Class of 67 45th Reunion - Getting ready
This will be the third reunion I've attended since leaving High School. This time I will be spending time with my best friend from that time, Susan, with whom I've stayed in contact for all these years. We have kept up with letters and a few visits and phone calls and now Facebook. Boy, how our lives have diverged! And as much as we talked about the pendulums of life in high school, we have definitely experienced them. I will enjoy reminiscing and catching up as much as going to the reunion events and just a general chance to be carefree and away from normal responsibilities.
I've volunteered to play keyboards for a little while at the party. I'm not great, but it will be fun, I think. Hopefully I don't make a fool of myself! I'm afraid the majority of folks coming are the cool folks from back then. Which I was definitely not. If there were groups such as jocks and nerds, I would definitely fit in the nerd crowd. But really not even that crowd. I didn't fit in a crowd at all! I wrote poems and stories and belonged to honors' societies and spoke Spanish and Latin (thanks Mr. Davis and Mr. Alfonso) and studied science and typing just in case. The typing was the most useful thing I took! I had two left feet, which didn't matter because dancing was prohibited in the church I attended. I was a "good girl" back then so I followed the rules. Too bad it didn't stick. I got rebellious in college and after and started breaking the rules. I also learned (sort of) how to dance. Unfortunately, I still have two left feet!
I have learned to appreciate all sorts of things I didn't do in high school. I've taken oil painting lessons and even sold a painting. I've dabbled in all sorts of crafty things, helped build a log house, experimented with cooking and baking, gardening, sewing and other "feminine" arts. I've traveled to Europe with a baby on my back and an Italian phrase book to find my way around. I've learned to camp and snowski and ride a jetski. I'm enjoying learning at this older age to hop on the back of a motorcycle and ride with my hubby. One by one, I'm checking off the bucket list.
There are some things I won't ever do in this life and I'll save them for heaven. I can't say what those are - because, you never know!
I've volunteered to play keyboards for a little while at the party. I'm not great, but it will be fun, I think. Hopefully I don't make a fool of myself! I'm afraid the majority of folks coming are the cool folks from back then. Which I was definitely not. If there were groups such as jocks and nerds, I would definitely fit in the nerd crowd. But really not even that crowd. I didn't fit in a crowd at all! I wrote poems and stories and belonged to honors' societies and spoke Spanish and Latin (thanks Mr. Davis and Mr. Alfonso) and studied science and typing just in case. The typing was the most useful thing I took! I had two left feet, which didn't matter because dancing was prohibited in the church I attended. I was a "good girl" back then so I followed the rules. Too bad it didn't stick. I got rebellious in college and after and started breaking the rules. I also learned (sort of) how to dance. Unfortunately, I still have two left feet!
I have learned to appreciate all sorts of things I didn't do in high school. I've taken oil painting lessons and even sold a painting. I've dabbled in all sorts of crafty things, helped build a log house, experimented with cooking and baking, gardening, sewing and other "feminine" arts. I've traveled to Europe with a baby on my back and an Italian phrase book to find my way around. I've learned to camp and snowski and ride a jetski. I'm enjoying learning at this older age to hop on the back of a motorcycle and ride with my hubby. One by one, I'm checking off the bucket list.
There are some things I won't ever do in this life and I'll save them for heaven. I can't say what those are - because, you never know!
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