An 80s Kind of Girl

A few weekends ago, we had a fair at Julia's elementary school. Each classroom was transformed into a themed activity. My sister and I worked one of rooms. Deanna was featuring feathers for all the girls. While she was clamping them in their hair, I was running the till. Bobby took Julia around to all the different rooms. They would stop in the feather room periodically, check in on us and give us updates on what they were doing. After they made it through all the rooms and filled her passport, they decided to stop back in some of her favorites. Business in the feather room slowed down for a bit, so I decided to look for them. I found them in the 80s room. Bobby was standing off on the side with the biggest grin on his face. Julia, the only child on the dance, floor was surrounded by three parents. The Bangles were blaring. To my knowledge she's never heard the song or seen the video, but Julia was walking like an Egyptian in a way in which even Susanna Hoff would be impressed. She looked like an 80s queen fully embracing the moment. One of the moms, my favorite Kate, said to me, "There's a 20 year old in there dying to get out."