I'm incredibly indecisive

So Megan did this top 50 thinger the other day and I've been dying to do it so I decided it would be a good way to wind me down for bed. Unfort I am the most indecisive person ever and could have made a list of 500 but these are the first 50 that came to mind. Crissy did this as well after me and inspired me to elaborate more on each of my top 50 so here goes:
50 times/memories I will never forget:
(in no order)
1. My first time on a plane (Skydiving in Duanesburg w/ Jumpin' Johnny, this crazy half nude hippie who looked EXACTLY like my father which was unsettling, especially when he was hitting on everyone in site including me and insisted on jumping tandem with me wearing nothing but short shorts. The absolute thrill of freefalling, then the excruciating pain in my groin and thighs from the straps pulling at me the long float down, and realizing when I landed that my pale skin cancer ass sunburns instantly when 12,000 feet closer to the sun. Whoops!)
2. Going to Disney World for the very 1st time after my freshman year of college. Roadtripping with my freshman year roommate, her family, and boyfriend. Her family being robbed at the Best Western in Georgia. Playing Risk EVERY night when we got back from the parks or other events. Meeting her Confederate family from Northern Florida. My first time on Rock'n'Rollercoaster, and loving it so much we went on 6 more times. The monsoon at Epcot before the light show which led everyone in the park to wade through knee deep water to their cars.)
3. Kristy calling to tell me Billy passed away, then staying up all night waiting for my 5am bus down to the city, the emotional car ride to Billy's house with my dad, going to the wake and seeing his family and Kristy completely broken, everyone wearing his clothes and jewelry, and playing his favorite music. Me crying so hard I couldn't breathe. Going back to his house and telling stories all night with his family. The funeral the next day which had the largest procession of people I've ever seen and thinking how impressed he would be.
4. Being late night hoodrats around my hometown with Christine, Kristy, Steff, & Caitlin. Walking to 7-11, Smithpoint Beach, sneaking out to smoke or hang out with boys, etc.
5. The night/morning my mom left in 4th grade. She went to bed with me wearing sneakers, snuck out in the middle of the night, and when my dad popped in and saw her missing he left. They were gone for hours and when she came back she was covered in bruises and he was holding her in front of us berating her and saying what a whore of a mother we had. My sister and him got into a horrible screaming war and I tried to hide in my room. Within 2 hours my aunt arrived and they packed up all her things in paper grocery bags and she was gone.
6. The crazy move to Oneonta my freshman year. My sister and I loaded up her car, and my dad loaded his and left after us. He's deaf and didn't have a cellphone so when he hadn't arrived 3 hours later we had no way of contacting him. While we were at dinner at Christopher's a gas station attendant called my sister's cell phone to say my dad had came in, his car was nearly totaled from hitting a deer and he was injured but adamant that he needed to keep driving to bring me my things. 3 more hours passed as we waited for him at the off-ramp for the highway and entrance to campus before we gave up, went back to the on-campus hotel where he had managed to sneak passed us and was at already. His chest was covered in scrapes which he refused to treat like a normal human being and used cologne to clean them with b/c it had alcohol in it. After an hour of arguing he let us take him to Walmart to get proper cleaning materials and bandages. The next morning he caused more stress than provided help moving in b/c he wouldn't let my sister and I carry anything heavier than a hanger at first, threw out his back carrying my fridge then spent the rest of the day stinking up my room b/c he won't wear deodorant, & laid on my bed.
7. Roey and Brian’s wedding. Brian saying the most touching vows that had everyone in the room in hysterics. Me crying so hard during my maid of honor speech that I could barely make words. Sitting with them opening envelopes after the wedding and realizing my Uncle Eddie wrote them a $25,000 check, and us all crying.
8. Halloween Weekend my Senior Year. Dressing up as Elizabeth with Andy being my Jack Sparrow for Night 1, where Perry my stalker who lived in the building dressed as a ninja and followed me around all night. Coming way to close to being caught with underage residents at 211 Main St by the police, then leaving and going to the crazy party MFD had. Eventually going to the bars and meeting up with David and Mary, during which Mary went up to RD Donna (aka piece of shit), not realizing it was her, and saying "Oh, you're a new RD? Do you know Donna, I hear she's awful!" haha. Night 2 out with Becky where I dressed as a cowgirl, started off at a Mask & Hammer theater party, then head to Kelly Huth's to party with my fav Golding people. Then went to the bars and bonded with Becky's ex-boyfriend I hated and danced on the tables with him haha. Night 3 (going out on the actual night of Halloween for the first time ever with Cassie), dressed as a sexy librarian and getting my very first Silver Bullet t-shirt!
