Note: This was supposed to be posted originally on November 16, 2008. Obviously there has been a slight delay. I hope it reads OK, but in case it doesn’t, now you know why. Oh, by the way, Happy New Year!
Just over ten and a half years ago I graduated from high school. Saturday, November 15, was my ten year high school reunion. First, Chris and I found it quite humorous when we signed in and received our name badges, complete with our senior pictures. Chris later recalled to me the episode of Psych where Shawn and Gus go to their reunion, and Gus is ridiculed throughout the evening for making the name badges with their pictures on them. It was so totally cliché, but there was at least one time it did come in handy (not that I recall talking to the person whose badge I needed to read to remember her name).
It was great to see people like Sam, Ilyse, Jenny, Tina, Melissa, Katie, Briony, Lindsey, Shilpa, Ami, Dennis, Grant, Chris (the other one), Al*, and I am sure there are others I am forgetting (or I had a fairly anti-social night limiting myself to talking to a dozen or so people). It was great to get a chance to talk to you all. There were many people I had not seen since graduation or prom, and Facebook stalking can do only so much as compared to meeting face to face.
To Laura, Robyn, Shilpa and Lindsey, you put on a good party. Thanks for taking care of it all. I just wish I could have stayed a little while longer, but it had been a long day, starting with 8 hours of graduate school.
Overall, I can say I enjoyed myself at the reunion. Do I feel like I am old enough to be attending reunions? Not really. Am I looking forward to future reunions? More so than I looked forward to this one.
Just last week, we missed the unofficial Reunion II at Easy Street Pub, just a brisk walk from our house. We had to miss it because of our own annual holiday party. I hear it was good times for all, and I do wish I could have been there. I guess I’ll have to wait for Reunion III to catch up with people again.
* Al was not in our class, but she knew just as many, if not more, people than Grant, Chris and I. That was one of the best parts of the night for me.
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