Reminiscing about High School

I know high school was a tough time for most people, but I have to admit, high school was pretty fabulous for me.  Over the weekend, Hope and I went to see the remake of Footloose (it was actually pretty good!) and it got me really thinking about my high school days.  I made a list of things I really miss about high school.  I wonder if I knew then, what I know now, if I would have done things any differently?

Homemade Dinner, Every Night

Every night, I would come home from school and my mom would have dinner ready for my dad and me.  Over the past several years, I’ve really come to appreciate it when someone else cooks for me.  Cooking dinner after a long busy day is not always fun, I miss the days when I came home every day and it was already hot and ready!

Life w/o Technology

For those of you who knew me through my college days, I spent a lot of time dealing with rejection and heartache.  Looking back, I blame a lot of my long nights on technology.  In the movie He’s Just Not That Into You, Drew Barrymore points out that in today’s day and age, you can be rejected by about 27 different kinds of technology.  Not that I don’t love my smartphone and my facebook, but back in highschool, if a boy didn't call you, or you weren’t invited to a party, there wasn’t a way to stalk online and be hurt over and over again.

Short Pleated Skirts

Man do I love short pleated skirts! Unfortunately, I’m just too old for them. I have tried to wear one and I looked silly. Also I would like to lump Super Low Rise Jeans into this category.  I just look bad in them.  For the record, I used to look really cute in both items.

Field Hockey

I miss being able to have designated time for organized sports.  Instead of having exercise or sports as a part of my regular schedule, I find myself trying to squeeze in my exercise when I have a few free minutes.  I miss being part of a sports team, and I miss that feeling I used to get when we had a really great win.

Spirit Week

What’s cooler than dressing up like a goofball and parading around all day?! (nothing, duh!) 

Ice Cream w/o Consequences

Before I hit age 20, I used to eat ice cream and not even think about the calories. (that would explain my freshman 15)….but while I was in high school, I could pretty much eat whatever I wanted and always stayed the same weight.  Maybe that was directly related to my designated time for organized sports…

The Bus

Can you imagine how fantastic it would be, to have a vehicle pick you up at your house and drop you right off at work?  And even cooler, if you were late it was the drivers fault, and not your own?! Oh wait, that was the bus in high school.  Why wasn’t it cooler to ride the bus?  I hated it then, I wish I had it now!

Sleepovers

I still occasionally do sleepovers, but usually that is because I’m far away from home, or because I’ve had too much wine and can’t drive.  I wish it were still socially acceptable to drive 10 minutes across town and watch chick flicks all night and then just crash on your girlfriends floor. Living with boys makes it a tad awkward now!

Summer Vacation

Why on earth did I want to work during my Summer vacations?!  I should have learned to be broke and have more fun instead of working.  I would give anything to have off the three warmest months of the year, now!

Lunch

Lunch in an office is either boring or expensive.  Nothing is more fun than sitting in a quiet staff lunch room (not!) and when you go out of the office for lunch, it gets really expensive!  Wouldn’t it be great to have lunch with all your best girlfriends, everyday? And furthermore, wouldn’t it be great, if you forgot your lunch, to have a kitchen full of inexpensive options waiting for you?

Ahhhh nostalgia.  As much as I loved high school, sitting here in my own house, with my own family is pretty awesome too – don’t think I’d trade it.