First Day

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I've felt for years that Lynn Johnston was spot on in her depiction of the Patterson family. I've grown up with them, reading four frames of them everyday since I was a little kid. It's so true that the last person you want to see in school will turn up when you're not expecting it.

I was talking to my friend at work yesterday and she was telling me her cousin was about to start high school andwe got to talking about how things were then as opposed to now...When we were in high school, everything was so much simpler...even though most thing were full of drama with my friends (who did, of course, compromise a good amount of the drama club)...but we were usually able to resolve the conflict and remain firends. Our biggest problems then was someone not being invited to the place we were all hanging out that weekend.

Then we left for college and things changed. They got complicated. A number of my friends became unrecognizable. People moved away (including me)...and things were never the same. My friends spend the weekends hanging out, we fought, we went to the prom and graduation together. As I look back on it, I wouldn't have it any other way.

Now even the building is different. I speak to three, maybe four of the large group friends that I was always accompanied by.

Best of luck to those beginning high school this month.