Where has all the time gone this week?

As I mentioned in my previous post, it has been 10 years since I graduated from HS. Congratulations to me....and the other 372 people that walked across the staff many moons ago. Right now I am working with a committee of people to plan our reunion. I am pretty much the information keeper/finder. This is something I worked off and on with for a month or so on until this week. This week I have spent HOURS scouring Facebook and email looking for info. There are so many people that I would not know if they were standing right in front of me. All of this makes me realize a few things:

1. I am probably spending way too much time on this.

2. While there are many people I don't remember and have lost touch with, this is a good opportunity to change that...if I want to.  I am pretty content with the relationships that I have created and maintained throughout the past ten years, and will be interested to see how things go. 

3. Working on all this stuff has meant that I have not been packing my apartment like I should have been.

Packing? Again? YES. I am being moved to another area of campus and moving to my 3rd apartment on Vanderbilt's campus. In the past ten years I have moved 16 times! I am really not displeased with moving to another area of campus...just HATE moving. This weekend I will have to really work on packing because I am leaving on Thursday of next week to visit Elise and go home! As soon as I come back it is immediate moving time.  Talk about stressful!


After a fun night out with the boys for $5 martinis and wasting time doing other random stuff I am finally gonna try and get some sleep.

WHOA.

Ten years ago on 5.31.2000 I graduated from High School. That is a big WHOA. That seems like such a long time ago. It is crazy that much time has passed. 

One of the other crazy things about the fact that I graduated ten years ago is the fact that two of my cousin's are graduating next week. I remember when they were just babies and now they are soon to be full fledged adults. They are great people and I am proud of them!

Memorial Day.

Today is a day of remembrance. Across our nation, we observe this day at Memorial Day. It is an opportunity for us to honor the men and women in the Armed Forces who serve/have served and those who have fallen in battle. I am the granddaughter and daughter of men who served in WWII/Korean War and during the Vietnam era. Growing up I always remember my father wearing a special bracelet with the name of a POW lost somewhere in Vietnam. He never took that bracelet off, that is until the man was identified and honored properly.

In high school, I had the honor of knowing a man named Justin Walsh. Justin had bright red hair with aspirations of serving as a marine post-graduation. In 2001, Justin graduated and joined the marine corp. For several years I did not have any contact with Justin and was so sad to hear that in October of 2006 he passed away from injuries he received in Iraq. He died saving the lives of his men, and is a hero.

Thank you to all of those who serve or have served. As a proud American, I am very grateful.