9. Getting caught shoplifting when I was 13. Holly DeTrafford convinced me to steal a pair of jeans from Fashion Bug (I was very poor and my dad spent all our money on weed and food). I got away with it, but then felt so much guilt that I went back to return it and got caught. I'll never forget when the guard came up to me, my legs were complete jello. It was the day before my dad's b-day. What a happy birthday it was.... NOT.
10. My surprise 21st birthday party. There were MANY celebrations for my b-day, but the surprise party where 76 of my closest friends haha were in attendance sticks out the most. I thought I was just going over to Kelly's and she was making me b-day dinner, so I lallygagged all day hanging out with all the people who needed to get there which made it very hard for them to keep it a surprise. When I walked into Kelly's house and saw everyone I almost passed out and was shaking and crying. Amazingly I was the most sober one at the party. It was bananas, at one point Cait and I hugged and ended up on the floor in a pool of beer. Then the 21 year olds went to the bar and Cassie, Becky, and Teresa thought I was more drunk than I was and cut me off. I remember being very not happy about this. haha.
11. All the David Gray concerts I’ve attended (Bowery Ballroom, MSG, and Maine.) The concert in Portland, Maine was the most memorable, especially since we realized there was no security so we quickly moved from nose bleeds to 3rd row!!!!!!
12. The epic Sandstorm Dance Party and Spoon Fest with my jr. yr. Golding Staff in Teresa's room.
13. The 30 day detox I did with my sister before senior year of college. We ate nothing but raw vegetables and fruit for 30 days, each week focused on a different organ/system that required different flushes and elixirs that tasted like death. It was truly brutal at times, especially having to go to restaurants where everyone indulged in amazing cooked food. I couldn't have done it w/o Rosie, but am incredibly proud we did. Our first meal to break the detox was salad pizza, one of our favorite local delights!
14. Autumn Avenue’s big concert at Nazareth and the overwhelming pride I felt in them. They sold over $500 in merch, and had fanatical fans swarming them and talking about them like they were the Jonas Brothers, it was surreal and amazing!
15. The 3 major surgeries I had starting the summer going into grad school. First losing my appendix and left ovary and almost dieing in June due to malpractice, then having my jaw broken and reconstructed and enduring far more pain then necessary again due to malpractice in July, then realizing my years of being diagnosed with gastritis were misdiagnosed and I lost my gallbladder and suffered 2 series of pancreatitis from gallstone removal in February of my first year in grad school but Lisa and Jaci were amazing and forced me to go, and entertained me before at Fox Hospital before they rushed me off in an ambulance. If it wasn't for them forcing me to go I could have died. I spent almost a week at the hospital, my sister never left my side and my amazing friends visited constantly. One night I talked to Joe on the phone for almost 6 hours b/c I couldn't sleep, he's amazing and I will never forget that.
16. When Kayla used to say “Melmo”, and “Aww that’s cute”, and Fuzz said “rainbrella, beaufeu, and compudoo”. The first time Fuzz called me Kissy, and Kayla called me "Teen".
17. St Patrick’s Day my senior year of college. It was my first time going out on St Patty's Day so I wanted the whole experience. Cassie and I went out in the early morning, which was ridiculous, rainy, bars were crowded with people we didn't like, etc. so we gave up, went to visit friends on campus where this ridiculous kid walked in and tried to set up beer pong in the lounge, so we called UPD only to get an Irish officer who laughed it off and let the kid go free, eventually I went back out that night for round 2 with Sean, Andy, and Token, lost them, ended up at the Oak with Joe, Sexy Joe, and Mooko, blacked out, then apparently went to every bar in Oneonta, losing my phone, making out with Joe many times, scraping the side of my body falling down Golding Hill, then waking up as the unresponsive girl in the bathroom (of the floor I was an RA on no less), and seeing Officer Callahan outside the bathroom, pretending to be sober and going to bed praying I would wake up and still have a job and remember what happened to me. Then waking up the next day frantically trying to piece my life together, and awkwardly apologizing to the nighthost on duty for my behavior and telling my RD the whole truth.
18. The first Thanksgiving my sister and Brian made the year my mom left. We ate nothing but canned soup, spaghetti, and grilled cheese for months so Rosie and Brian spent the whole day preparing a feast. It was amazing and gave the illusion that we were still a family.
