Oh my goodness. Where do I start, Vicki? Haha!! You and I have had one hell of a friendship. We met in junior high (Go Panthers!), and I remember we used to talk in whatever class it was that we had. You invited me to your birthday party at Six Flags, or something, and my mother wouldn’t let me go because I’d never mentioned your name at home. We stayed friends, though, and senior year we became super close when things in the group got weird with Rachel and Molly fighting all the time. You’d pick me up in your little white truck, and we’d drive around singing Britney Spears songs (especially her version of “I Love Rock and Roll”) at the top of our lungs. I think we saw Crossroads in theaters??? We were such nerds, haha. I remember the night we were going to go see 8 Mile but ended up seeing The Ring, and we were freaking out seeing how many rings there were outside the theater…oh, the drama of teenagers. =)
We used to fight a lot, too. We were both pretty stubborn and dramatic (I know Sara’s nodding right now going, “Yeah you were!”). Heck, we probably are both still that way at times, haha. But what was neat was we would always make up within a matter of hours. There was no silent treatment for days on end and cold shoulders being given at school. We were silly almost all of the time…I miss you living in the same state as me. =)
We worked at the church and Super Target together. Oh my gosh, do you remember putting that store together? We were so excited to get hired together to start that store from an empty building, and we QUICKLY decided it wasn’t fun anymore after putting those shelves and racks together. I think you and I almost single-handedly put together that jewelry section, haha. I think I mention it every time I’m in there (which is rare nowadays) and pass it, going, “I had marks for days putting that section together…” We had fun, though. We were united in our love of Wanda (was she not the BEST??? I may do a post about her, too) and our hatred of those awful managers Kathy and Mariska (or some weird name like that). She was SO PICKY about lining up those clothing racks so you could look from one end of the department to the other and they’d be perfectly aligned…we did have fun during those couple of months, though. Working together made it bearable.
You slept over at my house a lot. My favorite memory is when we went to the store to get all the fixings for ice cream sundaes because the series finale of Felicity was going to be on. We made our sundaes, sat down in my living room, and started watching it. Suddenly it was bath time for Daniel and Connor, and the next thing we knew Connor was running through the living room butt-naked, with nothing on but his huge white bike helmet. He ran through the room just giggling, he was about 3-years old. I still laugh everything I think back on it, it was so funny!! Then there was the time we went to that concert for KISS FM, and the chair pinched me so hard I had to sit down from the pain. You and everyone else thought I was being dramatic, until you saw my leg the next morning after having slept over. That bruise was HUGE, it was bigger than a softball. I wore shorts for days showing off how awesome that bruise looked, haha. Your face when you first saw it was priceless. =)
I missed you when you moved away, I miss you all the time. I think I’ve only seen you two or three times since you left. Selfishly I’m glad you guys aren’t leaving getting stationed out of the country, because we fully plan on coming to see you sometime in the next year! I miss you SO MUCH, and we’ve missed out on some of the most important stuff in each other’s lives. It’s alright though, because I know that we will always be friends, no matter the distance. I love you so much, Vicki, and you were probably the best part of my senior year. “Escape” and “I Love Rock and Roll” are our “songs” and I smile every time I hear them. I’m so lucky to have you in my life, thank you for everything. You’re such an amazing friend!!!!
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