High School Rewind

Some days I wish I could go back to high school.
It's not a lingering feeling, high school was not my best moment.
I played the tuba.
I wouldn't be going back to relive the glory days... they were a bit scarce.
I would go back to change things.
Playing the tuba wouldn't be one of them though.
So what would I change? Not everything. Probably not much. Maybe a few big things, but mostly little ones.
I would have tried harder. I would be the straight A student I am now, instead of the one that graduated by the skin of her teeth.
I would have taken a few more AP classes.
When I was tardy and my teachers said "Mortensen, you're late." I would have had one response- and one only:
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
I would have enjoyed the Great Gatsby.
I would have steered far away from my junior year boyfriend.
I would have met Kiri Case long before I did.
I would have cared less about dances.
I would have spent more time with my friends, and less time worrying about what boys thought of me.
I guess I would have been a different person.
I look at the things that happened, everything that I would change if I had that chance and I have to wonder...
If I did have the chance, would I really change it?
I'm where I am because of the choices I made. It's not one of those "maybe it would have been different..." things. I can actually SEE that my life is the way it is now because of what I did. Almost not graduating, dating that boy that destroyed my self worth, meeting Kiri Case when I did, not taking as many AP classes as I could have... they all put me here. Would I trade any of it?
No.
Except for the wizard part, I totally wish I would have done that.