10 Years

In 2000 I...

• Turned 16
  
• Was a sophomore in high school
  
• Lived at home with my parents, younger brother, and our dear dog Peanut (who died later that year)
  
• Dreamt of being a student at UNC
• Wanted to one day live in Paris or New York
  
• Was entering year 2.5 of braces
  
• Was not driving
  
• Thought I'd become a lawyer
  
• Wanted to be married by 25
  
• Loved NSYNC
• Had a core group of friends, and two really "best" friends
  
• Wanted to be an adult
  

In 2010 I...

• Turned 26
  
• Am approaching my 2 year anniversary at my current job
  
• Live in an apartment on Capitol Hill with a roommate
  
• Am a UNC alum!
• Have been to Paris, New York, and many other places, and lived in London
  
• Have straight teeth
  
• Still don't drive
  
• Want to go to grad school for...something
  
• Refuse to marry before 30 and even then...
  
• Still love NSYNC, and they will reunite one day, but my heart lies with U2 now
• Have a core group of friends, but from college. Still talk to the two high school "best" ones, though.
  
• Am not at all interested in this whole "adult" thing
  

2000
Part of a school portrait I had done with my best friend. Yes, it has been 10 years, but I'm still incredibly self-conscious about the teenage years so this is the best I'm willing to share, a photo of a photo, the only one from 2000 I have with me.


2010
Opening gifts on my 26th birthday. Thank goodness I grew out those bangs. Boobs stayed the same size, though.


Maybe pulling out the 2000 photo wasn't so bad. I'm still all kinds of awkward, but I had a Snickers bar tonite, something I couldn't do when I had braces. It's all ok in the end.