Describe yourself 10 years ago today... the blog version...

Holy Crow! That is asking quite a bit, considering I have trouble remembering three days ago!!! But, I will give it a shot.

Ten years ago today... January 2, 2000... I wasn't laughing at the Slap Chop guy's "You're gonna love my nuts" comment. (They really should have thought that line through before including it in the commercial...)

Okay, seriously... January 2, 2000 - I was anxiously awaiting the end of the break so I could start back to school. Yes, incredibly geeky of me... but I really just wanted to get it started so it could be finished. I started back to school to finish the last 2 years of my Bachelor's degree in January 2000.

I was working at Kinkos in Midwest City, OK. That job was a load of fun, I worked with one of the best and most cohesive crews I had ever had the pleasure of working with. We were like a well-oiled machine. There were many laughs shared in that little store in the wee hours of the morning.

I was dating Rob at the time. We had been a couple a total of four months at that point. I was love drunk. (I still am, but that's beside the point.)

I drove a Mazda Miata. I lovingly referred to it as my personal Barbie car. My parents bought it for me as an incentive for going back to school... and as a thank you for breaking it off with my prior boyfriend (they didn't really like him so much, he was a jackass.)

I lived with my parents in Choctaw, OK. I always hated the fact that I could't afford to rent an apartment on my wages. But I did help out in the house... and I bought groceries when I got paid. I liked to cook... since my parents wouldn't accept rent, I would make them dinners from time to time.

I was mentally preparing myself for the first anniversary of my brother's passing. I had a difficult time coming to terms with his loss. I like to think he is now my guardian angel.

So that's me in a nutshell 10 years ago. I was ib love, grieving, working my way through college, driving a tiny little car, living with my parents... and trying to enjoy life when I had time to do so.