earlier post. At the time I was with them in Ohio. This time we visited them. They used to live in Chicago with us, but they moved all the way to Bowie, Maryland. My family and I took a road trip over Spring Break to get to see their new house.
It took a long time to get there and my ears popped when we were going driving through the mountains. The trip was so long ago that the images I remember are blended together. There was intense traffic and very bright sunlight. My siblings were actually awake for the trip. We were listening to Creed from one of my Dad's CDs. I was just excited that I was going to see my friends again.
When we made it to Bowie, Maryland, the hardest part was looking for the house. We had the address, but we got lost looking for it. The houses were so huge and all of them looked the similar to each other. There were only slight changes of color and design. Every house looked like mini-mansions. My dad eventually called them and asked for directions to their house and we finally made it.
I was really surprised with the inside of their house. The walls were painted with a mix of reds and browns and their kitchen was huge. They gave us a tour of the house and I got lost many times. I even made a full circle in the house when I was just trying to find the bathroom. The room I remember most was the basement. My siblings and I hung out a lot with the kids and my parents hung out with their parents. It was cool because all of us were around the same age. what we did most was play Zelda on their plasma TV and get frustrated when we got stuck on a certain level. We never beat that level even though we tried so many times, but it was still a whole lot of fun.
When we weren't playing video games, our friends showed us around the neighborhood. They agreed that all the houses practically looked the same so we were walking around saying how the window shutters are the same but a different color or that's the same house, but different address. We laughed a lot and made a game out of it. It was so many good times while I was over there. The last thing I did over there was make a chocolate chip cheesecake. Baking is one of my favorite things to do and I wanted to try out the recipe. I had so much cheesecake batter that I ended up making mini ones with the rest of it. What was funny was that when I was finished baking, everyone was impatient. They couldn't wait for everything to cool down so we were eating hot cheesecake. I have never done that before, but it wasn't that bad. Everyone was happy about it so it didn't really matter. I just find it a very happy memory.
It will be cool to go to Maryland again. I miss hanging out with them. They are such a fun family and I always have fun with them.
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