10 Years

I just got back from my 10-year High School reunion. It was a fun, and yet somewhat awkward, time.

Four or five years ago I wanted to go to my 10-year reunion for the stereotypical reason of proving to everyone that I'd grown beyond the person I was in High School. I wanted to show these people that I wasn't the socially awkward geek they once knew. And I guess there was a piece in there that wanted some of them to have not turned out so well so I could say I turned out better.

But in the last few years I've grown more. I've grown to the point where it honestly doesn't matter to me what everyone thinks and to the point where I really just want to see that my former classmates turned out happy and successful.

I was a little nervous heading to the reunion because I wasn't sure who was going to be there and I have some good friend who I knew for sure wouldn't (you know who you are :P). When I got there, though, I was happy to run into some old friends from Cross Country and we ended up hanging out for most of the night. In some ways it was just like old times, but it was good to see that things have changed too - no living in the past and regretting lost youth.

So now that I've had the chance to see everyone again, I think I'll be more excited for the next reunion - well, not excited for another 10-years to go by, necessarily, but at least not nervous about what to expect. And to anyone debating whether or not they'd like to go to their class reunion, I would say, please, go, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.