10 Years Ago....

My ten year high school reunion was this past weekend. I only went to the tour of the school and that was only because two of my best friends made me. I was a little curious to see the school after all these years but now I'm regretting going. They have changed so much in the last decade that there wasn't really anything there that reminded me of my high school experience. Even my old locker was gone. Everything except the cafeteria seemed different. Oh well...time marches on.

I didn't go to the actual reunion for a number of reasons. Number one on that list was they were charging people 25 dollars per person to get in and eat. Normally that wouldn't be a big deal, but it's a restaurant I've never been too, I don't like most of the people and I would have had to drive almost 50 miles to get there one way. I'm not going to waste the gas for something like that. Sorry! Number two, I hate things like that. People always act like they are happy to see you, they tell you how great  you look even if you look terrible and then they go back to their friends and talk about you behind your back. Pretty much the same as high school. LOL  Any other reasons I have are probably petty and immature but you know what? I hated most of high school. I had a few good friends and I had a few fun times but for the most part all high school was was a waiting period. You are old enough to know what you want but too young to actually get there without help. You are just waiting to start your adult life and get out of that hell hole. So why go back and revisit purgatory? 

And that's exactly what high school is, purgatory. Junior high was hell, there really is no other way to put it. It's that time when your body and mind are going thru so many changes you are desperately trying to keep up. But then hopefully, by the time you make it to high school you aren't quite so emotional, have at least one best friend and you know where you fit in the grand scheme of the school experience. So you put your head down, get the work done and basically just survive purgatory and graduate. Then it's like those pearly gates open up and you realize "Damn! I'm free!! I'm 18, I can get a job, move away from Mom and Dad and never look back at this hell hole again!" At least that's how I felt about it.

So when the idea of my 10 year reunion came up I was about 90% sure I wanted nothing to do with it. Then when I saw the people who were organizing the event I was 100% sure I wanted nothing to do with it. Didn't like them then, don't like them now. Call me a snob but I think I've earned the right to return the attitude I was given back in the day. I don't always believe in forgiving and forgetting. I have an excellent memory when it comes to remembering how my friends and myself were treated. I may forget names, but I remember faces. And it's not hard to remember four years of being looked down on by certain people. And it is nice to see that their lives didn't all turn out to be perfect either.

So what's changed with me in 10 years? I graduated high school, had my daughter a few months later. Two weeks after that I started college and graduated four years later. I got married five months after that and had my son almost exactly 9 months after the wedding. LOL I've been busy and happy. During those last ten years there have been a few people I wondered about and I've actually become better friends with some people from school. Two of my best friends now went to high school with me. But at the time we weren't really close, we had classes together and talked but never really hung out. Now we get together when we can and it's awesome. So I would say life is better now then it was then and I am really grateful for that.

So they can keep their reunions. I don't need to revisit the past to know how good I've got it now.

R. Lee Ermy at Wally World!

So yesterday me and my family got to meet R. Lee Ermy at Walmart of all places. It was crazy! Of course we had to wait for two hours just to get some photos and autographs but he was so nice and even explained to use where the term "jackwagon" came from. My son loves the commercial he does where he's a therapist and calls the guy a jackwagon. LOL He signed pictures for all of us and my friend Natalie was awesome enough to take that picture so we could all be in the photo. He even signed my daughter's hat for her.

I am aware that some of you don't know who he is. He did the Gieco commercial, he did the voice for the little green soldier dude in Toy Story, and he was in Full Metal Jacket. I have not seen that movie but from what I understand I must watch it. He was also in Saving Silverman. Now that was a funny  movie. LOL So yeah, if you haven't seen any of those movies just look him up on youtube. You'll see who he is.

Not much else to talk about right now. Still getting ready for Halloween and enjoying the cooler temps. Even though today is supposed to get up to 89 which is way too hot for this time of year. I hate it. I want it to be cold. LOL
Well I gotta go find out what I'm going to make for dinner. I hope you all have a fantastic rest of your weekend.

Adventures at Goodwill!

Holy guacamole! Look at the shoes I found at Goodwill! 4 bucks! Just 4 bucks. Can you believe it! I have no idea where or when I will wear these shoes but I love them. I have wanted some leopard print shoes for a couple of years now but they usually cost a lot of money so I waited. I'm so glad I did. I can't believe I found these.

The original plan was to go looking for pants for the kids, they seem to have grown five inches in the past two months. I got my daughter some skinny  jeans, even though I hate them, but she likes them. They fit perfectly and were only 3 bucks a piece. She seems excited anyway. I got my son some awesome corduroy pants and some camo cargo pants. I will have to hem his pants but that's an easy fix. Much less expensive then buying them new. And no one will know the difference. I hate buying new clothes when kids are growing so much. Seriously, why pay more then 3 bucks for pants when in just a few short months they will have outgrown them and they are still practically new? 

Both of them are going through some sort of growth spurt. It's driving me nutty. I can't keep my daughter in decent pants at all. She outgrows jeans like she's growing an inch every night.

Well I must get off of here and get dinner going. I just thought I'd share my score at the Goodwill store. And rant a little about how fast kids grow. They really should invent clothes that grow with your kids. LOL

Later gators. :)