Never knew love like this could exist
Besides getting into a PhD program (!!!! :D), today was pretty ridiculously awesome!
I first headed into my high school again to see one teacher I hadn't gotten to before. We had a lovely chat over some tea and it was really great. It was just as we were saying goodbye that I got the call from Michigan, so I got a huge happy hug from her and it was lovely.
After that, I went upstairs and met up with my CORYN!!!! She was my best friend in high school, and an absolute darling of a girl. We sat down and chatted for over an hour about anything and everything. Including the new X-Files movie :D We were ridiculous about XFiles and Mulder and Scully together in high school, we were so silly! And she was like "Do Mulder and Scully hook up??" cause she hasnt seen it yet, haha. I really missed her! It was so wonderful to catch up. She's studying for the LSATs right now and planning to apply to law school! Crazy!
I also got to have a great chat with one of my teachers from EIGHTH GRADE. He's a really sweet guy, and was so earnestly interested in everything I'm doing. I mostly dropped by to ask him about the summer school at my old school that he's run for the past few years, and to see if there might be a possibility of my getting a job there this summer. He said there is! He isn't running it anymore but he told me to email the guy who is and tell him I talked to him. So that's a nice possibility!
THEN, when I left the school, I decided to drive home by the back roads instead of the highway for nostalgia's sake. I've gone on those roads thousands of times in my childhood, so driving them was almost instinctive for me. Until, that is, I got to Norwalk, where our path changed several times when we moved so I couldn't remember where to go! I just kind of kept driving, and ended up in my OLD old neighborhood, by the house I grew up in, ages 4-12. I loved that house. So I dropped by my street (a short, steep dead end - so many memories tied up in that little stretch of pavement) and noticed that my old neighbor's lights were on. There was this boy who lived next door, Sean, with his single mom. He was 2 years younger than me and we were attached at the hip for years. So I stopped and kind of chewed my lip for a while, then decided what the hell and pulled into their driveway. I knocked on the door and a small woman answered. "Are you Susan ______?" I asked. "Yes?" she said, confused. "I'm Anne _____, I used to live next door?" Her face lit with recognition and she said "Yes, wow, come in!"
It was more than I could have hoped for. We chatted, surprised and smiling, for a minute, and then she called upstairs, "Sean, guess who's here!" And as he came thumping down the stairs, "Anne _____!" "No way," said a deep, masculine voice, and then Sean rounded the corner. Sean. The scrawny kid I remember is now built like a truck, but in a very pleasant way. He's not terribly tall, but he's very solid and muscular and lean, and holy crap handsome. I was treated to a lovely hug, and then we all just stood around talking for about half an hour! I told them what I've done with my life, and they told me about theirs, and it was just really lovely. They're great people. I'm so glad I worked up the nerve to knock on the door. It brought back lots of memories being in their little house, and now Sean isn't just a vague figure from my childhood anymore. We're even friends on Facebook now!
So THAT was my day! I got into two graduate schools (well, one's a provisional acceptance) and saw lots of old friends. All in all I'd call it a win :)
Thank you all for your very sweet enthusiasm, by the way. It really warms the cockles of my heart! ♥
I first headed into my high school again to see one teacher I hadn't gotten to before. We had a lovely chat over some tea and it was really great. It was just as we were saying goodbye that I got the call from Michigan, so I got a huge happy hug from her and it was lovely.
After that, I went upstairs and met up with my CORYN!!!! She was my best friend in high school, and an absolute darling of a girl. We sat down and chatted for over an hour about anything and everything. Including the new X-Files movie :D We were ridiculous about XFiles and Mulder and Scully together in high school, we were so silly! And she was like "Do Mulder and Scully hook up??" cause she hasnt seen it yet, haha. I really missed her! It was so wonderful to catch up. She's studying for the LSATs right now and planning to apply to law school! Crazy!
I also got to have a great chat with one of my teachers from EIGHTH GRADE. He's a really sweet guy, and was so earnestly interested in everything I'm doing. I mostly dropped by to ask him about the summer school at my old school that he's run for the past few years, and to see if there might be a possibility of my getting a job there this summer. He said there is! He isn't running it anymore but he told me to email the guy who is and tell him I talked to him. So that's a nice possibility!
THEN, when I left the school, I decided to drive home by the back roads instead of the highway for nostalgia's sake. I've gone on those roads thousands of times in my childhood, so driving them was almost instinctive for me. Until, that is, I got to Norwalk, where our path changed several times when we moved so I couldn't remember where to go! I just kind of kept driving, and ended up in my OLD old neighborhood, by the house I grew up in, ages 4-12. I loved that house. So I dropped by my street (a short, steep dead end - so many memories tied up in that little stretch of pavement) and noticed that my old neighbor's lights were on. There was this boy who lived next door, Sean, with his single mom. He was 2 years younger than me and we were attached at the hip for years. So I stopped and kind of chewed my lip for a while, then decided what the hell and pulled into their driveway. I knocked on the door and a small woman answered. "Are you Susan ______?" I asked. "Yes?" she said, confused. "I'm Anne _____, I used to live next door?" Her face lit with recognition and she said "Yes, wow, come in!"
It was more than I could have hoped for. We chatted, surprised and smiling, for a minute, and then she called upstairs, "Sean, guess who's here!" And as he came thumping down the stairs, "Anne _____!" "No way," said a deep, masculine voice, and then Sean rounded the corner. Sean. The scrawny kid I remember is now built like a truck, but in a very pleasant way. He's not terribly tall, but he's very solid and muscular and lean, and holy crap handsome. I was treated to a lovely hug, and then we all just stood around talking for about half an hour! I told them what I've done with my life, and they told me about theirs, and it was just really lovely. They're great people. I'm so glad I worked up the nerve to knock on the door. It brought back lots of memories being in their little house, and now Sean isn't just a vague figure from my childhood anymore. We're even friends on Facebook now!
So THAT was my day! I got into two graduate schools (well, one's a provisional acceptance) and saw lots of old friends. All in all I'd call it a win :)
Thank you all for your very sweet enthusiasm, by the way. It really warms the cockles of my heart! ♥