When I was nine years old (I think), we moved from Spring Valley to University City (both are located in San Diego County). At the time people thought my parents were crazy moving so far north, which is hilarious to think about now.
Nowadays University City (UC) is part of The Golden Triangle, an overly-crowded residential and commercial hub. It also happens to be where the San Diego LDS Temple is located. The Golden Triangle is the area between three major freeways: The 5, 52 and 805 (see map below).
Back in the day, the area north of our house was mostly chaparral and 805 didn't exist yet. There were a couple of churches and a couple of schools, La Jolla Country Day School (established in 1961) and UCSD (established in 1960). My dad worked at UCSD so it made sense to move there.
All of this came to mind when I was reminiscing about these gals (sisters), who I got to see while I was in San Diego.
My first memory of Cathy (on the left) was when I was riding my bike in my new neighborhood in UC. Cathy was riding her bike too. I remember us riding around each other, kind of checking each other out. Our first conversation went something like this (I'm pretty sure Cathy led out on all the questions because I was very shy AND the new kid):
Her: What's your name?
Me: Kathy (of course, you know that my real name is Eunice)
Her: That's my name too. How old are you?
Me: Nine.
Her: Me too. When's your birthday?
Me: July
Her: Mine too. Hey, and we both have blue eyes!
And that was the beginning of many years of good memories. I spent a lot of time at Cathy's house during my school years. Her family was like family to me. Cathy and I can go for years without seeing each other and we are able to pick up where we left off.
After Cathy was married and gone, I got to know Barbara better (on the right). She's my sister's age but later in life we talked about being teachers and we commiserated over being single. I'm happy to report that both of us got married and that Barbara has two cute boys. Anyway, there are lots of memories to share about these two and their family but I'll save that for another time.
Nowadays University City (UC) is part of The Golden Triangle, an overly-crowded residential and commercial hub. It also happens to be where the San Diego LDS Temple is located. The Golden Triangle is the area between three major freeways: The 5, 52 and 805 (see map below).
Back in the day, the area north of our house was mostly chaparral and 805 didn't exist yet. There were a couple of churches and a couple of schools, La Jolla Country Day School (established in 1961) and UCSD (established in 1960). My dad worked at UCSD so it made sense to move there.
The A shows the location of our UC house.
All of this came to mind when I was reminiscing about these gals (sisters), who I got to see while I was in San Diego.
My first memory of Cathy (on the left) was when I was riding my bike in my new neighborhood in UC. Cathy was riding her bike too. I remember us riding around each other, kind of checking each other out. Our first conversation went something like this (I'm pretty sure Cathy led out on all the questions because I was very shy AND the new kid):
Her: What's your name?
Me: Kathy (of course, you know that my real name is Eunice)
Her: That's my name too. How old are you?
Me: Nine.
Her: Me too. When's your birthday?
Me: July
Her: Mine too. Hey, and we both have blue eyes!
And that was the beginning of many years of good memories. I spent a lot of time at Cathy's house during my school years. Her family was like family to me. Cathy and I can go for years without seeing each other and we are able to pick up where we left off.
After Cathy was married and gone, I got to know Barbara better (on the right). She's my sister's age but later in life we talked about being teachers and we commiserated over being single. I'm happy to report that both of us got married and that Barbara has two cute boys. Anyway, there are lots of memories to share about these two and their family but I'll save that for another time.
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