high school, revisited.

as of right now i am in my last quarter of high school. yep, you heard me, folks. just one more month and the nightmare is over. my high school experience has been- and interesting one.

i went from being the crazy goth-nerd girl my freshman year:

to anorexic theatre-nerd my sophomore year:

 

*dressing up as Holly Golightly*

to ballet-obsessed recluse my junior year:

to early-college-student-cowgirl-musician my senior year:

 

…it has been quite a wild ride. it’s like every year i come back and surprise everyone. i can’t believe it’s almost over. exactly one month from now i will be done with high school, FOREVER. i would be nostalgic, but these really were NOT the best years of my life. then again, i guess it’s easy to look back and think only of the bad times- it’s human nature, our survival instinct that causes us to do that.

and lord knows, if i’ve learned anything over the past four years, it’s that i am only human.

anyway, what got me to thinking about all this nostalgic high school stuff is that i have to somehow find a way to get 15 service hours under my belt before June 19th. i think i’ll volunteer again at this non-profit animal shelter that specializes in rescuing kitties. for every three or four hours of volunteering, you get 20 minutes of playing or snuggling with a kitty of your choice. it always makes me so glad that i have Duckie- just listening to her purring when she’s sitting my lap is the most rewarding sound i’ve ever experienced, knowing that if it weren’t for me she would be dead.

i urge whoever reads this blog (which is no one, i’m assuming… but still, if you stumble across it) to adopt rescued animals if you have the time and the means to do it. it’s an amazing thing knowing that you made one life better just by providing simple things like food, water, and, most importantly- love.

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