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New food find alert!

The lemon hummus caught my attention during my mad stroll through Publix last night. (p.s. that’s the last time I’ll be hitting up Publix after swim practice… unless I want to see my grocery bill triple in the coming months.) The lemon lover in me had to try it.

It was a great addition to my snack platter lunch plate today which included everything from pita slices to leftover edamame to carrots, tomatoes, and peach slices. Yum.

The fresh lemon-y hummus was very refreshing. The lemon flavor was very faint, yet still enough to let me know it was there. When paired with the salty pita or tomato, the combination was divine. It’s the perfect hummus for summer.

Class of 2003

Last Friday I was invited to my 10 year high school reunion group on Facebook.

Man, that made me feel old.

Luckily we’re not quite at 10 years just yet. Our former class president decided to start the group a year early to get a little buzz going about the possibility of a future event. It worked. Over the course of 3 days the group has grew from the original 38 members when I first joined to over 275+ when I checked today. That’s not bad considering our graduating class was only made up of about 320 or so.

The group already feels like a class reunion in itself. All these people that I forgot even existed are coming out of the woodwork and it’s been fun to reconnect with them (or, you know, Facebook stalk them to see what they’ve been up to).

(I did throw awesome parties )

I had to get my yearbook out to jog my memory on a few names and faces. One part of me feels like high school just happened yesterday, while the other part thinks back to all I’ve accomplished since then and I swear it feels like an eternity. Some people have changed and look completely different, while others have stayed exactly the same.

What do you think? Do I look the same? different?

I didn’t stay in touch with too many friends post-high school. I have two or three girlfriends that I still talk with on a semi-regular basis, but that’s it. The truth is, I’m not sure I really had many friends to begin with back then. I hung out with a group of people that intimidated me, and even seeing them interact on the reunion Facebook page today, they still intimidate me. It was something I dealt with in high school, but once I graduated, I knew I didn’t want to anymore. So I moved on. I distanced myself from that group and went on to discover myself in college.

High school was a tricky time in my life. My emotions were on high and I was oversensitive to everything that was being said and done around me. It’s something we all go through, and I know it’s part of growing up, but that doesn’t mean I would go back and want to do it all over again. No, thank you.

College was fun, though. I would do that again. Whoever says “high school is the best time of your life” obviously never went to college.

(It makes me smile that Scooby is mentioned on my senior tribute page )

Even though I didn’t stay in touch with too many people from high school, I would still like to attend the reunion next year. I’m a stronger person than I was back then, and even if I did start to feel intimidated, I know I can push past it. Because, unlike back then when people tell you it will get better but you don’t believe them, this time i know for a fact it does. I know there’s more to life than high school. I know that graduating was just the beginning and that life doesn’t truly start until you leave. And I know that what they think doesn’t matter – I’m my own person and that’s what’s important.

Three cheers for the class of ’03!!

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