Why have I started this blog??

As the weeks inch closer and closer to my senior year, I have begun to realize how little I have documented any of my high school years. I often count on my mom to do this for me because I'm often too distracted to do it. However, I think (as well as most of us probably do) that senior year is the most memorable, exciting, and cherished year of all. I decided to keep a blog (and hopefully keep up with this blog) to document my senior year and all of the memories that I know I will miss so much.

Here's a little review of our last few years at Flag High...

Three years ago we walked through the doors of Flagstaff High School … Little freshmen with no idea what we were doing. We were eager to find our identity, or possibly to create a new one. We finally felt like "big kids". We were terrified of the seniors, and made sure to stay out of their way. We had no idea where the 400 hall was, or which teachers were not pleasantly placed on our schedules. We opened our lockers for the first time, and went to our first high school dances. Three years ago, we couldn't wait to be seniors.

Two years ago we walked through the doors of Flagstaff High School, thinking we owned the place. We weren't the babies on campus anymore. We were sophomores who "made the world go round" We were no longer intimidated by the upperclassmen. We still desperately tried to be the "top dogs" and couldn't wait until we were. We made new friends, and watched the old ones do the same. Some of us got our licenses. We went out on weekends, thinking we were too mature for those school dances. Two years ago, we couldn't wait to be seniors.

Last year we walked through the doors of Flagstaff High School as juniors. We flaunted it like the upperclassmen that we finally were. We began to realize how fast time flies by. We learned who our true friends were and laughed at all the memories we were making together. We dated seniors and made fun of the underclassmen. We started thinking about college, even though it still seemed like it was 10 years away. We participated in Varsity sports and went to prom. And last year, we couldn't wait to be seniors.

This year we will walk through the doors of Flagstaff High School as SENIORS. We'll get to play the "senior card". We'll wear camo, and officially rule the school. Everything we do will be our last- Our last sports camps, our last FIRST day of school, our last homecoming pep assembly, our last football game, our last family vacation. We'll start applying to colleges. We'll start to realize that in a year from now, we won't have mom to do our laundry and cook us dinner. We'll sign yearbooks and say our goodbyes. We'll pack up our rooms and start brand new lives. But most of all, we'll make this year the best one yet and cherish every moment we still have together.