So I'm home for the holidays. That joyful time of year when people spend way too much money on other people who will just resent your gifts later. You gain unsightly amounts of weight by eating all the cookies your mother labored over. Pretending to be happy when you really don't care that another rerun of the claymation Rudolph movie is on. I really think I'm just bitter about Christmas this year because we don't have our usual amount of snow and the weather's not being conducive to snuggling in blankets and drinking hot chocolate, really its been almost pleasant, which makes me even more perturbed. But regardless I'm home no longer living in my 12' x 12' cubicle they call a dorm room- I really didn't mind it but everyone else seems to hate it so I'll just pretend I don't like it either.
By being home I get to see a lot of people I haven't since I went away in August as I've returned sparingly when necessary, otherwise I've enjoyed freedom. The thing that has been surprising me the most is right after the joyful shouts of "Oh yay Cicely!" -when I see friends from high school (which I ful-heartedly expected... :) most people seem to continue with "Did you grow? Oh my gosh your so tall!" Basically equating our previous relationship back to square one and it's like I'm meeting somebody for the first time- with regards to that statement, refer to my previous post- I have a hard time convincing people the no, I haven't grown (I promise, because I re-measured myself after the first person accused me, as I was helplessly paralyzed with fear that I HAD grown!) and I really have been really tall for a really long time.
The only explanation I came come up with for this is that people seem to genuinely forget how tall I really am and in their minds remember me as being shorter. I still haven't figured out if this is a good thing, maybe seeming shorter in their memory makes me appear "closer to them" relationship-wise or they just have a sucky memory and should try harder to remember me in the future~ Either way I find it extremely interesting because this is the longest I've been away from a group of people that know me and so maybe I'll find this a common recurrence in the future.
And if they are correct in any way and the impossible has happened, that I have indeed grown another inch, I really don't think it would matter much anyway because I'm still home, seeing old friends, reading lots of books and just hanging out wearing sweatpants I have to stretch to make long enough for my gangly extremities! So make sure you remember how tall people really are so you won't be confused the next time you see them~ Merry Christmas!
By being home I get to see a lot of people I haven't since I went away in August as I've returned sparingly when necessary, otherwise I've enjoyed freedom. The thing that has been surprising me the most is right after the joyful shouts of "Oh yay Cicely!" -when I see friends from high school (which I ful-heartedly expected... :) most people seem to continue with "Did you grow? Oh my gosh your so tall!" Basically equating our previous relationship back to square one and it's like I'm meeting somebody for the first time- with regards to that statement, refer to my previous post- I have a hard time convincing people the no, I haven't grown (I promise, because I re-measured myself after the first person accused me, as I was helplessly paralyzed with fear that I HAD grown!) and I really have been really tall for a really long time.
The only explanation I came come up with for this is that people seem to genuinely forget how tall I really am and in their minds remember me as being shorter. I still haven't figured out if this is a good thing, maybe seeming shorter in their memory makes me appear "closer to them" relationship-wise or they just have a sucky memory and should try harder to remember me in the future~ Either way I find it extremely interesting because this is the longest I've been away from a group of people that know me and so maybe I'll find this a common recurrence in the future.
And if they are correct in any way and the impossible has happened, that I have indeed grown another inch, I really don't think it would matter much anyway because I'm still home, seeing old friends, reading lots of books and just hanging out wearing sweatpants I have to stretch to make long enough for my gangly extremities! So make sure you remember how tall people really are so you won't be confused the next time you see them~ Merry Christmas!
I honestly did forget how tall you were = I won't lie. haha. And I know I'm incredibly short, but it happens :)
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