Went to my 20 year high school reunion last night
Had a good time, talked to several people, and the food was decent. The music was a too loud most of the time, but that's just me. I hate trying to shout a conversation to someone standing right next to me. Bryan McClannahan cracked me up as usual. That guy was getting two text messages a minute, I swear. He was my bud on a motorcycle ride from Iowa to Florida back in 1993. He ended up staying in Florida, so I had to ride back alone. It was a good reason though, a woman, so it's all good. Hey, Bryan, the name of city in Ohio we stopped in was Athens. I'll never forget that baked potato pizza, my motorcycle breaking down in Raleigh and the chiggers we suffered after using the tent that once.
I missed seeing Liz Rubin (now Peck). I wanted to apologize for how rude I was in 5th grade. She and I passed notes in 4th grade and I was too immature to handle it I guess and blew her off in 5th. Screwing that up taught me a life lesson. I always felt a pang of guilt around Liz through middle and high school. I should have just been a better friend than that. Sorry Liz. Thanks for being my facebook friend now. When I met Jen (now my wife) we were best friends for a year before dating. I give Liz credit for teaching me that friendship is the foundation. I didn't get to chat with Chris Mur much, just said hi. Here's the story I remember about Chris. I don't know what year, but it was before high school. Chris was a catcher on some baseball team and he told me that he loved the song "Another one bites the dust". For some reason he confided in my that he'd tap out the rhythm of that song on his athletic cup during the games. Why did you saddle me with that image, Chris? Now you are a tv and movie star, so I forgive you :) It was great to see David, Crystal, Michaela, Dan, Amy, Tom, Melanie, Kristin, Todd, Christian, Bill, Scott, Jay, Jason, Jennifer and all the rest.
