Staying in the 1980s for another post, how much can I recall about my life in 1989? I've written about a lot of this before, but it's good to have it all in one place. For me, the biggest deal about 1989 was that it was the first full year of my life out of school. My daughter is currently in this year of her life, and yeah, it's filled with uncertainty but it was a lot of fun, too. There is this feeling at this time that you have the whole world to yourself. You can do as you wish. I worked two part-time jobs in 1989. I continued my part-time work as a sportswriter for the Niagara Gazette and I picked up another job to make ends meet working as a clerk at CVS. The CVS job was pretty boring. I'd come in early when the store opened and I can distinctly remember cleaning the windows on the doors that opened into the store thinking, "lordy, I have eight hours to go." I'd often stock shelves and I recall the smell of the tobacco aisle making me a little wo...
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