On December 31st, 1999, I was:
~16 years old and a junior at Federal Hocking High School in Stewart, Ohio
~5’10” and 115 lbs.
~Suffering from a bad haircut
~The biggest klutz you ever met
~Taller than all the girls and 90% of the boys at my school
~Trying to adjust to wearing glasses
~Not allowed to wear makeup or shorts…though it didn’t mean I never did!
~Getting my driver’s license
~On our high school newspaper staff and track team
~Very religous and preparing to join the Catholic Church
~Probably trying too hard…at just about everything
~An admitted brown noser/teacher’s pet
~Absolutely certain that my best friend and I would be besties forever
~Flying for the first time…and flew home from NC in a hurricane
~Spending plenty of time daydreaming about my first kiss, which had yet to happen (and wouldn’t for another 2 years)
~Only slightly worried about Y2K
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What were YOU doing 10 years ago?
Aspiring Alverna 
For New Year’s my mom wouldn’t let me go out with friends or do anything other than stay home, just in case something happened.
I was 15 and itty bitty. Wearing glasses with a bad haircut with blond streaks. Getting used to living in Virginia again, and boy crazy.