The drama queen posted a picture of Mark with his daughter Stephanie and her 3 kids. Ugh, those are some big and ugly kids! Stephanie’s even uglier, though.

No one seemed to have an opinion on whether or not I should put the MP3 player back, so I took down the poll.

Today’s my parent’s 60th wedding anniversary, so I called and briefly spoke with them this morning. Imagine being married to the one you love for that long. That’s amazing!

Now for the lovely surprise I was in for yesterday. Someone named Rebecca requested to add me as a friend on Facebook. At first I didn’t know who it was as I didn’t recognize the last name. I saw she was in the northeast, though, and about my age. What a coincidence, huh? Then I studied her picture and it hit me who she was; a fellow Valleyhead victim turned survivor. She’s married now with 3 kids and seems to have done quite well for herself, but I don’t like to go into too much detail about others as it may make them uncomfortable. If they want to discuss their life in public they can start their own blog.

I will just say that Becky was one of the ones I was closest to in VH and she really looked out for me. The bigger kids usually looked out for the smaller kids unless they were busy bullying them. Well, no one messed with me when Becky was around, and as she said in a forum that discusses the “school” being shut down due to abuse, she was there when I jumped out the window. And instead of getting me the help I needed I was ostracized and made to feel ashamed. She helped me bathe and wash my hair when my arm was in a cast, not them.

She too, hated Donna, the blitzed bitch, right along with her nasty sister and a certain other staff member with a very mean mouth. I think just about every student who ever went to this so-called school will suffer some form of PTS and nightmares on and off throughout their lives. I just hope that these particular staff members, whom I could probably never forgive even with an apology, have miserable lives themselves. They deserve it!

Although Becky reaching out to me may have invoked some terrible memories, there will always be a special kinship between us VH sisters, I think, in a way that’s different from those who get the blessing of attending “real” high schools.

I jokingly “reversed” Nane’s Turkey trip countdown being the mischievous little devil I can be. She got a kick out of it too, LOL. Then I quickly chatted with Irene.

I’m getting in better and better shape so now I have to mix running in with the walking to really challenge myself. I’m no longer getting cramps and pains like I was getting for a while, but I’m getting this strange achy feeling in the very upper front part of my legs a few hours after working out. Not sure what that’s all about. I drink plenty of water. Anyway, I run on and off during the first part of my workout at 5 MPH, then walk at around 3.1 MPH. Those calories really burn off faster at 5 than at 3! Wish I could run that fast throughout the entire time, but then I would have joint problems for sure. I am able to run in longer bursts, though, so that’s good. Too bad there’s no way to speed up the time, LOL, but 40 minutes is 40 minutes no matter how fast I’m burning calories.