10 years

i've been officially invited to the st. paul central high class of 1996 10 year reunion. I think I'm pretty much over feeling that it was such a long long time ago, altho looking at some pictures from freshman year was kind of weird - I was that young once? Doesn't seem likely. I remember feeling that young tho, and pretty geeky at that. I had a crush on a senior when Iwas a freshman. A couple of them, actually. Not that either knew I was alive ever, but I did pass one a note in the cafeteria one time...yikes.

I don't think about high school very much. There are currently 2 people that I stay sort of in contact from high school. One was class of '95, she already had her reunion and lives in Arizona currently anyway. The other is in Germany, not likely to make the trip for the homecoming game and a party at what sounds like a sports bar. I feel like college made so much more of an impact on my life and who I have become as a person. I would be much more likely to plan the trip to Tulsa to reconnect with people there, but I also have stayed in touch with at least a dozen people who I would still consider close friends. Maybe I'm not giving high school enough credit, but most of my strongest memories during that time were outside of school -coning with my friends (none of them in my same class), my first job, my grandad passing away, drama with my older brother and the rest of my family, my first mission trip.

The only reason I would even consider going is that it's in town and not horrifically expensive. There are some people that I would maybe like to see again and reconnect to. But if it was really that important, wouldn't I have probably tried a little harder not to lose contact in the first place? All the people I am most interested in finding out about are not going to be there, they were from different class years or different schools. Oh well. It's $30 that I don't really need to spend, uncomfortable and awkward moments that I'd rather not take part in. It would probably end up alright, I'd run into a person or two that I could reminisce with, remembering band with Mr. Koppelman, Mrs. Erlich's English class, Mr. Demer's OTEs.

I don't know, am I blowing this off and missing a huge opportunity? Has anyone had really great high school reunion experiences and are so glad that they've gone? I'm thinking Grosse Pointe Blank, where outside of the hitman, John Cusack's reunion was an utter bust (I don't have a long lost love to reconnect with), and Romy and Michelle, full of prissy women and drunk high school crushes. Not reality, but still, not very compelling reasons to go. Oh well, if I really feel like I've missed out afterwards, there's always the 20 year reunion; I'll have 10 more years to work on feeling nostalgic...