16 December 2006

Back in the day

Meme stolen from Jess.

20 years ago, I was:
  • hating my kindergarten teacher for playing a joke on me in front of the whole class
  • chilling on our old orange and brown plaid couch with the stuffing coming out of the top, watching Nickelodeon
  • begging my mom to please, please, please let me take violin lessons
15 years ago, I was:
  • the sound tech-type person for a guest speaker/school play (the other gifted-and-talented kids got to be in the play; I was backstage)
  • playing "Press Your Luck" with Lauren, Mike and Jonathan at lunch
  • cracking my friends up, doing impressions of our teacher
10 years ago, I was:
  • crushing madly on a boy from church
  • pleading with my friends who had cars to give me rides to and from orchestra
  • spending weekends cruising up and down Transit Road, hitting up the bulk foods section at Wegman's and hanging out at Denny's

5 years ago, I was:
  • thinking about going abroad for the first time ever, on a 5-week summer program
  • 'working' at the Math and German Workshops, getting pizza delivered to Hollenbeck Hall
  • spending Thursday nights at Heather, Molly, Jessie and Nick's house, watching 'ER' and griping about those stupid education classes

1 year ago, I was:
  • being run ragged by kindergarteners
  • pretty much hating my job
  • feeling lonely in a new city and still figuring everything out
Yesterday, I was:
  • being run ragged by first-graders
  • teaching Irish dance
  • taking part in a 'holiday sweater pub crawl', which turned more into hanging out with a few folks at one bar and losing the rest of the pub crawlers

Wow, three bullet points every five years really do summarize my life.

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