So yes I know its been quite awhille and who would have thought that I would have been missed?!?! Seee I knew that as annoying as I may be I had some avid followers that would misss meeeee...soo thanks for all the check in emails/calls/texts and making sure I was alive (and for the record V you are IN TROUBLE!!!)...
And yes I do agree its been awhille, but since my last post on top of dealing with the emotions of everything, i was actually in the middle of packing and unpacking hell...YESSSSS peeopple it is correct, that this little lady has left the home nest and moved out all on my lone some :)
And I will admit that whille there were several tears in my eyes when my u-haul, my parents and my boys left my condo leaving me with second thoughts, after settling in I will firmly say that I AM IN LOVE WITH MY NEW PLACE in its entirity. And the love I can say comes from the fact that I got to decide what went in it...
Packing became sort of like this huge clensing exercise where I got to go through all the things in my room that had high school and university memories written all over them. Which of course included pieces of the good, the bad and the ugly. But I just thought that the trip down memory lane was sooo timely since my new obsession and probably the one thing that kept me distracted from packing was GLEEE!!!!
Everytime I watch the show, i wonder where the hell the idea of a Glee club was when I was in high school and if having a club where all the weird quarky people got together would have made a difference for me, when I was stuck in a place where nothing made much sense. Trying to fit a square into a circle can definately sum up my entire high school existance. I mean isn't all your trying to do as you grow up just fit in?? You wear the cool clothes that your friends do, listen to the same music and like the same things even boys. As I looked through old year books all I could think was, WHO THE HELL LET ME LEAVE THE HOUSE LOOKING LIKE THAT or WHY DIDNT ANYONE TELL ME THAT SHORT HAIR WAS NOT MENT FOR CHUBBY PEOPLE!!!!!...although I must admit that while I definately had my share of weird hair styles and clothes, they don't compare to some of the other styles I have seen people rock back in the day, lol (mhmm, long hair and spikey head bands DO NOT work on guys..lol).
None the less, this trip down memory lane definately made packing all that more interesting and left me wondering whether or not I had any regrets?!?! I mean were there things I wish I hadn't done or done ?? Of course...but as I continued to contemplate the idea of regret, I began to unpack the boxes and lay things out in my new condo. And in the midst of trying on clothes and doing the debate as to whether to keep them or not, this question came to my mind...
"Had I done anything differently, would I be where I am right now?"
And the answer is that there is a huge likelyhood that I wouldn't be...and for that small percentage of a possibility all the possible regrets left my mind. High school is all about making mistakes, much like each episode on glee spells out. So all the mistakes that I made were worth it becuase as much as I wish I could go back to the goood old times, life is pretty damn good right now and i am enjoying each new adventure..so why trade it? Or risk not being where I am now? Thoughts?!?!?!?
With that, I will leave you all with my top 10 high school memories, in no particular order (and likely the list is longer, but for the sake of your sanity I will leave it at 10)...ENJOOOY :)
1. Student Council elections that were filled of embarressing photo's, posters and campaign speeches. And while I spent the beginning of high school searching for the cool slogan to be used, I think I can say it was founnnnnd by the end:
" If youuuuu wannnna parrtyyy, then vottte for Arti, WOOOOOOOO"
2. Singing "Hey Mr. DJ" with Aliiicia just to get out of Science class early...clearrrly back then my science teacher didnt believe I was tone deaf and thought I sounded half decent...lol
3. The all-night conversations on ICQ, that introduced the idea of "boys" to my parents...lol..little did they know that through my new found male friendships they toooo would find best friends...lol.. exhibit 1 - Harry & Shakti, wldn't you agree Navin??
4. Being ridiculed as a "niner" by the OAC boys, who would later pick me up at night clubs and sware I was wifey material...TOOO BAD they got fat and grew pimples and I got skinnier and better looking...lol...
5. Falling in love with someone I believe to still be one of the most beautiful people I will ever know, lucky for me a bond that unique left me with a friendship that will last a lifetime :)
6. The Montreal grad trip....lol...CLEARLY the first night was the best and needless to say the name "so quick" will for ever stiiick...I think its when I finally became the circle that fit into a circle, if you know what i mean :P
7. Trying liquer for the first time, and having to do it all BY MYSELF in the student councel office as all my friends met in some park to share cooool drinks like rev as I set up for the dance...needless to say I wish I had drank rev instead of the shot bottles of JD :S
8. Weird high school teacher freak -outs :
a. Mr. Titus screaming that it was his birthday and we were all being assholes to him...lol
b. Mr. Tetzleff telling all the asian kids who wouldn't stop speaking in chinese to F Off...literally
9. Havin Brian Barker walk into random classes screaming out my nickkk nammmmme "RDDDDUUUUUUU" and realizing that the name would stick for life...lol.THANKS FRANCIE...LOL
10. Playing on the girls basketball team, even if it lasted what seemed like a minute, lol..I began to grow horizontally as everyone grew vertically..clearly I was going in the wrong direction, lol.
And thats that..there are definately more and i would be lying if I wasnt sitting at my computer giggling about the many more..all I can say is all the good are still around and their pieces of them all over my condo :)
Til next time, which will be soooooner, rather then later
-A
