Nostalgia

So I am having a serious case of nostalgia. I have recently been trying to get in touch with some old friends from my past and I have actually been successful with two of the most important of them. I was talking to my first high school boyfriend, Buddy, last night and realized how much that first year of high school sucked. I was transferring to a new school and didn't really know anyone, and there were few outlets. I also began thinking about how caddy, petty, and downright mean high schoolers can be--myself included. My next thought was that well at least I'm out of there and never have to go back........rewind, I AM going back, because for some godforsaken reason I had the idiotic idea that teaching high school would be GREAT, FUN, EXCITING and now all I think it will be is SCARY, SHITTY, and FULL OF BRATTY KIDS DOPED UP ON HORMONES.

Anyway, back to nostalgia--a phrase I never thought I would say--
So catching up with old friends is really great. Dustin, Buddy's sister, is married now, which is bizarre to me because she was probably the most shy person I have ever met, and I cant even imagine her dating, but she seems really happy. Her brother is in the military, about to get married, and has a little girl. When you start going down nostalgia lane you (me)immediately revert back to that age for a bit. And my 15 year old self is freaking out about my friends being married with kids. It's weird to realize how much time has passed and all the things you may have missed concerning people you once knew everything about. Events and milestones have passed unmarked and there are so many little everyday things that are too numerous to remember let alone recount.

So yeah, I think that is about enough from me on this issue. It is always really great to catch up with people and we always say not to let so much time lapse before speaking again, but who's to say if that will be followed through with. I hope to keep in touch not only with my new long lost friends but all the ones I have slowly been neglecting due to my and their ever increasingly busy schedules.

Posted by Jess | Wednesday, November 09, 2005