When I was in high school, I had a group of friends that I did everything with. We shared lockers, we had playlists of "our songs", we took all of our classes together, and we spent all of our time with each other. We were extremely close, and even though I always heard about how you drift apart from your high school friends after graduation, I honestly didn't think that we would. We all had chosen colleges that were relatively close to our hometown, so I thought there would be no reason for us to not be friends once we started college.

Right after graduation, we got in a huge fight and I didn't talk to most of my friends for the whole summer. When we went to college, we apologized for the things we said in that fight but it didn't really matter. Things didn't magically go back to the way they were. Part of me thinks that it was inevitable, to drift apart from your high school friends. You go to different colleges and meet new people, and don't have as much in common. Even though I wouldn't consider most of them my close friends anymore, they used to be. I had a great high school experience because of them and all of the memories I have with them. I still care about all of them immensely, and I think of them every time I hear "Meet Me Halfway" by the Black Eyed Peas(and I probably always will). They taught me a lot throughout high school and the following things are just a few of the many many things I learned.

1. Running around outside when its snowing in a sports bra isn't actually as cold as you would think!

2. Chugging two cans of Pepsi at 2 in the morning can keep you awake for a couple of hours.

3. Cooking chicken alfredo is actually way harder than it seems.

4. You can watch Netflix in French and the teacher won't do anything about it.

5. You can also steal candy from your counselor every day and he won't care either.

6. It is possible to play Just Dance for hours and hours.

7. There is another person on earth that thinks Wiz Khalifa is hot!

8. There is also another person on earth who likes Panic! at the Disco as much as I do.

9. If you live around a bunch of trees in the middle of no where, there will be spiders on your porch.

10. It's never a bad time to blare One Direction .

11. It's acceptable to put lotion in your hair after you straighten it (I had no idea this was a thing until high school).

12. The best drink to get at Sonic is a watermelon Nerd slush.