So I'm in the mood for doing a meme today, one that I found at this blog. It's all about high school.

1. Who was your best friend?
Heather and I met the summer before our sophomore year (I think?) when she moved to Minnesota from Idaho. We had such fun together and with our mutual group of friends. We even worked together at the same restaurant - Bridgeman's. Then we were roommates during our freshman year of college. We're still friends today, and she and her son are coming to visit next month!

2. What sports did you play?
Ha ha ha ha ha! Please, give me a minute to catch my breath! I did not participate in any sports during high school, although I think I may have been able to participate in track or cross country without injuring myself too horribly. I think my athletic prowess can be summed up by an experience Heather and I had in gym class when the two of us were partners during the tennis section. Once the class was at the point where pairs were having matches, our gym teacher told us we should probably just keep practicing rather than trying to play with another pair. Sigh.

3. What kind of car did you drive?
After I got my license at age 16 and a few months, I would borrow this huge 70s car of my parents' that my friends and I dubbed the green something or other. My memory escapes me at this moment. I rode the bus to and from school for all four years of high school other than when I'd occasionally get a ride home from a friend or my mom would pick me up if I stayed late for an activity. I didn't have my own car until I was a sophomore in college.

4. It’s Friday night, where were you?
During my frieshman year, I was probably at home or hanging out with family. My junior and senior years, I may have been working. If not that, then I'd be hanging out with friends or at home. Ah, those crazy weekends. It's all a blur now...

5. Were you a party animal?
Uh, no. Unless you count that time at home where I got into a stash of Jolt and found myself sitting in front of our refrigerator eating shredded cheese and laughing hysterically.

6. Were you considered a flirt?
I think I can safely say no. I didn't really date in high school.

7. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir?
No, I did take piano lessons until I was out of school, though - 12 years in all. I had lots of friends in those activities, though.

8. Were you a nerd?
Well, I certainly wasn't in the cool group with the jocks and cheerleaders. I honestly don't know if others thought of me as a nerd, though.

9. Did you get suspended/expelled?
Nope, never in danger of that. I was a very obedient, don't-rock-the-boat type in high school.

10. Can you sing the fight song?
I'm assuming we had one, so that pretty much gives you your answer.

11. Who was your favorite teacher?
I had a few. I really got along well with Mrs. Bush, who started out as my ninth grade English teacher and then my journalism adviser for the other three years. I probably spent the most time with her out of any teacher since I was on the newspaper staff my sophomore through senior years and editor my senior year. I still remember her being in the hospital and our newspaper staff skipping that hour to visit her. She loved that.

I also liked Mrs. Schostag, who was my English teacher in eleventh grade. She didn't have the best of reputations with some students, but we always got along well. She wrote me a recommendation for something once, too.

Mr. Flynn was my history teacher in ninth grade and government teacher in twelfth grade. He was funny and easy going.

Mr. Wilker was my Brit Lit teacher one of those last two years. I think he was reenacting Chaucer one period and broke the podium when he jumped on it as if it were a horse.

Mr. Wiltgen was my humanities teacher in senior year and probably was my absolute favorite. I almost went to school to become a teacher because of him. He committed suicide a couple months before we graduated. That was the lowest point of an already traumatic year for me.

12. School mascot?
A Scarlet. WTF?

13. Did you go to Prom?
I went to prom my senior year, and I went with my friend Quinn. We had a blast and hung out with friends watching movies after the dance. We went with a couple other sets of friends (both actual couples), and the guys made us a meal before the grand march and dance.

14. If you could go back and do it over, would you?
No. Why waste four years of my life (or, for that matter, 12) when there's so much more to life than what's inside those four walls of a classroom?

15. What do you remember most about graduation?
I remember how emotional it was since our senior year had included a meningitis outbreak that killed an underclassman, Mr. Wiltgen's death, and a classmate's death not long before graduation.

16. Where were you on senior skip day?
Did we have a senior skip day? I have no idea if we did or not.

17. Did you have a job your senior year?
I was a waitress at Bridgeman's, a restaurant just a block or so away from my parents' house.

18. Where did you go most often for lunch?
I sat with my friends in the lunch room. I usually brought a lunch, although I did buy some lunches at school and even went out a few times.

19. Have you gained weight since then?
Sure, about 50 with Ella's pregnancy! But I've lost most of that. I think I probably weigh about 10 pounds more than I did in high school.

20. What did you do after graduation?
I continued to work at Bridgeman's that summer. I also worked as an assistant to the Newspaper in Education (NIE) director at our local paper.

21. When did you graduate?
I graduated in 1995. Twelve years ago!

22. Who was your Senior prom date?
My friend Quinn.

23. Are you going / did you go to your 10 year reunion?
Nope, no one organized one as far as I know. I wouldn't mind going to a 15 or 20 year reunion, though!

24. Who was your homeroom teacher?
I don't think we had a homeroom, did we?

25. Who will repost this after you?
Not a clue! It would be interesting to read no matter who does, though!