1. The tell-tale plaid skirt, or in my case - kilt.

2. Messy buns.

3. Wearing days old clothes on dress down days.

4. Wearing pajamas on dress down days.

5. Sleeping in your uniform to save time in the morning.

6. Yelling “BOY!!!!!!”

7. Using the men’s restroom after all the male staff have gone home. No? Just me? Okay.

8. Clean, if acne covered, skin.

9. Asking for a tampon in the middle of class and having ten classmates yell “got you!”

10. Having more nuns in the administration than lay-people.

11. Watching Miley Cyrus/panda buns go from an extreme hairstyle to an every day hairstyle.

12. Singing the male parts of songs in an all girl choir.

13. Discussing the attractiveness of Shakespearean actors with teachers without judgment.

14. Having a line of demarcation at your lunch tables to separate the “innocent” and the “party-people."

15. Quoting Sassy Gay Friend in English class.

16. Screeching “Daughter of God” at the end of every Mass.

17. Getting a detention for not having your lanyard or wearing the wrong color socks.

18. Nap day in gym.

19. Personalized sweat pants for every club (including a pair for the faculty coordinator).

20. KAIROS.

21. “You are not allowed to say guys” in regards to our classmates.

22. Wacky Wednesday of Homecoming week.

23. Senior lunches in the courtyard, even in the dead of winter.

24. Ring the Bell affirmations for sports teams and clubs when they win a competition.

25. Band with the all boys school across town at 6 in the morning, with donuts from the bus driver afterwards. :)

To all my sisters, I hope this makes you as nostalgic as it made me.