Friends from the past...

I got together with a couple of friends from high school the other night. Perhaps, I should preface this with the back story that it has taken me all four years of college and then some to recover from the awkward moments of my adolescence. The town I grew up in has a reputation for sucking people in and holding them there forever. I think it's for this reason that I've avoided not only the area but the people I knew there as well. Even so, some of my friends and I get together a couple times a year, gossip about people we used to know and what they're doing now, and relive some of the good times.

It's so funny how you can go months without seeing someone and then reunite as if no time has passed. My one friend and I got ready together then headed out for dinner and drinks at one of my favorite places while we waited to meet up with other friends to see some fireworks. Of course, when I'm with people from high school, there is never a dull moment.

On the way up to the fireworks, I had to pee. Bad. You know, that kind of bad where you're not sure if you're going to pass out, pee your pants, or cry. Being on the college campus, I hit up every secret bathroom that was always left unlocked during my college career only to come up empty handed.

Ouch...They've truly kicked me out.

After joining the line for the ONE porta potty, I just tried to hold on.

Actually, I was white knuckling it. When I was sure it couldn't get any worse, the last girl in front of me walks out and says, "I think the toilet is overflowing. The floor is soaked." I looked at her, nodded, and said "Yeah, that seems about right."

I was wiping my flip flop/pee covered feet in the grass during the entire firework's show. Oh, and my friend almost rolled down the hill. Don't worry though, one of our teachers from high school was there to catch her.

I kid you not...