20 Year Reunion

Last weekend was my 20th class reunion.  For some reason, I was not especially excited for it.  Don't get me wrong.  It was great to see my good friends from high school.  And I did have a great time visiting with them, but I think the real reason I wasn't that excited for the reunion is that I really spend very, very little time thinking about "the old days."

Maybe it's because I never really left high school.  Maybe it's because I wasn't that keyed up to attend my 10 year reunion.  Maybe it was because my wife chose not to attend her reunion last year.   But I think the main reason I wasn't so eager was that I have an incredible life now.  I could hardly be happier with my life right now.  My wife is the smartest person I know and my best friend.  My kids are wonderful.  I have the best job in the world.  I am in my element and I wouldn't have it any other way.  Despite being several pants sizes larger than back in 1992 and not having my parents around anymore, I wouldn't change anything back to the way in was two decades ago.

So getting together with classmates from so long ago to talk - mostly - about old times didn't really appeal all that much to me.

I have a good friend who attended his 20th year reunion last year and recounted how it turned into a drunken debacle with several people trying to prove that they really haven't grown up all that much since high school.

Ultimately, though, I am very glad I went.  I got to see a very good friend, Simon, whom I haven't seen more than a handful of times since we graduated.  I saw another close friend, Harry, and two others whom I see a bit more often, Lance and Lon.

Most of all, though, it was a fun night out with my wife.  We had a great dinner and then she had some time to blow off some steam with her friends that she also doesn't get to see too often.

While I had a good time, I'm not counting down the minutes until my 30 year reunion!