high school: part 1

Fall on 1999 I started public high school. I remember that day very clearly! I was walking to school with my neighbor, and as we were walking up the big hill I kept thing... oh my goodness, I'm actually going to be graded on everything I do... I'll have to do speeches in FRONT of people... what if I get lost in the building, don't fit in???? I wanted to turn around and run home. I didn't. (now. if you asked my mom about me and going to school in 1st grade, I ran home a lot as I was walking to the bus as she'd be on the front porch screaming for me to keep going, would miss the buss and she'd have to take me..lol)

I had done a practice walk through my classes with my parents, so I found my locker and first class okay. Hour 1: Spanish. I hated that class. That 1st day, Liz approached me. We became friends very quickly. She introduced me to many new people and I started to form a great group of friends. At this time I was also on the swim team with Beth. I HATED swimming, so I quit, yes, I am a quiter! As I developed more friends outside of sports, some of my previous friendships started to dissolve.

I met Nathan that 1st half of the school year. I was hanging out with some friends and they wanted me to prank call two guys they know. One was Nathan, and the other one Jesse.So, after the prank call, I told Nathan that I was the red head in the Spanish class. What I didn't realize at the time was that another red head sat right in front of him, so he still didn't "know" who I was one. The first time we actually met was at the auditions for a 3 act play. They didn't know my name at the time, so he ended up calling me "Orange girl". I guess that day I was wearing an orange shirt and my hair looked really orange! lol What I remember about his was that he was pretending to "wrestle" with a chair, and the chair was winning... and I actually laughed at!! why, I don't know.

We began developing a friendship during the play, and he and I ended up liking each other. We went on one outing together, family skate night with the church! lol fun stuff. However, I wasn't allowed to date until I was 16, and I was only 15 at the time, so Nathan respected that and we only became friends. He actually dated one of the girls in our group for 2 years during high school.

Anyways, that first year of high school I "attempted" the swim team, participated in Forensics's, was in a musical out at Memories for Christmas, where I sang my first sole, was in the 3 act play for school, got my driving temps, and started my first job at Dairy Queen. Despite all my reservations that 1st day of school, it became the best decision ever. I developed so many lasting friendships that year.

to be continued....