A long-held wish

I really appreciate the birthday wishes, birthday gifts, and my adorable Her Majesty's Dog birthday fic from untrue_accounts and "manga fowl of DOOM" icon from oyceter. Thank you all very much!

I had a lovely birthday yesterday, culminating in my parents taking me out for lobster. Yes, at that same restaurant, with our $75 gift certificate. I informed the waiter that it was my birthday, so he brought me a free mud pie (mocha ice cream in an oreo crust heaped with whipped cream.)

My step-Mom reminisced that when I was a teenager, I was always pestering them to take me out for lobster, and they could never afford to. Dad added that when I was a child, I always pestered him for lobster, which wasn't available in Ahmednagar and which they couldn't afford when we lived in LA. (I know they did manage to scrape together the money occasionally, though, because I vividly recall the few occasions when I got it.)

It's great to be an adult and be able to indulge those childhood fantasies which you can still appreciate. (I would not get such a thrill over Jello now, though I loved it as a child.) For me, lobster, and college, and publishing a book, and living by myself with two cats and a whole lot of books are the fantasies which most lived up to my childhood imaginings.

What childhood fantasies and treats did you grow out of? Which ones were just as good when you finally obtained them as an adult?

The lobster, a live two-pounder flown in from Maine, boiled plain and served with melted butter, was delicious.

A long-held wish

I really appreciate the birthday wishes, birthday gifts, and my adorable Her Majesty's Dog birthday fic from untrue_accounts and "manga fowl of DOOM" icon from oyceter. Thank you all very much!

I had a lovely birthday yesterday, culminating in my parents taking me out for lobster. Yes, at that same restaurant, with our $75 gift certificate. I informed the waiter that it was my birthday, so he brought me a free mud pie (mocha ice cream in an oreo crust heaped with whipped cream.)

My step-Mom reminisced that when I was a teenager, I was always pestering them to take me out for lobster, and they could never afford to. Dad added that when I was a child, I always pestered him for lobster, which wasn't available in Ahmednagar and which they couldn't afford when we lived in LA. (I know they did manage to scrape together the money occasionally, though, because I vividly recall the few occasions when I got it.)

It's great to be an adult and be able to indulge those childhood fantasies which you can still appreciate. (I would not get such a thrill over Jello now, though I loved it as a child.) For me, lobster, and college, and publishing a book, and living by myself with two cats and a whole lot of books are the fantasies which most lived up to my childhood imaginings.

What childhood fantasies and treats did you grow out of? Which ones were just as good when you finally obtained them as an adult?

The lobster, a live two-pounder flown in from Maine, boiled plain and served with melted butter, was delicious.