{"id":388,"date":"2011-06-07T13:11:36","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T17:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/?page_id=388"},"modified":"2025-04-26T11:29:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T15:29:51","slug":"chapter-18-fun-summer-of-dating","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/?page_id=388","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 18: Fun Summer of Dating"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>To Niagara Falls<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2231\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2231\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2231\" title=\"Scott\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/scott-jennings-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"Scott\" width=\"400\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/scott-jennings-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/scott-jennings.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scott<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Once word of the breakup got out, I almost immediately got a call from Scott J.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He was a cute guy I\u2019d known for a few years, and who was on the wrestling team.<\/p>\n<p>With deadweight Mike now a non-issue, I was free to play the field (and I did just that until I became serious with my fianc\u00e9 in college).<\/p>\n<p>The school year ended, and Scott and I began hanging out and going swimming at his house. He was a really nice guy, and came to my mother\u2019s birthday party later that summer, in August. He also came down the shore with us, and my cousins thought he was cute. <em>Eye of the Tiger<\/em> by Survivor reminds me of Scott, who let me wear his sterling arrowhead pendant.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9464 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\" alt=\"musicnotes-tiny\" width=\"50\" height=\"61\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Holiday Road<br \/>\n<\/strong>Lindsey Buckingham<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"mbmaplayer_1375808729235\" class=\"{skin:'black', animate:false, width:'80', volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}\" href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Lindsey-Buckingham-Holiday-Road.mp3\">Lindsey Buckingham &#8211; Holiday Road<\/a><textarea class=\"map_params\" style=\"display: block; padding: 3px; background: #444; color: #fff; text-decoration: none;\" disabled=\"disabled\">map :: {skin:&#8217;black&#8217;, animate:false, width:&#8217;80&#8217;, volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}<\/textarea><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-712\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-712\" title=\"Seneca Lodge\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/seneca-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Seneca Lodge, Watkins Glen NY\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/seneca-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/seneca.jpg 459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seneca Lodge, Watkins Glen NY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Steven had to attend summer school that year, so Aunt Marietta came to stay at our house for a week while Mom, Dad and I took a trip to Niagara Falls, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>What a fun trip that was! It was reminiscent of the 1971 drive to Miami (in the &#8217;66 Caddy Sedan DeVille), when I was 4, just us three. And we had a <strong><em>BALL<\/em><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mom liked the song <em>Abracadabra<\/em> by the Steve Miller Band and it played a lot on the radio. She and I danced to it in the motel room.<\/p>\n<p>There was no carsickness, and Dad allowed me to steer for much of the drive, and I sat in the middle between them. It was so much fun \u2026 Mom and Dad were so cool, and full of so much life and adventure. Mom was experiencing a good phase, and wore a wig.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2232\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2232\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/mom-dad-watkins-glen-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"Mom and Dad at Watkins Glen\" width=\"400\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/mom-dad-watkins-glen-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/mom-dad-watkins-glen.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mom and Dad at Watkins Glen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The song <em>Hold Me<\/em> by Fleetwood Mac always reminds me of that trip and also dating Scott. Brings me right back to that northward road with the best couple of parents a girl ever could want, and wearing the pendant of a pretty cute guy.<\/p>\n<p>We visited West Point and stopped for a couple of days at Seneca Lodge near Watkins Glen State Park on the way up. We tried to swim at the hotel but the water was too cold.<\/p>\n<p>Amazingly, when we arrived, I heard the rat-a-tat-tat of a snare drum outside, and I saw this kid about my age out back (his folks lived nearby, I guess) playing a field snare. You want to see two kids hit it off quicker? He let me play the drum too. Very cool. Another guy who dignified my interest and developing skills.<\/p>\n<p>We also stayed at a <em>TraveLodge<\/em> in Utica, NY one night. There was a <strong>HUGE<\/strong> thunderstorm that I watched from the motel window, and I thought I saw lightning strike somewhere in the distance.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9464 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\" alt=\"musicnotes-tiny\" width=\"50\" height=\"61\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hold Me<br \/>\n<\/strong>Fleetwood Mac<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"mbmaplayer_1375808762037\" class=\"{skin:'black', animate:false, width:'80', volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}\" href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Fleetwood-Mac-Hold-Me.mp3\">Fleetwood Mac &#8211; Hold Me<\/a><textarea class=\"map_params\" style=\"display: block; padding: 3px; background: #444; color: #fff; text-decoration: none;\" disabled=\"disabled\">map :: {skin:&#8217;black&#8217;, animate:false, width:&#8217;80&#8217;, volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}<\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>We spent a day in Niagara Falls, admiring the millions of cascading gallons of water on the Canada side, contemplated renting a barrel, and donned hooded raincoats to \u201cgo under\u201d the Falls on a tour.