I'm in Lancaster this weekend visiting my friend Karen. It's been very laid back and enjoyable, with activities such as watching the entire original Star Wars trilogy, grilling some amazing squash and zucchini, joining Starbucks Gold at a local Starbucks, and going to a high school football game. Karen is the music teacher at the local Christian high school, and her drumline was performing at the game. I bundled up in my winter best (it gets colder in the desert than one would assume), grabbed a fantastic Espresso Truffle (with an add shot, naturally) to keep me warm, stopped at Wal-Mart to buy a chair (because I forgot the one Karen had set out for me at her apartment and I don't have a key, nor did I want to a) stand for the whole game, or b) sit in the bleachers with the unwashed masses), argued with the women in the ticket booth and thought about how most people in the world need a little customer service training, and made my way across the track to sit by Karen and the drumline.
It was such a trip. It just took me back to high school. I mean, everyone was there. The cool kids, the misfits that supposedly don't care what people think about them but actually totally do, the insecure girls who were talking way too loudly as a way to compensate, the guy who is not at all affiliated with the music program but still hangs out by the drumline for the whole game and volunteers to help set up and tear down as a way to feel included... yeah. I just wanted to shake all of them and say "trust me, there is more to life than this!!" Which no high schooler will ever believe. But still. It was enjoyable. :)
I don't think I'm going to go to my 10 year high school reunion this summer. Is that bad? I just have little to no desire to go. I barely talk to anyone from high school, and there's nothing I hate more than surface relationships. So an evening of small talk with people I probably won't talk to again for another 10 years just sounds... well, not so fun!
I think it's just part of my personality type that I enjoy deep, meaningful relationships with a small group of people, rather than having lots of acquaintances. Which can sometimes be difficult for me, because I have been blessed with a great many dear friends and to be perfectly honest, I don't have time to have the deep relationship with all of them that I want to have. When I devote to much time to one, then another suffers. And it's never intentional. I guess it's a pretty good problem to have, eh? Having an abundance of people in my life who love me and want my time? I'll stop complaining.
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I didn't go to my 10 year reunion...mostly because the 2 friends I would have gone with both live out of state now and didn't wanna go to it either. Oh well...pick your battles, right? :)
HA HA! Unwashed masses.... ah the good ole days. I don't think you should go to your reunion. You're a smart girl and it sounds like you've already made up your mind for good reasons. No need to feel bad or apologize for being who you are just b/c you don't want to go see a bunch of people you don't talk to now and won't talk to after.
1. Hurrah for the original Star Wars trilogy!
2. Hurrah for high school football games - especially when it's cold outside!
3. Hurrah for Starbucks!
4. I fully support your decision not to go to your reunion. I don't know if I'll go to mine, either...
Sounds like you have good reasons for not wanting to waste your time at the reunion - do something fun instead! I wish my school HAD high school reunions. Of course, there were only 12 in my graduating class, but I would love to see most of them again.
I totally didn't go to the reunion. But I did actually regret it 9 months or so later. I mean, kind of an awkward tradition, but I really do regret it and now have to wait til the 20!