Post Grad Blonde: A Trip Down Memory Lane

Right after I graduated from college a couple months ago (time is flying!) my parents and I moved from Annapolis, MD, where we had been for 5 years, to Virginia. We moved into a much bigger house and finally got all of our different storage shipments in from various Navy moves.

My recent "project" has been to go to the basement and go through my storage boxes. Some of the things in them I have not seen for 8 years! Including my American Girl dolls. It was so fun to see them (Samantha and Felicity) again. My sister was over for dinner and we went to the basement and played with them. We used to be OBSESSED with our "girls." We would throw a tantrum if anyone called them "dolls." The amount of furniture, clothes, pets, crutches, rollerblades, and other necessities they have is absurd.

Many of my friends know I am not the tidiest girl in the world. :) I also have a minor hoarding problem. I hate throwing things away if they have the tiniest meaning to me.Which is why I have tuperware containers of all the notes I passed back and forth in school. And birthday cards given to me throughout the years. Oh and all my notebooks and binders from my high school classes (since it's fun to periodically refresh your memory on Shakespeare, Geography, and Pre-Calc).

So, I have been opening the boxes downstairs and have really taken a trip down memory lane. I found multiple boxes with folders and notebooks from elementary school. (I told you I had a problem!) I finally got rid of them - but I read through them first. My "project" is not very time efficient. Anyway, it has really given me the lump, and has made me feel super nostalgic. All my elementary school memories take place in Hawaii, where my dad was stationed for 5 years. I had the most wonderful teachers who were so caring and good to me. I also started gymnastics there and was a gymnast for seven years - I made it to level 7 and did the classic switch in high school to cheerleading. With the Olympics coming up it makes me miss it so much!

It's fun looking at my things, like my folder full of "Hawaiian Studies." It's also crazy looking at baby pictures, especially of my siblings. Seeing my 6 year old self sleeping in my favorite Cinderella pajama dress holding my 2 year old brothers hand, sound asleep next to me. Now we are 22 and 18 and just talking at the dinner table seems like a task for him sometimes! Oh the pain. :) Time sure does fly by in this world. Now I'm a college graduate and I don't know when it happened.
I still have a couple more boxes to go through, but I've gone through most of them. Although it's a little emotional and sad seeing certain things, it really is fun to look at my old things that are associated with good, sunny memories. Not to mention a couple "diary" posts that made me laugh out loud! I'll include some pictures of things I've found during this project!