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2233\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2233\" title=\"Niagara Falls, Canada\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/me-dad-niagara.jpg\" alt=\"Niagara Falls, Canada\" width=\"400\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/me-dad-niagara.jpg 500w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/me-dad-niagara-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Niagara Falls, Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the way back, we visited Mom\u2019s old nursing friend Judy M in Clinton Corners. She had been the catalyst for Mom\u2019s joining Christ Memorial Lutheran Church in 1976. Her daughter Nancy and I attended junior high and confirmation classes together.<\/p>\n<p>One last stop in the Newburgh, NY area found us at Dad\u2019s old friend Dolly\u2019s house for an afternoon. Dolly and Fred had attended Mom&#8217;s nursing school graduation party in 1977 and brought us kids the giant Sugar Daddies.<\/p>\n<p>Well, Fred was a professional jazz drummer, so guess where I spent my visit? Downstairs in their rec room\/drum studio. Fred also gave me a pair of marching sticks, which I still have.<\/p>\n<p>We remained in touch, though sadly, Fred passed away in July 2013. By 2024, Dolly was too infirm to take phone calls anymore. I sadly realized that we&#8217;d lost touch. God bless them both in Heaven.<\/p>\n<h3>Playing the Field<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9464 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\" alt=\"musicnotes-tiny\" width=\"50\" height=\"61\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your Imagination<br \/>\n<\/strong>Hall &amp; Oates<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"mbmaplayer_1375808784028\" class=\"{skin:'black', animate:false, width:'120', volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}\" href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hall-Oates-Your-Imagination.mp3\">Hall &amp; Oates &#8211; Your Imagination<\/a><textarea class=\"map_params\" style=\"display: block; padding: 3px; background: #444; color: #fff; text-decoration: none;\" disabled=\"disabled\">map :: {skin:&#8217;black&#8217;, animate:false, width:&#8217;120&#8242;, volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}<\/textarea><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2234\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2234\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2234\" title=\"Mona, the Cosmetologist\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/mona-cuts-stevehair-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mona, the Cosmetologist\" width=\"400\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/mona-cuts-stevehair-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/mona-cuts-stevehair.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mona, the Cosmetologist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>1982 was a really fun summer.<\/p>\n<p>My 23-year-old cousin Mona, Dad\u2019s sister Dolores\u2019 younger daughter, came to stay with us for an indefinite period of time. This was to escape the Newark party environment and some bad relationships.<\/p>\n<p>Our family room downstairs, with its captain\u2019s bed that doubled as a sofa, became her \u201cbedroom\u201d, and she claimed the half-bath as her own.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, I had an \u201colder sister\u201d living with us and we immediately became close in each other\u2019s lives; mine being the typical suburban high schooler\u2019s and hers the worldly, city-upbringing with experience with men, and the drug scene she desperately needed to flee.<\/p>\n<p>Songs from the summer of \u201982 include <em>Your Imagination<\/em> by Hall and Oates, <em>Nice Girls<\/em> by Eye to Eye, <em>Route 101<\/em> by Herb Alpert, <em>You Can Do Magic<\/em> by America, and <em>Forget Me Nots<\/em> by Patrice Rushen.<\/p>\n<p>I saw Mike at the summer music program at the high school, and he was very warm and friendly. I know he saw the pendant. I remained reserved and cool.<\/p>\n<p>Scott and I had dated about two months before it was time to move on. Mona thought he was cute.<\/p>\n<p>For the rest of the summer, I went out on a few dates with some guys I knew; one time I went to Seaside with John P, a 6\u2019 4\u201d trumpet player who had just graduated that summer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_584\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-584\" style=\"width: 325px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-584\" title=\"Jerry Garcia Band 1982\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/jerry-garcia-1982-300x294.jpg\" alt=\"Jerry Garcia Band\" width=\"325\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/jerry-garcia-1982-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/jerry-garcia-1982.jpg 578w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerry Garcia Band<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mike S (of ASTA fame) took me to a movie, <em>Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan<\/em> one night. The movie wasn\u2019t my cup of tea, but he was nice enough. We had a goodnight kiss when he dropped me off.<\/p>\n<p>I also went out with Tom R, a year older than me from my Biology class the previous term. He took me to a Jerry Garcia concert at the Rutgers Athletic Center with his friend Marty.<\/p>\n<p>Among the trippy clouds and crowds of Deadheads, I believe I was arguably the only sober soul in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Another time I went to Sandy Hook down the shore with Eric S, the older brother of a friend at church. In my one-piece tank, I was interviewed for a local newscast for my opinion on their establishing a nude beach there.