Trip home
We were only actually home for 3 full days, but
it was chock full o'activities - between the reunion and our subsequent trip to
the Eastern Shore.
Dana on the new sailboat:
Kayaking was a highlight of the trip:
As were the docks/boats/etc.:
As for the 20th reunion. Well, I'm still trying to figure out if "Oh. My. God. You look exactly the same as you did in High School!!!!" is a compliment or not.
I don't think it is. While it is true that my basic identifiers have not changed in the last 20 years. (I'm the same exact height, weight, and hair length/color as in high school), one could argue that frankly, I didn't look all that great in high school.
Isn't it ever geek's dream to go back to their 20th high school reunion and hear, "Wow! You have changed so much! You look fantastic! I hardly recognized you!"
Not for me. I got "You look exactly the same as you did 20 years ago! I'd recognize you anywhere!" Over and over and over again.
I've also determined that I suck at reunions. We walked into the first event and I did not recognize one single person. Not one. (except for one of my best friends, who I saw a few months ago....I recognized him.) The rest of them? Honestly, I could have been at someone else's reunion and it would have made no difference. In my defense, I haven't set eyes on many of these people in 20 years. I went far away to college (Boston) and I've lived in Wisconsin for the last 11 years. Eventually, I started recognizing people. But it took a while....
However, everyone seemed to recognize me. I had whole conversations with people before I was able to say, "so, remind me who you are, again?"
All in all, it was very fun and great to reconnect with all those people who I had completely forgotten ever existed and to reconnect with some wonderful old friends. One of my very best friends came over with her 4 kids. Add my 2 to the mix and we had 6 kids running around my parents house. When you've moved around as much as I have, It's the coolest thing in the world to see your own kids making friends with your childhood friend's kids.
Dana on the new sailboat:
Kayaking was a highlight of the trip:
As were the docks/boats/etc.:
As for the 20th reunion. Well, I'm still trying to figure out if "Oh. My. God. You look exactly the same as you did in High School!!!!" is a compliment or not.
I don't think it is. While it is true that my basic identifiers have not changed in the last 20 years. (I'm the same exact height, weight, and hair length/color as in high school), one could argue that frankly, I didn't look all that great in high school.
Isn't it ever geek's dream to go back to their 20th high school reunion and hear, "Wow! You have changed so much! You look fantastic! I hardly recognized you!"
Not for me. I got "You look exactly the same as you did 20 years ago! I'd recognize you anywhere!" Over and over and over again.
I've also determined that I suck at reunions. We walked into the first event and I did not recognize one single person. Not one. (except for one of my best friends, who I saw a few months ago....I recognized him.) The rest of them? Honestly, I could have been at someone else's reunion and it would have made no difference. In my defense, I haven't set eyes on many of these people in 20 years. I went far away to college (Boston) and I've lived in Wisconsin for the last 11 years. Eventually, I started recognizing people. But it took a while....
However, everyone seemed to recognize me. I had whole conversations with people before I was able to say, "so, remind me who you are, again?"
All in all, it was very fun and great to reconnect with all those people who I had completely forgotten ever existed and to reconnect with some wonderful old friends. One of my very best friends came over with her 4 kids. Add my 2 to the mix and we had 6 kids running around my parents house. When you've moved around as much as I have, It's the coolest thing in the world to see your own kids making friends with your childhood friend's kids.
Posted: Tue - August 1, 2006 at 09:59 PM
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