This particular Tim McGraw song sends me straight back to my tech school days at Ft. Meade when I was still an 18 year old kid.
It reminds me of Swayla, her mothering ways and that time we got into it and I swear she was going to smack me upside my head. I laugh about it now because if she would've, I wouldn't blame her - I had it coming because I was kind of a brat.
It takes me back to my crazy ass roommate that wanted to wax our two feet of floor space- weekly. It's one reason we didn't stay roommates for long. The other is she was kind of crazy.
It makes me think of Kristin and her sadness that Shane graduated. Her sadness didn't last long because he ended up stationed nearby and they got married the following year. They're still happily married and have 4 gorgeous kids.
Trina rounds up the trio and she had ended up with the stinkiest roommate of all time until she swapped and became Kristin's roommate. She's from Georgia and looks like the sweetest thing. And she is- just don't piss her off :-D
Mostly the song reminds me of my first friends in the Air Force and when I first met them. Kristin and I were in the same basic training flight. I met Swayla and Trina while we all waited at the airport for our ride to Ft. Meade. The four of us ended up stationed in Colorado Springs for our first assignment after we graduated tech school. It's crazy how much has changed since we all met about 13 years ago. We've grown and so have our families: we have about 10 kids between us. We've all changed and became even better people.
So the Tim McGraw song? I don't hear it that often, but when I do, it makes me think of those girls and it always makes me smile.
(just ignore that girl off to the left and the one in the middle- those are the unnamed roommates)
Look at how young and very......blue we were.
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