Awards Night

Last night I attended my sister's senior awards night. Basically they award seniors awards for doing a good job in certain areas. My sister got excellence in gym/health, and excellence as art co-op.

They also put together a video montage of everyone in the class. Boy could you tell who were the "popular" ones as they were in almost every picture. It was sad too that there were 80 something people and I'm sure not everyone was in it. Definately more than others. Apparently, they can be very...(ok im trying to say they have a lot of cliques and that spelling does NOT look right). They also had a classmate sing a song that he and another classmate wrote. It was actually a great song and maybe someday I can get a hold of the words.

They also did something called "class of 2008 future". Something we never did when I graduated. It was basically where you saw yourself in 10 years. Most people said, graduated, married, raising a family, etc. Some were even funny:one was about 2 girls skipping through a field wearing yellow tutus, and being chased by a deer. You could tell who the comical ones were in the class.

But this part really made me think. I was sitting next to my mom and grandparents, but also my old gym teachers. I had one as a volleyball coach and lets just say she wasn't a very inspiration coach and essentially made me quite the team and made me cry. She also belittled me. Well she walked in first said hi how are you? Then the other came in(yeah they are "partners") and she called me by my name, asked how I was etc. I always liked her better than the other, but at least she remembered my name! I was a little nervous about going knowing that his coach would be there...but I got over it.

I realized something...as I sat there with my wedding ring/engagement ring on that I was successful in my life regardless of what this coach thought or did to me. I might have been a "nobody" in high school, but now I have become somebody. I have a house, a wonderful husband, and a handsome son. So my life has never been easy and not always happy, but I perserved through it and came out on top! I went to college, got my bs, and now I am able to stay home and watch my son grow up. what more could a person ask for? It was like I wanted to rub it in her face and say "haha" so very high schoolish!

If you had asked me 8 years ago when i graduated where I was going to be in 10 years, I might have hoped that I would be where I am today, but honestly I didn't think I would be. Somehow, somewhere, someone was watching out for me. So that I am able to go back now and really say haha...

so where did you picture yourself 10 yrs from when you graduated? and did you make?