19. Staying up all night laughing, being ridiculous, and telling stories with friends (Growing up: Stephanie Quinn, Jason Russo, Steff DeGennaro, Christine Murphy, Kristy Souto, College: Becky, Keri, Cass, Joe, Dean, Megan, Eddie, Taryn, Nick, Kaila, Eva, etc)
20. When one of my residents attempted suicide in front of me and her boyfriend with pills and sharp objects my senior year.
21. My 20th B-Day when Amanda, Klipp, Hackford, and Joe stormed my room with a hamper full of balloons and presents, Klipp knocked Joe over into the water fountain, we put a bag of frozen broccoli on his head, then when he started being incoherent and eyes rolled to the back of his head so I called 911 and UPD frantically trying to get help which took way too long, HaRA (aka Fun Vacuum RA Lisa)came in and only made things worse and was arguing with me about wanting to escort Joe who hated her to the hospital, I yelled at her and forced her away, then grabbed Cassie to drive me down to the hospital. We sat in the waiting room for hours, during which one of my Orientation students came in with severe road rash b/c he skateboarded down the cowpath, we discovered a rancid random cup of yogurt with a metal spoon which we thought was the funniest thing ever for w/e reason, then Joe slept on my bed and I stayed up all night sitting in my doorway watching him and waking him every 30 minutes as directed b/c he had a concussion. At 6am our maintenance lady Judy came in and made me coffee.
22. LI nights growing up at Adventureland, Mini Golf, Diners, Go-Karts, and Port Jeff
23. When Tooker dressed up as Dean for his birthday my senior year, which was quite an effort that involved Nick breaking into Dean's room and stealing his green pants, hole filled shoes, and hoodie he wore every day, then borrowing Taryn's wig.
24. Long car-ride heart to hearts with Roey
25. Snow days spent creating obstacle courses and slopes in my yard as a kid, and spraining my ankle ALL the time
26. The few years Kristy lived with me and the turn I took for the worst as a result and became someone I wasn't to spite my father and rebel
27. The first time I took acid, driving around tripping out, waking up in Billy's room crying hysterically b/c the alarm went off, then having suicidal thoughts from the extreme low the whole next day.
28. Holidays at my grandparents growing up
29. Going on long walks around Lynbrook and Malverne with my mom
30. The traumatic month I attended Washington Street School in 4th grade during the custody battle where I was taunted for being the poor kid with fucked up teeth, tattered clothes, and a weird shaped face.
31. Being a guinea pig for ground rounds as a child after I was diagnosed with BCCNS
32. Visiting my mom in the psych ward for the first time at Mercy Hospital
33. My 5th grade graduation and being recognized for all my achievements despite what was going on in my life
34. Extra help shenanigans in junior high and high school and arguing with paraprofessionals
35. Staying up for days straight with Kristy playing Barbies, etc.
36. My first NEACURH conference at Northeastern my freshman year at Oneonta
37. Watching Roey and Dena cross the finish line at the 3 Day Walk for Breast Cancer and having "Blessed" by Ben Harper come on at that exact moment!
38. Pool parties as a kid
39. Walks around the marina and Mastic Beach with my dad
40. When I saw my dog kill one of my kittens right in front of me (not maliciously, in a Lenny from "Of Mice and Men" way)
41. Roadtrips with Becky (particularly the one in the blizzard when my dad followed us as if that would protect us from a car accident, then after Becky accidentally drove over the front end of a car my dad flagged us down, pulled it out, flipped out on us then turned around and we continued on haha)
42. The day I got my car and Mike Sperling a kid I went to HS with was one of the salesman at Toyota which was awkward!
43. Moving into Springville Mill Apts with Rita, her dad passing out on the floor snoring unbelievably loud, her mom trying to convert me to Catholicism, then going to the tenant BBQ after they all left and meeting a couple who gave us free wine
44. The day I got the phone call from Becky while we were in FL that she had been in a major car accident and nearly died right around the block from her house
45. Cassie’s speech at the Take Back the Night march our senior year and the incredible pride I felt for her courage!
46. Creative writing ALL the time as a kid, seriously I never stopped writing. I was also a spelling bee champion many times over.
47. Everything about Orientation the summer after my junior year, living with Cassie, weekend trips to OLs houses, etc
48. Late Night with Cousin Brucee on Saturdays with my dad, & doowop & car shows
49. Getting my RA letter, jumping up and down screaming in front of the cage, and then running around Hulbert Hall and campus telling everyone I knew
50. Going on single’s ad dates with my dad and as a result eating at virtually every diner on Long Island

We all need a reminder of how wonderful yet crazy life is every now and again.