FLASHBACKS.

Sometimes growing up in a relatively small town can have its advantages.
Other times just its mortifying moments.
Let's just say that in high school, I was quite a different being than I am today.
I was, for the most part, a quiet, straight A, non-clique kind of girl.
Oh yeah, and did I mention fat.
Let's just say that my doorbell was not used by boys very often.
Anyway, I went to my senior prom with a ex-boyfriend of a friend.
As I like to call him....The prom date from hell.
After that awful night, we both went our separate ways, and he got a girlfriend. WHO HATED ME.
She used to come into the donut shop I worked at and make snide comments.
"How could he date someone so huge?"
"She doesn't even have a real job?"
"What did he see in her?"

Okay, so here's my defense.

Yes, I was fat. But now I'm not and haven't been since 1991. Thank you Jenny Craig. End of story there.

Yes, I did have a real job.
(Oh by the way, she sold clothes at a department store. She made $4.75/hr, I made $4.75/hr plus $5.00/hr cash in tips. Hmmm...)
It may have been in a coffee shop, but that coffee shop put me through college, gave me fabulous friends, and made me the person I am today.
Working there gave me a voice.
Because of that donut shop, I don't take crap from anyone.
You learn that quickly when people are screaming at you about the end of the world coming because you're out of honey- dipped donuts.
I became my own person, not the product of what some people wanted me to be.
I came out of my shell. I like this person I have become.

Anyway, back to the point, last night she was a patient of mine.
FABULOUS!!!!!
I know high school was 19 years ago, but sometimes for a split second, you are thrown back to being the scared, shy girl you once were a long time ago.
I prayed to God that she would not recognize me.
And she didn't....until about 5a.m.
Then she says, "I think I know you. Did you work at the donut shop on blah, blah street?"
"Uh huh"
"I almost didn't recognize you, you were..."
And then she caught herself.
I said "Fat?"
"Oh no, I was going to say shy?"
"Mmm Hmm!"

But just so you don't think I am a vengeful person, I still drugged her for her pain.
I'm not completely heartless.
But it does feel good to have some of the cheerleader types I went to school with recognize me and be shocked at how I look today.
Childish I know.
Oh well.