Hat Head Memories

So at the momento everything is dark and smokey from Icelandic volcanic ash! No, not really, nothing is different here EXCEPT that there is not a cloud in the sky. Not a single trace of white can be observed. For the first and possibly the last time I looked up into the Offenbach sky and saw not a single plane. This is major. See, Offenbach is neighbours with Frankfurt and Frankfurt has an airport which is known to be the busiest in Germany, it's the "Gateway to Europe", and most of the flights go straight over little Offenbach. So as you can imagine the sky is always covered with planes (a plane lands every 60 seconds at the airport btw) but today it was like I was in Kempsey again. Sigh. However this isn't the topic of my post. I came across this clip on Youtube. Observe.

Oh man. Instantly all the Hat Head parties came rushing into my mind. I reckon we danced to about 95% of these songs between Brown Eyed girl, TNT and Khe Sanh. Such memories. Going for walks to the beach through the bush, playing on the park then being told to go away by the "security", the running so fast down the main road and Kizza or Calebs (can't remember) sunnies for the night getting run over by the police car. Sleeping under a pillow case, thanks Jono. The triangle house. The fire brigade coming to tell us to put out the fire we used to burn our school books. Serious conversations on the beach with Bryce. Chips from the first shop. Changing songs on itunes on Jono's laptop with his iPhone, so fun! Getting sand in my stockings. Cheri shots! The fool proof evacuation procedure of waking up packing everything in the car, then waking up kiz and driving back to our beds in kmc asap. Falling asleep on the back patio because no one in my family would wake up to let me in. And of course a very special mention to Bryces party where Kiz and I danced the night away in that shed with those killer dance moves and mine and sal's cocktails. Good times.