In keeping with our ‘Where were we then..?’ series, the next person up is our beloved Mike. Take it away, Mike:
I know we’re supposed to just go back 5 years, but I’m with Ashley… that’s just not enough. What really changes between 20 and 25? Actually I guess lots of stuff did change in that time. Five years ago I was cursing myself for signing up for a class at noon, because it was hard for me to wake up that early. Nowadays I wake up at 9 or earlier on the weekends.
I think I’ll go back just a bit further to the end of my highschool days. My college years were defined by sleeping in until it was late, and staying up until it was early, but my highschool years were defined by surfing. I lived in Melbourne, a town on the east coast of Florida, about 5 minutes away from the beach. I surfed literally every single day that there waves to surf. I would wake up at 4:30 AM before school, drive to the beach when it was dark, and surf until 7 when I had to go get ready for school. Of course, then I’d immediately head back out right after school was over.
I also was lucky enough to take a couple of trips to California, and a couple of trips to Costa Rica for surfing. Costa Rica is definitely the coolest place I’ve ever been, with amazing food, really good waves, and lots of monkeys all over the place. Very cool.
So that was me about seven or eight years ago, when my skin was tanner, hair was blonder, body was thinner, and so on. Now that I’m living in Orlando, and I’m somewhat close to the beach again, I’m going to try to get back in the swing of it.
Oh yeah, also…
Hi Mom! Happy Birthday / Mother’s Day (little early I know). I love you!
-Mike
