While being so busy with graduation and closing a chapter in my life, I asked my mom what I should write about in my next blog post. She told me her English class had an assignment to create a soundtrack of their life. So, with that being said, I created one for mine!
From as early as I can remember to where I am in my life now, here is the soundtrack to the life of Lexie Ownby. I hope you enjoy it!
The beginning of my childhood, I remember being bossy in daycare and trying to run the place. My mom would always get on to me for telling the other children what to do and she would have to tell my preschool teacher, Mrs. Mandy, to not let me boss everyone around! Mrs. Mandy was from South Africa and I would always try to mimic her accent when I was a little girl. I believe my experience as a little girl spending time at daycare with her is why I am intrigued by accents and always want to see more of the world.
I remember Lilo and Stitch was my favorite movie and Full House was my favorite TV Show growing up. I loved Elvis as a child and I still do. I would always sing and listen to Burning Love by Elvis.
My days in elementary school are hard to really remember, but what I do remember from the first few years of elementary school is having not a care in the world and always playing outside. Shout out to meeting Julie Cook, Amber Navarra and Jordan Smith in kindergarten and 1st grade! Still friends to this day!!!
What a Wonderful World- Louis Armstrong
I would stay at my grandmother’s house all of the time and play with the kids in the surrounding neighborhoods. I remember in 2nd grade, I listened to this song by Tim McGraw all of the time and it was the same year my 2nd grade teacher told all of us that Coke was bad for us and that is why I don’t drink regular Coke anymore! 2nd grade also brought me some lifelong friends like Mary Beth Gillespie, Avery Bracken and Alexis Hollingsworth, too!
Towards the end of elementary school, I got glasses and then had to learn how to put contacts in. My brother and cousin moved off to middle school and I was growing and getting taller. I just remember how innocent life still was and my grandmother picking me up from school and we would stop by the gas station and I would always get a diet coke or sweet tea with a chocolate chip cookie before going over to the middle school to pick up my brother and cousin. Miss 103 was always on the radio. I remember going to the Mississippi State fair every year and riding the Gravatron and Ring of Fire as a little girl and not being afraid!!! I did not have a fear in the world but I did love shouting Redneck Woman to the top of my lungs!
Redneck Woman- Gretchen Wilson
Middle School was definitely a weird experience. I will never forget my 6th grade teacher, Mrs. Moorehead. She was there for me when I told her I was a loser for not making the 6th grade dance team. She always believed in me. I will always thank her for that. It was the same year in 6th grade when I met some of the same friends I am still close with today. Nicole Iannelli, Chuck Gordy, Morgan Hodges, Landon Peltz (who I also have known since 2nd grade), Zoe Thaw, Meghan McClaskey, and many more.
For some reason, 8th grade is all a blur besides getting lice twice in 2 months. From iPod touch, to wearing TOMS shoes, listening to Kesha, awkward school dances, middle school was a learning experience! OEC was a staple piece and I am glad it brought me friends and introduced me to yearbook. I picked “Here’s to Never Growing Up by Avril Lavigne” song because as my friends know, I always say I never want to grow up and in middle school we never thought about growing up. We had no idea about the life ahead of us!
Here’s to Never Growing Up-Avril Lavigne
Ahhhhh, high school. 9th grade was a time. So young, but felt so old and unstoppable. I got my first job working at Bruster’s with my brother. I did NOT want to grow up and loved this stage of life. Vienna by Billy Joel, one of my all time favorite artists, explains that…
I remember feeling so old and cool, but little did I know the life that was awaiting me! 10th grade was even better than 9th grade as I was starting to learn to drive. I met some amazing people along the way and was having the time of my life. I will say this until the day that I die, 11th grade of high school was so much fun and one of the best years of my life. My friends get so tired of me saying that! Everyone was so happy and we were so young and living our best lives. I was working at Bop’s Frozen Custard with all of my best friends and I loved going to work every day. I had so many friends and enjoyed going to school, to work, and then to hang with friends afterwards. Life was FUN! The summer after junior year, I got the chance to go to Italy for the very first time and I fell in love. WOW. Summer 2016 I went to my first music festival called Hangout Fest and saw the best performance of my life by The Weeknd and also went to the beach with the best of friends!
On Top Of The World- Imagine Dragons
Senior year of high school to football games, dual credit college classes, busy schedules, and more. We were still young and enjoying our lives to the best of our ability. And then it has to end! Graduation!!! All good things come to an end, and high school did just that. I got to go to France the Summer of 2017 and see Normandy, Paris, and Versailles too! Finished high school with a bang and went to Hangout Music Fest and the beach. Summer 2017 was amazing!
Freshman year of college was difficult to say the least. As I have mentioned in a previous blog post, I was in an on and off relationship that was toxic and I did not know what I wanted in life. I was confused. Everything was new and challenging and I lacked guidance. Starting college was really difficult for me and I found myself leaving Oxford every weekend of the spring because of being confused.
Walked Through Hell- Anson Seabra
Depression and Obsession- XXXTENTACION
Thank goodness sophomore year I began to figure things out. Still, LOST… I began to get the hang of things and was just starting to get my life in order before a BIIIIIG change!
After sophomore year, I experienced the best summer of my life in Italy and “cliche-ly” found myself. Italy was such a wonderful place for me to go and get a grip on my life. I realized while I was abroad and away from my normal routine, this world we have is so big. There are so many different people out there, so many different cultures, so many different ways of life and it is all so beautiful.
I got home from Italy and had the best time of my life. I was thriving and absolutely so happy. I look at where I am now and envy that girl that was so happy. I want to be her again!
Walking on Sunshine- Katrina and The Waves
I was glowing and living my best life and I was ready to take on anything and everything that came my way. This time in my life I found some of my best of friends like Victoria Daily, Halle Novarese, Allison Tillman, Maddie Dyess, Carly Horton, Bridget McMillan, and so many more! School started in the fall and I was at the best possible place in my life. Making friends, going to the Grove for football games, locking the Vaught. Life was blissful and peaceful. I was in love with my life.
In the spring, COVID came along and it did not even get me down. I was still so content with where I was in my life and I had my best friends by my side. From being in quarantine to getting in another relationship, life was great.
Every Day of quarantine I would wake up and play this song to keep myself sane. This is another reason as to why Billy Joel is one of my all time favorite artists.
I didn’t expect there to ever been a downhill fall anytime soon and I was honestly enjoying my last year as a senior once school started in the fall. I believe that we were all having a good time and making the best out of it (as we could) while following the COVID restrictions that Ole Miss had set.
Life Is Good- Future Ft. Drake
Little did I know that my what I thought was perfect relationship was coming to a close and I was left distraught and heartbroken. The whole rest of the semester has been nothing but a constant struggle of trying to survive and ignore my feelings and emotions and not think about what happened because I will never know why it happened. I have had to grow more than I ever expected over the past few months and I have been felt with fear, joy, guilt, shame, loneliness, peace, and satisfaction. All difference emotions and all emotions I cannot even explain.
I hate endings and this has been one hell of a semester. From a breakup, to graduating from Ole Miss, and now to moving away from a place that I have called home over the past four years and leaving behind my friends, it is a whirlpool of emotions for a very emotional person.
This song explains leaving friends behind, but it being more of a See Ya Later, not a goodbye.
Rivers and Roads- The Head and the Heart
With this chapter of my life closing and a new chapter opening, it is with a heavy, yet excited heart that I turn the page and begin to write my new chapter with eager intentions and bright ideas. I know only good things are to come, with challenges along the way. (Always- because I am too accident prone for there not to be any, so I am preparing myself now!)
Let’s do this!!!
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