Throwback Thursday #58: Ten Years Ago...

"You won't do it at the right time. You'll be late. You'll be early. You'll get re-routed. You'll get delayed. You'll change your mind. You'll change your heart. It's not going to turn out the way you thought it would. It will be better." ~Kate Muller

Ten years.  That's how long it's been since I sat in the front of the Logan gym in a silver gown with a stupid hat on my head holding Blue Eye's hand through our class song so I wouldn't cry after giving my speech.  In some ways, graduation seems like yesterday, and in a lot it feels like a whole life ago.

High school was good for me.  Sure, it had its bad moments, but all in all, it was a great experience.  I won more gold medals than would fit on my FFA jacket, played at the State Basketball Tournament, wore the homecoming queen crown, traveled all over the country to look at animals, almost caught the school on fire, learned more than I thought possible from teachers like Mr. Franklin, and made some great friends along the way.

Senior Class (yes, that's all of us)

Me and Mrs. Blue Eyes before a basketball game.

Me and NM Animal House Boy at State FFA.

Me and Blue Eyes at Homecoming.

Me and BFF at District Track.

State Livestock champs my freshman year.

Me and the boys at a volleyball game.

If you had told me at 18 that I would, at 28, be an attorney, have traveled to 5 different countries, lived in San Francisco, run a half marathon, seen a football game at Notre Dame, had orange as a favorite color, still be single, have several new best friends....I would have called you crazy.  My life has been better than my little 18 year old head could have comprehended ten years ago sitting in the front of that gym. 

Me, my parents and my friend Kyle.

High School Buddy, Mrs. Blue Eyes, Me and Blue Eyes.

Here's to making the same true about the next ten years!