I Am What I Am: High school... Teen horror or best time of your life?

Now that you read about my family and my childhood a little...

High School! *bum bum bum*
I really liked high school. No, really. I had a good time. Parts of it sucked, it's true, but basically I had a good time.

I had my first real boyfriend. That ended badly, but it was a good learning experience... I managed to date a runner, a druggie, a college guy, a cellist, and a frat guy. Interesting, huh? I'm not sure how I managed that either.

I played basketball my freshman year, and it became shockingly clear that there are actually inanimate objects that have more athletic ability than I did. So instead, I became an official supporter... Also known as a manager. I managed cross country for two years, until my school started a soccer program, then me and half the cross country team ditched and traded running shoes in for cleats. I <3 soccer. I also went to all the football games (so did everyone in my town, it was kinda the thing to do), and all the basketball games. Spring was my favorite time of year. Spring meant baseball. I love baseball so much. It's actually a funny story about how I got to love it, but I did. I managed every year and was the head manager for three of them. Some of the best stories of my high school life happened on or in the vicinity of a baseball field.

Hmm... What else happened? Oh yeah. Prom was a big deal. Eudora didn't do any formal dances except for prom, so it was a blow out event and everyone got way dressed up and all that jazz. At Eudora, we were small enough that Juniors and Seniors were allowed to go. Sophomore year I went to prom twice. Once with Bill Amedei from St. Thomas Aquinas in Olathe, and once in Eudora with my friend Bart. Sad, I don't' have any pictures from it (Darn this new computer)... Junior year I went with the guy I was dating. My dress was awesome

(L to R) Shelby, Me, Erin, Brianne and Georgia

Senior year was the best, as it should have been. Stretch navigator limo, a huge group of people. It was so awesome! I went with Aaron, my best friend. We planned on going to prom together every year, and somehow it finally worked out my senior year.

We had such a good time.

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My senior year of high school I was single, and it was fabulous! I ended up making the best friends of my life, Erin, Donna and Kristin.

Erin, Donna, Kristin and me
Or better known as
Samwise, Merry, Frodo and Pippin

Kristin's going to get the spotlight for this post. She was a foreign exchange students from Norway. Erin, Donna and I were in Nerd bowl with her (scholars bowl for all you geeks). We discovered we all had nerd-love for Lord of the Rings. She went to the midnight premiere with us, and the rest was history. Even though she left after senior year, she returned to Eudora two years later for a short but awesome visit, and last year I went to London (where she happned to be studying) and we went to Norway together (My family's from Norway). I love her, because it was like we were never apart.