Monday, May 5, 2008

And the reunion saga continues...

Remember my previous blog about the reunion coming up because I am officially beyond old and qualify as a 10 year post high school individual? Well, the invites officially came out this week complete with a list of people starred by an asterisk noting they could not be found. As I glanced at the names, I realized that most of these individuals couldn't be found even when we were still in high school. Why should we be shocked to learn they are still off the map?
Anyways, back to the real point. I thought, "Self, why don't you look up all the old emails for your friends and try sending out to them? Perhaps some of them have the same email addresses." Low and behold...they actually went through! How funny is it that out of 5 emails only 1 kicked back. Weird! 6 of us kept the same email. Maybe we really were more alike than I remembered.
So that latest update is at least 2 other friends will go and I cannot wait to catch up with them. We've begun an email chain. Don't worry friends...I'll keep you in the loop. I'm sure more enjoyment will be forthcoming as nostalgia sets in.

To all the WHS high school graduates...Remember when.....
Allison was taking karate and I used to joke with her about her "zone of terror."
Charlotte said she was going to be a music biz major.
Timmer used to tell stories about Roy burning his hair off his legs in Ol' Whitey.
Sarah and I sat next to each other on the first day of Freshman year in Roy's Bio I class and later learned our grandparents lived just up the street from each other.
Melissa would tell my little brother Lance to "Run Forrest Run" and he'd take off like a maniac racing around the yard.
Tornadoes went through during spring finals and we had to sit in the hallways.
We took finals in sweltering heat because the building was built for air conditioning with tiny window and they never put in the air.
We could talk about anything and everything at lunch time (it was my favorite time).
Senora would talk about Julio :)
Mr. Belmer would "preach" geometry.
Everyone was fighting the day after a dance (one of several reasons I passed on that experience)
Ben tried to ask everyone of us out and we all said "No".
The school was remodeled.
We took Mr. Gutwein's stuff outside, turned the chairs backwards, and Lisa took his credit card. :O
The giant pig head from Lord of the Flies.
The plays!!!! Seven Brides for Dracula and the flying bat. What about the dingo?
Physics was Phun.
We rewrote Shakespearean stuff into that funny play. Wow, was that hilarious.
Journalism was chill out time and no one wanted the camera.
Allison could be found each day with her kiwi and plastic knife.
Charlotte got that terrible sunburn after falling asleep outside.
Melissa could put her tuner to rotate every 30 seconds and she could sing with every radio song.
Mrs. Patterson did a cartwheel down the hallway to prove Mr. Shouse wrong.
Mr. Stier's daughter died.
We went to Europe. Wow! Too many memories there including meeting that group from Rochester, eating gyros in London, watching As You Like It at The Globe, going through the Alps, throwing snow atop Mt. Pilatis, buying Swiss chocolate, watching teh US v Germany soccer game with Germans, getting lost in the Louvre until we figured out the 1st floor is not really the 1st floor, etc, etc.....


Anybody have any other great high school memories to share?

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