Reunions

Wow, it's been more than a year since I updated this blog...where did the time go?

More high school ramblings...

I have been working on my high school reunion. For the first time ever. The 40-year reunion was disappointing because the group of classmates who had normally prepared for it did not have it together for year 40. There were no planning meetings and it just kind of thrown together by word of mouth and Facebook. The classmate list had not been updated in years; it was very outdated and there were no email addresses for anyone. So one of the guys and I have been going crazy for the last 4 years to try and find everyone. We have done pretty well and at this point, we are missing only 33 people out of a class of 198. We now have email addresses for 125 people and the rest either have not been found or they have no email addresses. We have a Facebook page with 82 folks signed up. We are LinkedIn with many more.

We have been meeting regularly as a reunion committee...at least, the 4 people who are committed...or maybe should be committed. We laugh, gossip, commiserate on being old, drink wine, and have a great time planning. As representatives of the class, we have found common ground. We are all old. We all have health problems. But we are enjoying each other as we plan. And we have other classmates who come to the meetings, are maybe not quite as committed, but care just as much about making the reunion a success. It is a fun time of life. So funny that after all these years, we can get back into each other's lives like it was yesterday. I am one of the few who travels a distance to make it to the meetings. But last week, our class president came from Duxbury, for his first meeting ever. It was such a nice surprise. And, through the magic of Facebook, another classmate who was in town visiting his sister, came because he saw the message on Facebook about the meeting. It was fabulous to have the extra people.

We have a venue, a caterer, a date. We are sponsoring some scholarships for graduating seniors in 2015. Life is good. We have sent out Save-the-date emails to those for whom we have email addresses and will be sending out snail mails to those who have no email addresses. For the first time ever, the class of '70 is organized and I am liking it! Hoping that the 2015 reunion is a success!