the past 20 years
You have to blame Jenni for this.
20 Years Ago
Um, I was 9. And I guess that means I was in 5th grade? And if that’s the case, I hated one of my teachers a lot, because she wouldn’t let me go to the middle school one day a week for my gifted class like I’d been doing for the past three years. My BFF was Angie and I probably spent every weekend at her house from Friday night until Sunday afternoon, because holy crap, there were a lot of places we had to ride to on bike. .
15 years ago
I was a freshman in high school. This time of the year, I was balancing marching band rehearsals and performances with basketball practice and games, and it was not working. I had a gigantic (possibly unhealthy) crush on my band teacher, and because of that, had just taken up my 3rd musical instrument. I’m pretty sure I still spent very weekend with my aforementioned BFF.
10 years ago
I’d already dropped out of one college (a private Methodist college) and reenrolled in another (a local community college). I was working my way up to assistant manager at Mazzio’s Pizza and probably also working part-time at Taco Bell. I took a lot of road trips by myself making an effort to somewhat escape the town of 20,000 I’d always lived in. I drove to Kansas City a lot in my 2001 Grand Am to visit my 1 year old cousin.
