20 Years

I attended my 20th high school reunion this weekend.  It was a nice time - nice breeze at Friday evening's outdoor event, free beer at Saturday evening's dinner - but all still just a little too much like high school.  Some people are still too self-conscious to dance to "Footloose," some people still think everyone in the room is watching them, some people still hold grudges, some people still ditch their friends to hang out with the "cool kids," and some people (ahem, like me) let those people keep them from dancing, moving and mingling freely about the room, and get their feelings just a little bit hurt when they get ditched for the cool kids. (No, I was not one of the cool kids - shocking, I know.)  I think I may pass on the next one or two reunions, shooting for our 40th - 20 years down the road, when hopefully we've all grown up just a little bit more and finally gotten over ourselves.