Party Like It's 1989

WE ARE GREAT... WE ARE FINE...WE'RE THE CLASS OF '89!!!

Somehow 1989 doesn't seem like that long ago until you sit back and think about all that's happened since then...wow, yeah 20 years really IS a long time! (and no, I'm not going to ramble about all that's happened to me since 1989...far too much to get into here! Not to mention the fact that I'm not really sure I want to share quite all of it with everyone out there in blog-land!) Anyway, as I was saying...the whole 20 years thing...So much has happened, and so much time has gone by since I've seen anyone from good ol' Parkway*West, that I really wasn't sure if I wanted to even go to my reunion. I mean, some people have stayed good friends, become neighbors, have kids that are all friends...but not so much here! I haven't kept in touch with anyone but my fun, sweet cousins! Thanks to Faceb**k however, I quickly changed my mind. I had a chance to reconnect with some friends online, and decided it would be great fun to see them all again! And it really was...

I ended up having so much fun...I totally forgot to take pictures! It really was a great weekend! It was so fun to see friends I hadn't spoken to since grade school; to talk to some who I thought would never even remember me and to even make new friends with people I could have never hung out with in High School! It was pretty interesting how most people really didn't change that much,(I'd like to think that I have!) and while most stayed within their little cliques, it seemed to me that we were all excited to see everyone! It was great to see so many familiar faces, but I was most excited to see my "BFF" Suzanne!

We had been inseparable for years, but somehow drifted apart in High School and completely lost touch after she moved away our senior year. I felt like I was back in Jr High (but in a good way this time!) as soon as I saw her! So we had two fun filled nights out on the town, but Saturday afternoon brought yet another trip down memory lane. I brought the kids with me, and we all got a little tour of the school!

Here's the office where I had to sign in for being tardy just a few times!

They got to chill in the Senior Lounge...although I spent my breaks with all the second-hand smoke in the (can you believe this...) Smoking Lounge! I mean really, how on earth were kids allowed to smoke in school when they weren't even old enough to buy cigarettes?! (or were they back then? I don't know, I just know I didn't!) The kids had fun with the lockers...until Big Butter got trapped inside of one! Word got around fast about that!

And my favorite...the choir room. I spent more time in that room than any other. I didn't play any sports, wasn't a cheerleader, nor was I in any clubs, poms or anything else that might have been fun (loser!) but I was in choir (concert and jazz) all four years. You can call me any kind of nerd you want (I know Kurt sure does) but it really was so much fun! The best was at Christmas-time when we got to go do concerts for luncheons at country clubs and offices; and of course the big Christmas Concert. I still go back from time to time to see that one with my brother and his wife. I love to hear each footstep during the processional, and still get teary singing "Silent*Night" and "The Lord*Bless You and Keep You!" So it was quite exciting to see that my hand print was still on the wall with my (still not sure what I was thinking with this one...major issues in my teenage years!) "Leesah" next to it! PWH* has changed a lot with a big addition and an end to the "smoking lounge!" The thing that got me was how much bigger the theater seemed and how much smaller the choir room actually was...weird.

So I've got to say, much to my surprise, it was a fabulous weekend and I can't wait until the next one!