Wow, was it that long ago?

[darkemeralds]

In a meme mood, I guess. This one via kernelm.

20 years ago I...
graduated from college, with honors "earned" mostly by being friends with my main professors.
left to teach English at Collège Martin Nadaud in Guéret, France

15 years ago I...
wrecked my lower back working as a minion of evil at MCI
quit and wrote a novel
got pregnant...temporarily

10 years ago I...
swam in the Amazon
saw the Southern Cross for the first time

5 years ago I...
finally bought a house
planted trees

3 years ago I...
became a certified hypnotherapist
built a backyard then sat out there and cried on 9/11

1 year ago I...
finally went back to France
bought my first nice car

This year I...
quit coloring my damn hair

Yesterday I...
had an e-mail conversation about art with my brother who lives far away

Today I...
demonstrated how much older than average I am in the LJ community

Tomorrow I...
expect to sleep in. And continue not coloring my damn hair.

Comments

[communicator.livejournal.com]

the hair, that's a watershed, was it a wrench? Does it make you feel different?

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Interesting term, "watershed". There was a turning point, not too many months ago, where I just couldn't bring myself to bung any more poisons on my head. Then there was a long and scary period of finding out just how gray I really am.

The second watershed was accepting that that whole dark-hair, being-young thing really is over and there's no going back. Now I don't hate it too much. Our society, however, makes it damned hard to love.

[communicator.livejournal.com]

I can relate to that; I'm still in the poisons on the head stage