Alexander+M.

Thanksgiving is a time of giving, a time of happiness, a time of family and laughter. For Susie and Dave Marschka, it was a Thanksgiving they would never forget. Alexander David Marschka, the only son of Susie and Dave, was due on January 16th, 1990. It wasn’t until Susie felt pain while eating her Thanksgiving dinner that she knew her dessert would not be as pleasant as expected. Two days, 8 hours in labor, and a C-Section later Alex was born on November 25th, 1989.

There was something special about Alex, but no one could tell just yet. Was it the fact that his father Dave could hold him in the palm of his hand when he was born? Or the fact that he flipped in his mother’s stomach and survived 2 months premature. Two weeks later they brought their son home, after enough incubation and nursing to last a lifetime. While they were going home, Dave turned up the radio to hear Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson. After realizing he doesn't (didn't) like this song to (too) much, he changes (changed) the station to hear Love Shack by the B-52's.



Susie smiles,(run-on sentence) as she listens she realizes Alex can finally sleep in his own crib and wake up to a room not filled with doctors and nurses, and beeps and needles. After almost a month of worry, the three are very happy and excited to go home.

Pulling out front of their row home in his 1989 Dodge Caravan, which was a very popular car at the time, on Prospect Street they stare in disbelief as they realize they live in this bad part of town. Even though it may not be the most glamorous place in the world, it was home, and they had to appreciate it. They were only living here because there (their) new house was currently being built over on Koser Rd. This plan later got botched up and the Marschkas ended up living on Blossom Hill Drive when little Alex was 6 months old.

As they walk in the house, and turn on the lights, and set there (their) things down, Alex starts to cry. As they comfort and aide Alex and get him to sleep, the Marschkas turn on the TV. The show "Who's the Boss?" comes on, which isn't very good, so they change it to Wonder Years. media type="youtube" key="n9PqZkVCUAs&rel=1" height="355" width="425" media type="youtube" key="-CZRudxD-NQ&rel=1" height="355" width="425" They eventually flip to the news where they learn a lot about the current events of the year 1989. News coverage continues for the fall of the [|Berlin Wall] which happened 13 days prior to the birth of Alex. They hear about the oil tanker named Vasquez (Valdez), that spilled over 11 million gallons of [|oil] along the Alaskan coastline. The Tiananmem Square fight finally ended, resulting in a killing of mass amounts of people by the police.

Sports were big in 1989 as well. San Francisco (49ers) had a huge victory over the Denver Broncos, at 55-10. This was also the year famed quarterback Joe Montana won MVP of the year. Because he plays for San Francisco, and had a huge win at the superbowl, Mr. Marschka was very happy that Joe won this award. Mr. Marschka says that he watched this game with a lot of friends that night and I would've had fun if I had been born yet (in time). Mr. Marschka also attended the Rose Bowl with USC and Michigan battling it out. He was tickled to death when he saw the scoreboard after the last touchdown of the game, which was by USC making the score 17-10.

Mr. Marschka then tried to take his son out to the movies to see Lethal Weapon 2. Mrs. Marschka quickly stifled this excitement because obviously little Alex was way to (too) young. "But Susie, this is the most popular movie out! It's either that or Little Mermaid, come on we have to start his manhood somewhere!" But sadly Mr. Marschka did realize that Alex was indeed to (too) young, and said "I'll wait until next year." He also would've gone to see National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, which also came out that year and was supposedly really entertaining. He did in fact buy 'Uncle Buck' on Laser Disc, which was a good idea he thought, until his player failed, and he finally broke down and got a normal VHS player. Batman grossed over $250 Million this year as well, causing 1989 to be a huge year in movie land. The movie industry grossed over $6 Billion dollars this year.

Man, Alex sure had the life, the only child between two happily married people with all of there (their) attention on him. Anything he wanted, he got, and usually he didn't have to cry, (run-on sentence) they just knew, (run-on sentence) how awesome is that? Alex should have thought to himself, "Enjoy 1989 while you can, because in a few years you'll be sharing the house with two other twin sisters." Alex enjoyed the first year of his life,(run-on sentence) the world seemed under control,(run-on sentence) he had all the toys he could ever want, a Dad to take him to see all the Rated-R movies as an infant (not really), all the best tunes, good football to watch, big name players winning big name awards. This sure was a good year, (run-on sentence) hopefully next year is just as good!



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