2009 marks changes. The most obvious – living in a third world county. But 2009 also marks 10 years since I graduated from high school. Which got me to thinking (always a dangerous and expensive thing…) back to my senior year.
“Welcome back my dear students. Hope you all had a joyous and restful holiday. For your first assignment of the New Year, I would like you to open your minds and dream about where you will be in ten years. Then, I would like you to transfer these thoughts into an essay describing the 10 Year
Never would I have opened my mind wide enough to imagine that I would actually be missing my 10 reunion. Out of the 18 in our class, I figured I would be the only one who actually attended!
Where I was 10 years ago:
17 yrs old
In High School
Living with Mom & Dad in Newnan
Driving the ’88 Taurus w/ No A/C
Listening to music on the radio - 99X
Deciding between
Watching FRIENDS every Thursday on NBC
Where I THOUGHT I would be in 10 years:
27 yrs old
Married, with no kids
Living in the city with a place in the county
Driving BMW to work and ’56 T-bird on the weekends
Working some corporate job and running the show
Living my own southern version of FRIENDS
And, obviously, rolling in cash
Where I actually am:
27 yrs old
Single, with no kids
Living in third world country (ok, at 17 I thought this might be a possibility but only if I was a secret government agent or US Ambassador to
No car
Working as a missionary (and recovering political junkie)
Supporting myself by donations from family and friends
Watching FRIENDS reruns on DVD and living what feels more like an updated version of Gilligan's Island, but without the island....
Listening to music on my Ipod
4 comments:
Julie,
This is Erin & Eva Johnson's mom. I've had a wonderful time reading your BLOG since we are in Africa too. Over in Kenya, northeast of Nairobi, in a town called Thika, working at The Salvation Army's Training College for Officers here (it's definitely not Hotlanta!) You can check out our BLOG at Johnsonsgallimaufry.blogspot Otherwise you can reach me through personal e-mail: jmjohnson_58@yahoo.com. I'd love to keep in touch with you - or if there's no time (doing everything the old fashioned way always eats up a lot of our spare time, then visiting your blog will keep me entertained!)
God's blessings upon you as you teach in Mbale-Uganda and as you raise money for your needs.
Jackie
I can barely remember 10 years ago and I have never attended a high school reunion. I would also never attempt to guess where you might be in another 10 years since you have never been predictable in the 27 years I've known you. But I love you wherever you roam.
I know one for sure in ten years. You will have 2 nephews who love their Aunt JuJu!!
You make me laugh, you did ten years ago and you will ten years from now (Lord willing). I love you. Call me sometime.
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