and i thought it might be fun to recap the last twenty years.
1991. born during desert storm. blissfully unaware.
1992. first birthday present? a baby brother. how did he greet me? by peeing on my face. on MY birthday!!!
1993. nick learned how to walk. so i had to learn to run fast so he couldn't steal my brownies. McCade and i perfected the brownie stealing process. seriously. it's been documented in picture form.
1994. "Jaycie, you look sooo cute!" me: "I know."
1995. daddy's girl. mowing lawns at the cabin. Macey's ice cream cones afterwards.
1996. mom asked, "do you want a girl or boy baby?" i should have said, "neither! no more babies!" i made a mistake and said, "Girl baby." (kidding! i do love and adore that baby girl.)
1997. first grade crush: ian anderson. loved Mrs. Fredrickson.
1998. first trip to disneyland. second grade rocked my life. parents sealed us in the temple.
1999. backstreet boys. miss luthi's class. i had the biggest crush ever on Nick Poppleton. baptized. so cute, seriously.
2000. Mrs. Bankhead was my teacher. Kaloni was my best friend for most of my life. we still are best friends, actually. we didn't have the same teacher ever! but we still made it work. we had sleepovers all the time.
2001. fifth grade...."i will be complete and prepared." EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE. tyler jorgensen thought i stuffed my bra. turns out i just got boobs before everyone else.
2002. sixth grade. willow valley. mrs. stoker's math class changed my life. embraced geekiness. love it, even now.
2003. twelve. found the best friend who would eventually ruin me. got a D- because i didn't learn enough spanish. peter jorgensen and i held hands. he didn't like it. chicken bowls. student council. had a crush on jake davidson.
2004. eighth grade. crush on derek pond. he wasn't very nice. megan, sadie, matt, michael, alex, and i. best friends met. we laughed. we listened to green day. watched the o.c. i still watch it though.
2005. ninth grade. best friends ended. fell into a depression that lasted far too long. tenth grade began. ran into the tall, shy, german-speaking, new boy who would eventually become one of my bffs. we spoke only a few words then. too bad, because we wasted some time.
2006. cutting. lonely. self-absorbed. worst year, probably. can't say i really remember it all that much.
2007. sweet sixteen and never been kissed. alcohol. prescription drugs. followed rapidly by kissing and everything else. all of which was force on me. raped twice. laughter gone. survived with boxing and ice cream.
2008. seventeen ain't so sweet. but i turned to God a little, so it got sweeter as the year went by.
2009. disneyland birthday princess?! check yes i was. gradutation. booked it to SUU, which changed my life. made some hard choices, which were all worth it. roommates weekend. "No one even likes school." sent the missionary to paraguay.
2010. vegas the weekend before my birthday. jello cube of suicidal tendencies on my real birthday. made it through that day, barely. then left a little chunk of my heart in alaska. wisdom teeth came out. emery county. logan. court. cedar city. hard goodbyes. airport. kaysville. new families, in additional to the original one that already rocked! bear lake drives. not even words to express how perfect and broken the year was, all at oncee.
2011. branson the twin. too many frogs, no princes. flowers and balloons today. wallice has a broken leg. i need new jeans. spin class. p90x. snugz. peeling stickers off lip balm. smiling more. YSA wards? ick, but kind of excited.
plans this year: puerto rico or alaska. maybe both? missionary returning. maybe moving to logan and calling it home for a good long while. school sometime, perhaps. life's going to rock. i can feel it.
LOVE this.
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