High School Tag

Oh no! I been tagged- and now I get to come clean about my high school years!

1. If you could go back and tell your teenage self one thing, what would it be?
Life will go on, and this is only a brief experience in life!

2. Did you do any extra curricular activities in high school?
I dabbled in a lot of things. My freshman year I played basketball.
My sophomore year I played basketball and ran cross country.
My Jr. year I ran cross country and was in Jr. Choir and Pep Club.
My senior year I was in A’Capella and Madrigals, Dance Company and was a songleader. (aka cheerleaders that dance not stunt) I loved the girls that were songleaders with me! I also went to Girls State.

3. What did you do with your free time?
I’m not sure I had a lot of free time with all of my activities, But I had a couple of part time jobs, at Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, Snellee’s- the local ice cream shop, and teaching swimming in Jon Little’s Pool.
I had an obsession with making brownies! At least once if not twice a week we would make brownies and take them to someone. Yum!
Other than that I think we drove around a lot! Gas was only $1 and we could go far on a $20 tank. I drove a red jeep wrangler ( and we were always cruisin’ by some cute boys house!

4. Coolest thing you did as a teenager.My Jr year I went back to Washington D.C. for a Young National Leaders Conference. In essence I went by myself to be with hundreds of other high school kids from around the country- we took tours of D.C., met important people and learned about government. One morning George Stephanopholus was speaking to us and I introduced him as George “Snuffleupagus”! I was mortified!

5. Did you have a boyfriend in high school?
Of course! It seems I was always dating someone and not very many of them went to the same HS as me, which caused all sorts of contention. The girls from the other schools were not my biggest fans- and often decorated by house and car with various food products. But my Dad always stressed how important it was to be nice and never ever retaliate. So after having my car waxed with Mayo, while at a boyfriend’s football game, we quickly went to the car wash before meeting up at the Highland Sev. We arrived all smiles- like it had never happened! It taught me more than anything- to be nice no matter what and to dig deep for my own sense of self-worth, rather than let it be determined by jealous girls. I am glad I followed my dad’s advice, because it has allowed me (and my sister) to become friends with these girls later in life!

6. Songs that come to mind:
“Girls” Beastie Boys
“Forever Young” Alphaville
“Josie’s on a vacation far away” Outfield
“None of your Business” Salt & Peppa
“Don’t go chasing Waterfalls” TLC

Counting Crows, Steve Miller Band, Pearl Jam, U2, Sting
That sums up a lot of good memories right there!

7. If you could change one thing, what would it be?
I wish we didn’t have to define people by who or what they were in high school! Come on- are we really going to let how someone acted during pubescent and emotionally insecure teenage years determine our life long opinion of them? I love that some of my favorite high school guy friends went to the U and became great friends with their arch-enemies “the HH boys”! My mother-in-law has a great quote in her house, “When people show you who they really are- Believe them!”

8. What did you think you would be when you grew up?
I wanted to be a nurse. My freshman year I went to help my sister with a Senior BBQ. A group of kids showed up in scrubs because they had just finished up clinicals for the Nurse’s Assistance class they were taking. I signed up for the class- and started the pre-reqs for nursing school as soon as I got to BYU. So yes- there you have it, I chose my future profession based on the coolness factor of the uniform.

9. Picture of self. Brittney & I at graduation!

10. Craziest thing you did in high school.
Maybe not the craziest, but one of the best memories was my Jr. year when I didn’t have a 5th period (the last class of the day) during the winter trimester. So we often went skiing. I took great pride in the fact that I could be ready in 5 minutes or less and I skied more that year than I have in the 10 years since. I often went with guys who were much better than I was and it made me a pretty good skier to try and keep up!

Other great memories were:
B&D on Tuesdays
Hanging out in Aunt Annie’s backroom. It was a safe haven!
Double dating with Ashley. We always ended up dating friends!

Favorite joke with subs: that Ryan Parker & I were married!

And we’ll keep this tag going: Steph Pond, Jamie Hyde, Colleen Bryan

my EHS quilt! I cut up all of my t-shirts and made it into a blanket!