february's last weekend

It's MARCH.  Is it just me or is 2010 seem to be flying by?  The schedule has been jam-packed so far, and I'm anticipating the rest of the year is going to zoom by.

My aunt (mom's sister) is leaving for the Philippines tonight, after staying with my parents since October.  Bummed for my mom since my aunt is the only one on my mom's side (other than my mom, of course) to have crossed the Pacific and walked on American soil.  So back to PI she will go and regroup with the rest of the Mercado clan.  I think she might be really happy to be going back...she's the elder sister, so it must be disheartening to be so dependent on your baby sister for five months.  Haha, I'd be bummed if I was! (No offense to my little doppelganger) So to say good-bye, Francis treated our families out for lunch at Seafood Village.  Lesson learned.  No more dim sum.  Going straight for the crab...and only crab.  So delicious!

Saturday evening I had my 10-year high school reunion.  Yup...10 years have passed since I graduated from St. Lucy's Priory High School.  Well almost 10 years...we had graduated in May 2000.  It's crazy how everyone looks the same, albeit with better clothes and more knowledge on how to fix hair and makeup.  Oh, and of course, marriage and kids.  Everyone is so grown up!  But we all still know how to party, and everyone got "jiggy with it" on the dance floor.  Good times ladies!  See you all again in another 10 years for the 20th!

Since I'm on the topic of high school, it was truly an interesting time.  High school for me wasn't about partying and living it up, it was about getting through school to get to college.  That's how I was brought up and taught to think.  So it's funny when you hear the question, "Don't you wish you could go back and relive the high school years?" My answer would be a resounding "NO".  We were awkward teenage girls just trying to fit in and please our parents with good grades.  We were also disturbingly well-behaved, with our curfews and permission-asking.  But what I did take from high school are the best friends EVER.  Life would truly suck with out these women in my life, and I have St. Lucy's to thank for bringing them into my life.  ;-)