Those oh so elusive "happy times" of High School

So, after writing my previous entry about the 9th grade me, I realized that not too many good things were included. My mission now is to recall some happy memories of high school (I'll cover my 3 years of HS in general, not just 9th grade). They don't come so easily to mind. In fact, I will probably have to resort to looking through old journal entries and photo albums. But here we go anyway.

The Calvert County Fair. Every year we got a Friday off in October to go to the county fair. This should tell you a lot about where I grew up (also, the county flag has a big ol' tobacco leaf on it, that should tell you even more). I loved going to the fair with my friends. I was never a roller coaster kind of girl - but fair rides were just for me. Just exciting enough but not too high or scary. Also, it was nice to experience the freedom of just walking around with a group of friends.

Walker Texas Ranger. This comes from my previous post. I hated the show, but my mom and I can still sing the theme song word for word and that makes me happy.

Mono. Maya got mono for two weeks toward the end of 9th grade. I remember hating the two weeks she missed of school, being thankful that it was only two weeks and not longer, and reuniting when she got better just in time for our birthday party (our birthdays are two weeks apart in April). We were so excited to see each other. We painted our nails and listened to music (which we spent a lot of our middle school years doing) and at some point Maya ended up wearing a bra on top of her shirt, a cape, and a lamp shade. I took pictures.

My truck. When I got my license I was kind of given my dad's old truck. It was a white chevy s10 and I loved that truck so much. It was eventually totaled, which is not in the least bit a happy memory - but getting the truck and my license was happy so there ya go.

Hangin' Around. We spent a lot of time at the Giles'. My church friends would all end up there on Saturday nights. We would eat and joke around and play games and watch movies. It was a lot of fun. The BEST times, though, were when the video camera came out. Mike and Matt would record the funniest things after everyone else was asleep. Such good times.

And I quote. I was pretty into the Simpsons and SNL (We're talking Spartans, Mango, Mary Catherine Gallager, etc.). Also Adam Sandler movies. I should probably put in here that I might best be described as a "guy's girl". I can hold my own with a group of guys and was quite often the only girl in the group of guys. This wasn't the "only girl in the group of guys because all the guys wanted to date her" kind of situation but rather the "only girl in the group of guys because she's funny, low maintenance, and knows other girls that we can date" kind of situation. Most of these guys were like brothers to me so I was fine with that in High School. I could, however, kill most of them when it came to quoting the Simpsons, SNL, and Billy Madison. Ben and I especially bonded over these things and will still mention quotes from back then that continue to make us laugh but no one else really gets.

Auntie Lindsey. My first nephew was born when I was 15. Noah was the cutest baby I had ever seen and I fell in love instantly. You all know how much I love being an aunt and all about the subsequent "cutest babies I have ever seen". Noah will be 10 in a little over a month and that just makes me feel old.

In a house by the sea. We spent one week every summer in Cape Cod. It was amazing. I am in love with the beach - this would be my yearly summer fling. Time spent with my family, sometimes Maya would come, sometimes my cousin Stephen would stay the week as well. I loved every trip we took there. Even that one time we were driving up in Daddy's Intrepid and the AC broke. Nothing like listening to the Buffy soundtrack with my Sissie.

Buffy. I just mentioned the Buffy soundtrack and thought, "I really loved this show." That's pretty much all for this one.

HFStival. My first concert was actually the Tibetan Freedom concert in middle school. A girl got struck by lightning around dusk and they called off the rest of the concert just before most of the good bands started to play. We saw DMB and Live and a whole bunch of other crappy bands we didn't care about. BUT, then there was the HFSTIVAL. This concert is now crap and the radio station is defunct, but it used to be amazing. So many bands in one place. If you can overlook the heavy drug and alcohol usage then there were plenty of good times to be had. Such stories to be told from going to this all day concert blow out! But that would take forever.

Okay...well, I think that's long enough. There's a glimpse into some of the happier memories. It was more difficult to write this post, probably because the other one had more to do with my actually personality traits as a high school student and because high school really sucked so there's a lot more material.