Reunion of Sorts

I have taken it upon myself (and with heavy suggestion of my high school peers) to plan my High School's 10 year reunion. Not for one second would I have ever considered doing something like this while I was in high school, so it is kind of funny for me to even think of doing it now.

When I thought about it I figured that most High School Reunions are probably pretty boring. People that don't like each other or really even care about where the others have been or where the others are going rally together for one night, and for what purpose? For me I am quite happy with where my life is right now. Looking back I don't, and never really felt, like I have anything to prove to my yesteryear friendships and I hope that most of the others from my graduating class will feel the same.

Realizing that nearly 10 years have passed since I was an 18 year old fresh out of high school is a really tough thing to face. I find it odd when 21 year olds tell me that they don't know Zack Morris. I guess it is those little realizations that help you consider the fact that "things were different, when we were young". Scary, isn't it?

I wanted to help plan my High School reunion because I want to have a hand in a celebration of the years that have passed. I am looking forward to being around the people who grew up with Zack and AC Slater. I am ready to be around all the guys that had a crush on Kelly Kapowski and all the girls who learned lessons about drug abuse from Jesse Spano because she was "so excited, so, so, so, scared." Whether it was a good time, a bad time, or a tough time, we shared important moments in our lives together and I think that hands down, that is something worth coming together to celebrate.

I also considered the fact that we were different. Always have been, and always will. In elementary school they deemed us "Drug Free Class of 2000". They had high hopes for us, and grand expectations. We are the millinial generation. The class of Y2K, the Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys, and the ones that brought you Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake. We might have had a rocky start but just like Justin and Britney we keep on rockin' and we won't give up yet.

As our parents scold us for our terrible spending habits and our rebellion towards planning and saving for a brighter future the way that they did when they were our age, we are a generation of NOW.

Over the years as a class we have done a pretty good job at making attempts to stay connected. Which is more than I could say about the other classes ahead or behind us. For three years in a row Tyber Creek hosted the Annual Christmas Cocktail. The first year it was somewhat more cozy, but by the second and third year the crowed had doubled and tripled in size. The core of the group was Class of 2000 alums. Over the years the party grew to be friends of friends and those from "rival" high schools and such and so on. But a reunion starts with an idea. So my idea and thoughts are if that many people can rally together for three years in a row, just think of how many could show up to our actual 10 year High School Reunion.