What I've learned in 15 years......

I celebrated my 15 year class reunion this past Saturday. 12 classmates out of 55 attended. I think the furthest was 5 hours away. I didn't mind the turn out because it was intimate and not over-whelming. So this is what I learned in 15 years..........

• No one changes, everyone acts the same, they even look the same, I recognized everyone; except they may be a bit thicker, some thinner, less hair, some gray hairs, and a tiny bit of wrinkles.....but it was like we started where we left off.
• Our class was a cool class, I forgot how everyone got along well with each other and it was the same way the other night.....no cliques, just a lot of mingling and catching up. This is really good considering we were the second year of consolidation of two schools.
• 15 year reunions hurt my jaw and sides from smiling and laughing so much!
• Late 80's and early 90's was a funny time to go to school; just check out our BIG hair, pegged pants, silk shirts, and many more to laugh at........
• I think we were pretty fortunate growing up with no cell-phones and driving clunkers for cars during our high-school years.....it made us humble AND it gave us something to look forward to in the future......if you would pass by a high school parking lot nowadays you probably wouldn't see a whole parking lot of clunkers......if I had a brand new car in High School, I probably would have been shunned.
• By the sounds of it, I think we average 2 children per each classmate and their family. No one has passed away, some are single and a few divorced.
• I'm so glad that I chose the path that I did and ended up where I am today.....there are no regrets...
• It's weird to me to see other school-mates that live in my hometown and actually think that they are adults in our hometown.......it's quite the phenomenon to me....just sayin'.
• If I had to re-do anything in High School, (I agree with my Dad on this one) I would have done anything to prevent getting "Mono" my senior year, so I could have played Volleyball and really kicked some butt. (Not to toot my own horn, but darn it I was pretty good!)
• Even though I didn't get skittles from Mr. Burkle, I think I was his favorite student (we had a consensus of this the other night)....I think he probably enjoyed that I cried each day in Trigonometry, because I was so stinkin' frustrated that I couldn't GET it.........I also think I was his favorite since I singled him out at a talent show and sang "Big Spender" to him with a red dress on....I thought for sure that would get me some extra points in Trig. (no success but really funny!).
• I'm going to go to our 20th class reunion, because that was a good time the other night, even though I felt like I was going on my first date, a little nervous and excited.....but it all worked out.