Well this last weekend I went to my husband's 25th high school reunion. It just made me ponder on my upcoming reunion (which I hope will happen...20 years next year). How many times when I was in high school did I not think I was not worth somebody's time to even say hi to or to even share the same air as them? How many times did I think that I thought I was not even worthy of sharing the same space as them? Needless to say, I am glad those high school days are over. Nothing against teens today, but I do not wish to go back to those awkward, confusing, naive days when all that was raging in all of us were homones and who was winning the popular contest of the year? At the end of the day, what do we have to show for it? Just some dusty old trophies, some plaques that never get displayed and clarinet lessons that were never listened to...
Yeah you guessed it, I was a band geek in school, I was a choir singer wanna be and a sports player nada. But that was ok. I guess I was ok with who I was, I was trying to figure out who I was and what I wasn't. But one thing I do not miss from those days were the long cold football games. Since I was in marching band, I wore an extra layer of skin, called my band uniform, with it's polyester feel and it's bulkiness (since I was the shortest, everything was big) I felt like a huge midget carrying around one of the heaviest instruments on the field. Thank God Mr. Thayer took pity on me and let me rest those xylophones on a stand during the majority of the contest pieces. Thank you also to Jill who during a majority of band camp gave me lots of shoulder rubs because those 60 pounds of metal pushed in to my hips and pulled on the shoulder harness. Yeah, I miss the rush of band camp, the feel of high school football adrenaline and popcorn wafting in the air, but I am so glad those days are behind me and I am on this side of high school. Now another part is to get my kids to this side as well.
What will I see in another year?...hopefully more mature people than the ones I met about 10 years ago at the last reunion. I'm glad that Tim was able to see that he is just as successful as those who were seen as successful in school. He will always be my knight in shining armor, my hero, my best friend, the best father to our children and my confidant. I just hope and pray that you will be able to find a person that fills all those mentioned above.
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