Back in Time

Sunday, November 10, 2002 (4:35am)

So some friends from high school have been sending around an email talking about what they were doing at specific points in their past, 10 years ago, 4 years ago, and up to yesterday. I thought it would be a nice thing to post and share and reminisce over.

10 Years ago (November 1992): I was a freshman at Chelmsford High School. I spent most of the money I made babysitting for the Umbargers on the candy bars I was selling to go with the Orchestra to Europe. Actually on this exact date, I apparently bought the single for that Patty Symthe and Don Henley song "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough". That month, I went to Roller Kingdom. Oh and Mr. Rondina and Mrs. Stevens were putting up clues for the Spring Musical (which turned out to be "Fiddler on the Roof").

4 Years ago (November 1997): I was a sophomore at Randolph Macon Woman's College and was trying to deal with my second crush in a row on another woman. I probably had met Lee (my future ex-boyfriend) but didn't think it would go anywhere. I knew I wanted to be a Politics major but was trying to decide on a concentration. At this point, I was probably leaning towards Economics (figuring it would help me become President of the United States some day) and so I took both Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. I was a Senator for Main Hall in the Student Government and was thrilled about it. I was babysitting occasionally but primarily working in the Skeller for income. I went to the Opera for the second time and fell in love with Bizet's Carmen. My academic planner, in addition to the typical school assignments was filled with television shows that I needed to watch. And in fact, on Friday, November 7, 1997, #7 on my list of things to do actual says "Email Necrophiliac Boy" and I have no idea what that means.

2 Years ago (November 1999): At the end of October, I had finally gotten officially diagnosed with ADD and had been put on medication, but was still waiting for some changes. I was still trying to graduate from R-MWC with a double major in Political Science and Sociology. However, I was taking the Political Science Senior Seminar (and starting to prepare my Politics Senior Paper and Presentation on the future of feminism or something like that), the Sociology Senior Seminars (both halves at the same time)...Ethnographic Field Methods...so learning how to do my senior project while I did it (so I got to watch my friends watch Buffy and Angel all semester for credit), and finally taking Social Theory. I was still playing rugby, while being the Executive Secretary for Bridges, the Affirmative Action Director for the Young Democrats, the Product Manager for the Skeller, and becoming a more and more discontented Gold Key Guide at school.

1 Year ago (November 2001): In general, I was in the middle of a depression. I spent a lot of time crying in the middle of the night and not knowing why. I was working at my store as a head cashier. My relationship with my girlfriend was hitting walls and rocks and by the end of the month would end officially. Basically I was lost and lonely and uncertain of everything. Life sucked...big time. Oh and I went to my sucky five-year high school reunion.

Yesterday (November 9, 2002): At this moment (yes, at 4:30 in the morning), I was having a very important conversation that sort of threw me for a loop. I feel like I got new information that added a new dimension to my life and I'm actually still trying to understand how it's affecting things. An hour or so later, I saw my first sunrise and it was amazing.

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