Ahhhh the holiday season--the time for lights, food, family, and giving, and for me, cleaning out my room after a semester of hard work and extracurricular projects. Now, cleaning my room is a bi-annual task that takes months and months of training, strategizing, and NUMEROUS trash bags. It is a battle that takes the eons (or maybe just 3 days) to win. Unlike most monotonous and drab clean up sessions, this one was different--I had stumbled upon a hidden gem in my room--legos. Just seeing the familiar sea of plastic made me reminisce about "the good old days". I imagined being picked up and thrown into a holiday galaxy far, far away (also known as my childhood)...
When I was 7, holidays at the Pandya household were a lot different--there would be lights outside the house, inside the house, and as far as the eye could see. Why, the lights were so bright (or so it seemed) it felt like it was constantly daytime! My sister would put up a Christmas tree every year and decorate it with all of our old school made ornaments. And of course this holiday was made possible and a bit more joyful (well maybe more than a bit) due to break starting and the stresses of schoolwork ending. I vividly remember the day break would start--the second I reached home, I would anxiously tear open my lego boxes, and my room was officially "Lego 24/7". My room was like a minefield (a minefield of legos, that is)--there would be my imagination immortalized in legos as far as the eye could see--dragons, quinta-engine spaceships, all terrain vehicles, and much much more.
Opening this box of legos and seeing the seas of color after all this time put a smile on my face and made me remember all the fun that I'd had as a little kid. The plethora of pieces threw me back to the constant sunlight and the dragons and minefields in my room--and though I enjoy what my holiday break has become, it was nice to be 7 again.
When I was 7, holidays at the Pandya household were a lot different--there would be lights outside the house, inside the house, and as far as the eye could see. Why, the lights were so bright (or so it seemed) it felt like it was constantly daytime! My sister would put up a Christmas tree every year and decorate it with all of our old school made ornaments. And of course this holiday was made possible and a bit more joyful (well maybe more than a bit) due to break starting and the stresses of schoolwork ending. I vividly remember the day break would start--the second I reached home, I would anxiously tear open my lego boxes, and my room was officially "Lego 24/7". My room was like a minefield (a minefield of legos, that is)--there would be my imagination immortalized in legos as far as the eye could see--dragons, quinta-engine spaceships, all terrain vehicles, and much much more.
Opening this box of legos and seeing the seas of color after all this time put a smile on my face and made me remember all the fun that I'd had as a little kid. The plethora of pieces threw me back to the constant sunlight and the dragons and minefields in my room--and though I enjoy what my holiday break has become, it was nice to be 7 again.