<\/p>\n<table class=\"floatleft\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"60\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-9464 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\" alt=\"musicnotes-tiny\" width=\"50\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"414\"><strong>Nice Girls<br \/>\n<\/strong>Eye To Eye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a id=\"mbmaplayer_1375886788807\" class=\"{skin:'black', animate:false, width:'120', volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}\" href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Eye-to-Eye-Nice-Girls.mp3\">Eye to Eye &#8211; Nice Girls<\/a><textarea class=\"map_params\" style=\"display: block; padding: 3px; background: #444; color: #fff; text-decoration: none;\" disabled=\"disabled\">map :: {skin:&#8217;black&#8217;, animate:false, width:&#8217;120&#8242;, volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}<\/textarea><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16074\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16074\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16074\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mom-me-1982-237x300.png\" alt=\"Mom and me, 1982\" width=\"400\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mom-me-1982-237x300.png 237w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mom-me-1982-474x600.png 474w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mom-me-1982.png 577w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mom and me (wearing my Jerry Garcia concert shirt), 1982<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My comment was \u201cNo place is right for a nude beach \u2026 why do you think God made bathing suits?\u201d We watched the news that night to catch the clip. Eric and I were together a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n<p>I also met a guy named Rob at Grande Pizzarama on Route 18 (owned by Mona&#8217;s eventual in-laws; formerly A&amp;S Pizza). He invited me to his swimming pool a couple of times. Todd Rundgren\u2019s <em>Bang On the Drum All Day<\/em> (by then my theme song) was popular and we used to try to work out the chords on the piano. He played guitar too.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6930\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6930 size-large\" title=\"Thriller\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/thriller.jpg\" alt=\"Thriller\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\" data-temp-aztec-id=\"1a172d05-39ee-4501-97ee-4ee1ab4d0d4f\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/thriller.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/thriller-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Released November 30, 1982<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As I became a regular member of the dating scene, my pipe dreams of M. permanently evaporated.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, it became rather easy to make small talk with him at church, and I found that he was really a shy guy and very sincere. It was good to move beyond the old junior-high angst of intimidation and humiliation.<\/p>\n<p>One day when we were visiting Uncle Johnny and Aunt Maryann in Fairfield, I met a guy named Tom D who was friends with my cousin John. Tom also drove a 1975 Cadillac Coupe DeVille, a chick magnet as I saw it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9464 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\" alt=\"musicnotes-tiny\" width=\"50\" height=\"61\" \/><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Situation<br \/>\n<\/strong>Yaz<br \/>\n<a id=\"mbmaplayer_1375808846936\" class=\"{skin:'black', animate:false, width:'120', volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}\" href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Yaz-Situation.mp3\">Yaz &#8211; Situation<\/a><textarea class=\"map_params\" style=\"display: block; padding: 3px; background: #444; color: #fff; text-decoration: none;\" disabled=\"disabled\">map :: {skin:&#8217;black&#8217;, animate:false, width:&#8217;120&#8242;, volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}<\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>Tom was also cute in that dark, smoldering Italian way and we hung out, taking some rides in his car. He played <em>Situation<\/em> by Yaz on the tape deck and we did some making out. The only drawback was that he was a smoker, but &#8230; dang, the guy was fine.<\/p>\n<p>I spent the first week of August at ASTA again, this time a seasoned conference member and having every bit as much fun as the previous year, only now I was free to ogle every cute guy in Glassboro.<\/p>\n<p>The talented S. brothers, Joe, Mike (whom I\u2019d dated earlier that summer) and Larry, were in college and participating as counselors.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Chapter 19: Finally A Drummer!\" href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/?page_id=401\">Chapter 19: Finally A Drummer!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Return to Memoirs\" href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/?page_id=4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13050\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/drum-avatar-thumbnail-sm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Return to Memoirs\" href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/?page_id=13681\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Return to Chapters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To Niagara Falls Once word of the breakup got out, I almost immediately got a call from Scott J. He was a cute guy I\u2019d known for a few years, and who was on the wrestling team. With deadweight Mike now a non-issue, I was free to play the field (and I did just that &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/?page_id=388\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chapter 18: Fun Summer of Dating&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14246,"parent":4,"menu_order":19,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-388","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=388"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17852,"href":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/388\/revisions\/17852"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}