It was in elementary school. Gym class. We had to climb the ropes. I climbed the fastest and had my name on a board in the gym. It meant a lot to me. Funny, but not really, I continue to overcome my fear of heights that I have. I don’t know when it started. Certainly not as a kid. I loved to climb trees and just sit there and relax. Yes I was a tomboy. I loved to ride my bike up and down the streets for hours so it felt like. I loved to jump in puddles and ride my bike through puddles, putting my legs out to the side as I sat on my banana seat. I sometimes swung so high on the swings that the metal poles would be lifting out of the ground. I thought that it was kind of fun maybe a little afraid. I remember playing with earthworms in Kenny’s backyard with water filling up the mud and dirt holes. I remember in elementary school at the carnival fall festival thing i guessed the right amount of candy in this gigantic jar-i got to take it home. I liked that. I did not like the bathrooms in kindergarten in the room because the door was so heavy that I was afraid that I would get stuck in there. I loved playing with the wood kitchen and ironing board. It was so fun to play house at school. Keeping a tidy house has not made it onto my to do lists for this lifetime. But it was fun in kindergarten. How liberating it was to be able to wear pants to school for the first time in 6th grade-only nice pants like courderoys. No wonder I thought that it was more fun to be a boy.