Long Time

Someone you haven't seen in ten years has contacted you. Spend just a minute updating that person on your life and its changes over the last ten years.

I was 11 when we last met. Since then I have traveled the world. I've had two jobs, still in the second one - it's great! Gotten my AA, finishing my PM Cert., and just gearing up to go to University for my BA. I've learned about what I am inside and what I am not. I am a little kid that likes to have fun and curious about the world and people especially. I am not an office clerk with a calm temperament or a small timer. I am a woman. I am not a monkey. I just got married. The man who chose me is a leader and a man's man with strong hands and a soft heart. He has a puppy.

Seriously, though.

Forget "The dog ate my homework." Come up with a new excuse for today's schoolchildren to use when they don't get their homework done.

Arrive at my English class. No essay in hand. "Sorry, I was on a long drive and stopped to use a public restroom. There was no toilet paper and really the only thing I had on hand was ..."