notre dame prep Mug

You know you went to NDP when: -Your collection of ribbons grew to be larger than your wardrobe -You still wear your saddle shoes because they are so worn in and comfortable -Your blue dress has a multitude of holes and rips, and you wouldn’t have it any other way -You can’t even begin to count the number of times you got in trouble for not having a belt -You had to wear your name tag every day, although it somehow always managed to be “on order” -Christmas liturgy was the best ever -You always wondered what was behind the creepy little door by the locker rooms -Gym Meet was life -Every time something important happened, the entire school knew about it in a matter of 5 minutes -You own more t-shirts, polo’s, pearl necklaces, and pairs of lacrosse shorts than you can count -You spent every free period you ever had pigging out on French fries in the cafeteria or watching 80’s movies in the Senior lounge -Your shorts always hung below your dress, no matter how many times you rolled them up -Tree trim was an annual occasion -Almost everything you owned was in your class colors -Everything else you owned was pink -You watched a bunch of fathers dress up in uniforms and dance around the stage every December -You camped out starting at 5:00 in the morning just to get Saturday night Gym Meet tickets -You played nose goes with your friends every day after lunch to decide who was going to wipe off the table -You wore your blue dress anywhere you went after school, and got a bunch of weird looks while doing it -You wore your saddles to AA dance Senior year -You only went to meetings if there was free food offered -Your socks were never regulation length -You decorated the city of Towson the Thursday before Gym Meet every year -You still swear you’ll wear your gym tunic when you’re pregnant -Your classmates became your sisters -You dreaded swimming class each week and always tried to convince your teacher to let you not swim -Your car windows were painted in your class colors the first week of March every year -You lived for the days when the cafeteria served chicken tenders and taco salad -You begged your religion teacher to go to the meditation room every class -Ring Day was the greatest day of your life -You went swimming in the pool with your clothes on after Senior farewell liturgy -You over-annunciated the “t” in “white” when you sang the school song at assembly every Wednesday -You always wondered what the purpose of checking out was -Your shoe laces were never actually tied -You still remember all of your Gym Meet songs and every dance and aerobics routine you ever memorized -You’ll never forget Junior Retreat and the New York trip- the two greatest trips you went on while you were there -You continue to wear your gold and onyx ring on a daily basis -You loved every little stupid tradition the school had -You will always consider yourself to be