Graduation is in the Air

Tis the season to be graduating. Either you're graduating for high school, kind of a big deal. College, sort of a big deal. Or middle school, so not a big deal. All this graduating takes me back. For one it's been a decade since I graduated high school. A decade! So don't even ask me how long it's been since I graduated middle school or elementary school. It's been a long freakin time. You do the math. 


High school graduation I can remember. There are just basic things I remember. I remember what I wore, who I sat next too, certain conversations, the fact that my shoe kept getting stuck in the mud, we weren't allowed to throw our caps (so we threw paper LAME), it almost rained, and my cousin decided to get married that same night so my family was few and far between. It's ok family, I don't hold it against you. I mean shit, you never came to my chorus recitals so why would you come to my graduation? It's just high school right? WRONG I didn't go to college. You guys missed out. 


Elementary I can sorta remember. I remember my hair was short and super blonde. Oh how I miss that blonde hair. I remember that I got this fabulous outfit for the big day. In my mind I looked awesome. It was a black overall type dress. White shirt underneath. I was SUPER CUTE! Run and tell that. I remember being really sad. I grew up with these people and I knew I was leaving them the following year. It wasn't just my friends. It was the teachers, the librarian even the janitor. This big (so I thought) portion of my life was ending. And I had to start all over. I was so scared. 


Middle...I don't remember graduation much at all. Alls I really do remember is that they told us that we could not wear anything dark or bright. My answer to this bullshit was to wear a bright orange dress. Yep! I did it. I thought I was so bad ass. Fighting the man. Making a statement. Really I just looked ridiculous. Everyone else did what they were told and wore pastels. Damn you everyone else. 


In high school I actually listened. They told us to wear light colors and I wore white. Only difference is, in high school you wear a gown over your outfit In middle school you didn't so what's the the point really? I did get to wear that white dress to my cousin's wedding though. So take that cousin for taking my day. I'll show you by wearing white to your wedding! Bitch. I guess I still am a bad ass. 


So, it just occurred to me. I did two elementary schools. When I was a kiddo we didn't have middle school. They just shipped me off to an elementary school that had one more year than my original elementary school. I guess this is why I'm having trouble remembering middle school graduation. Or I just hated my second elementary school. Yeah, I think it's the latter.