Remember When...

One of the activities during my TWO weeks off of work so far has been watching movies... lots of movies.  It's one of my favorite things to do.  Anyway, one of the movies was "Now and Then."  I've seen it before of course, but today it got me thinking of all the fun things I used to do when I was a kid, and how priorities have changed over the years.

Grade school consisted of countless sleepovers with friends - playing light as a feather, stiff as a board.  Riding your bike everywhere, playing hide and seek, staying close to home.  Life before cell phones *gasp*.  Having a new best friend every other week.

In junior high and high school it gradually switched to boys.  I settled in with a group of friends who shared interests and classes.  Passing notes with gossip and dirty jokes on them.  I kept a ridiculous amount of them (see below).  Reading through them... it's amazing the stuff we wrote on a piece of paper and passed in the hallway... Hours spent talking on the phone (pre-texting - again, *gasp*).  More sleepovers, group dates, break-ups, first love, drama.

In college there were a number of memorable experiences.  "Sweet Ass Suitemates," living in the world's crappiest house... oh and getting a college education of course.  Seeing the dancing deer head in the back of a truck that we swore up and down was a real deer (in reality it was stupid college boys playing a prank), late night trips to Walmart, dancing in the street in a penguin costume, house parties and nights out (once I was 21 obviously)...

In adult life it's work, doing whatever I want, spending time with co-workers who became friends, catching up with the life-long friends kept from grade school, junior high, high school and college, spending time with the new friends I've met since.  Priorities have changed.  Life seems to get more serious with more responsibilities and bigger decisions... the upside?  I'm still having a pretty good time. =)