Monday, October 13, 2008

Surreal...

This weekend was surreal. I had my friend Heather in from Atlanta so we could catch of with our classmates of 1998. What a blast.

I found it a little unnerving at first. I went in with a positive attitude. I thought people would be different and cool. Most people were the same...some were better and of course some were worse. I thought it was hard to have all those high school feelings come rushing back in a matter of seconds! I figured I would be fine. It had, after all, been 10 years. I felt the feelings rush over me like a wave. I was in shock for the first 10 minutes of getting to meeting place on Friday. It didn't take long to figure who was still a jackass. It did take a while to figure out who was genuinely sorry for being a jackass.

We all met up on Friday night for a casual night out. Then Saturday night was the dinner and dance. The mean girls, the jocks, the prankster, the nerds (that was me!) and all my friends were there and mostly the same. Luckily I still keep in contact with who I wanted to. I'm a townie once again and get to see my girls from school on a regular basis. I am sure we will get orders this time next year...and I will leave here again, but I am soaking it all in now. I am so glad Heather was in town. We got to talk and really process what we were feeling and get through it. By the end of Saturday night everything was going so well that I heard people saying that we should do this again in 5 years. I don't think I can handle 5 years....
Anyways...enjoy the pictures of people you don't know. I didn't upload all on blogger because I am sure some people wouldn't appreciate it.
A huge thank you to Scott who was not only a great picture taker and date, but a good listening ear when I was bitching about the girls I thought were bitches. :)

2 comments:

Katie said...

The way all the girls are posing in that first picture makes it look like the world's biggest sorority photo!! I'm still so pissed because my high school class couldn't get their shit together and we haven't had a real reunion yet! I have always wondered what it would be like! Weird that all the old feelings were still there for you....

joanna said...

You described exactly what I felt watching my classmates come in the doors at my own 10 yr reunion 7 years ago - the wave, the shock. Amazing. I must say that was the first time I felt "old" (because everyone else looked older than I felt!).