Reliving the 90's

I drive an older car that is just about to turn over to 200,000. I acquired this car at a great price; it was one of those ‘right time right place’ deals. Anyhoo, like I was saying it is just about to turn over to 200,000 and for the past week I’ve been diligently watching the odometer. As each day passes I see the odometer turn over a new year…

It started with 1990 and I drove and thought back to where I was at that point in my life. I remember being in grade 10, loving everything about life. Then the next day I was reliving 1991, where I was finally able to go out on my first date. The next day was 1992, when my love for dance music (thanks to Much Music’s Dance Mix CD’s) was born. The day after was 1993, when I graduated and moved back home just because I could. 1994 was the year I decided to go back to school just so I didn’t have to decide what I wanted to study in college. 1995 was the year that I had my very first serious relationship (I think?). 1996 was the year that I got my pink car! 1997 was the year that I decided to explore new things about myself. 1998 was the year that I finally decided to make some roots for myself and moved out west for the last time. 1999 was the year that everyone thought that the world was going to end and then we went into the new Millennium.

That’s kind of how I felt about my car; I felt like it was going to move on to a new stage in its life. I loved that I could drive to and from my destination every day and re-live my life. I was enjoying the nostalgic feelings so much that I decided that I would listen to my 90’s station all week just so that I could remember all of those memories that I created for myself.

On that last day before the odometer turned over, I carefully watched the odometer and tried to imagine where I would be. Turns out I was on the highway and was able to pull over so that I could take a picture of it to always remember my week of 90’s memories and share something very special with my car…because I know it won’t be with me forever.