Oh yes we did! Class of 1987.

Ok, so what is this you say?Wellllll, funny you should ask!  This is for those of you who actually check in on us over the weekend.  Helloooooo out there!  And for you, here is a TREAT!!  I was on my way home from work this past Thursday and lo and behold, who is that I see walking down my street?!  

My good ol' high school friend, Julie. Julie was also an elementary school friend of mine.  She, Paula, and I hung out a LOT together in junior high.  Actually, in high school, it was Julie's mom who we felt was the most gullable (or maybe just the most lenient?!), so we usually used HER house as the "we will be at Julie's house" excuse!  Dude... I just thought about this...I am so glad there were no cell phones during "my day".  and come to think of it, not even call waiting. So, you know, the phone could be "busy" all night!  Man, poor kids these days!  So sorry for them.  I know that if things are like they are today, my mom would have had a GPS inserted into my hiney and would KNOW that I was not really at Julie's.  I was really "cruising  the loop" down Forsythe Avenue.  That is what we did in "my day".  It was stupid, really!  

I distinctly remember my mom and dad saying, "where are you going?"  and I would say, "Out".  KNOWING they would NOT settle for that!  They would say, "out, where?!"  and I would say, "Just OUT".  And they would not let it go.  For you with teens, understand that there is such a place as "just out-out!"  Ok, so that was a BIG ol' bird!  

Back to Julie!  She was my stunt partner when we were freshmen cheerleaders!  Things in cheering have changed a lot too!  

So, I just hopped right out of my car (on the side of the road!) and said, "Hey, Julie.  My camera is in the car.  Let' s prove this once and for all!"  

So me, being the base, and she, being the flyer, did what all almost 40 year old ex cheerleaders do... we did our old stunt!  

Just pretend I am really thin and there is not a gut hanging over my pants!  Check out the body mechanics as she climbed aboard.  and the extension of Julie's legs and My arms as  we sho nuff do our old stunt!  

Oh yes we did!  

Controlled dismount and all!  (again... Say this slowly...Melanie is skinny.  She is so skinny.  She has no excess belly fat.  She is fine. )
Back to that whole how much cheerleading has changed... nowadays, kids start gymnastics and dancing at about 3 years old.  they HAVE to!  If not, they may not make cheerleader in 12 years!  It is insane!  And don't even thing about trying out if you can't do a back handspring (oh, and 

back "tuck"!)  My girls and I watched a video over the holidays that was HYSTERICAL!  It was a pep rally from the ninth grade.  Paula ran out on to the gym floor and did a roundoff!  Hilarious!  I mean, if someone did a roundoff these days, they'd be laughed off the floor!  I was the big fancy one with a front walkover into a split.  That was seeeerrriously advanced!  

But there is one thing to think about.  How many of those girls will be able to do their fancy pyramids and back handsprings when they are 39?  huh?  Well, Jules and I still got it, baby!  
And she has an appointment scheduled for 8:3o Monday morning, and I will be in traction just after that!  

Just joking.  As you can very well see... I am F-I- T!  

Ha. 

Melanie