I was so excited to go to my 30 year high school reunion. I bought my ticket, made my travel arrangements, got Lisa to commit-never wavered. Figured I had the summer to pull myself together and get to my "best self" and go. And what happened? Lisa kept talking about not remembering anyone. And then it really dawned on me-who am I going for? What is the point? I had so few friends in high school-it's not like I have this wealth of happy memories to relive-what am I going to say to these strangers? Hi-I'm happy-here's a brief rundown of my life-happily married/4kids/sandiego/sahm/liketotravel&read&entertain/lotsofvolunteeractivities/nowi'majew
It's so much money/time to spend on something that just doesn't matter. I went to my 10 year and I got that feeling of "hey-look what I've accomplished! High school sucked but look at me now-SMC graduate, great job in HR, live in Sausalito, dating awesome guy!"
It was really nice to see some people and catch up. But now-with FB-I have a gist of what people are up to. And otherwise-I have nothing to prove or show. And there's no one I need to reconnect with. I'd rather be here with my family, potentially see the Pfeiffers (people I do care about catching up with!) and not spending $1000 for a weekend away and by myself.
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