One of my "little" cousins turned 16 this summer, got her own (clunker) car, and is driving. I of course learned about most of this through facebook because my "little" cousin knows how to use the Internet... and other grown-up things. But she's not little - she's 16. Oh man, when I was 16...
This weekend is my 5-year high school reunion. I'm definitely going - and I'm excited to. Part of me just can't believe that I've been out of AHA for 5 years. I mean, it doesn't feel like it happened yesterday or anything, but while I was there, I thought that it was the central most part of my life and pretty much always would be. I thought it was the time when I was 'growing' into the person I'd be forever. Looking back now though, I realize that I have grown so much more in these last 5 years than ever before. But that doesn't mean high school didn't have any effect on me: it gave me the knowledgeable and confident base that I needed to even go to college in the first place. So now I'm wondering if this has happened to everyone else from my high school or if everyone will be exactly as I remember them (which is only in a good way). I know some people stayed close to all of their high school friends and some lost touch. I think I fall in the middle - well with facebook, Myspace and Twitter (where I've recently reconnected with someone from high school - shoutout!) it's impossible to completely lose touch, unless of course it's intentional. But since high school graduation and going away to college, I've noticed that coming home to my friends has changed almost every time I've done so. I find myself going out with and seeing people who I wasn't that close to in high school - and having a BLAST! Overall I think that I've changed - I'm less shy, more talkative and I don't like to be awkward or rude (not that I was before, I'm just more conscious of it...). It's so easy to be nice, why wear yourself out by avoiding people and 'uncomfortable' situations? Chances are it's you who's making it uncomfortable...
Well anyway I'm so pumped for this weekend. I know it's going to be awesome and a total trip down memory lane. Not to mention, Minneapolis is one of my favorite places on the planet and any chance I get to live it up in my fabulous city, I'll take it! AHA Class of '04!!!! Na na na na na...
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I'll confess now that high school was so awkward and intense -- it kind of sucked most of the time. But I agree that five years is a long time and I do think that people have changed. Or maybe not changed so much as grown into the people they were secretly planning on becoming back then. I do think it'll be fun though, see you there!
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