If you missed Part I, be sure to check it out here!
Friday night was our Boerne High School Class of 2004 10-year high school reunion at Random! And it was totally great! I think there’s a certain amount of awkward to be expected with these kind of events, but honestly, the reunion was so much less awkward than I’d anticipated. It was lovely and fun and joyful! I was able to catch up with a bunch of awesome friends I’d been so close to in high school and have been missing for a quite a while. Not everybody, of course. There were at least 8 or 10 more people who couldn’t come that I would have LOVED to see, but I had a really wonderful time with the friends who were there too. We enjoyed an excellent meal catered by Hungry Horse (home of the world’s BEST mac n’ cheese), an open bar stocked with endless beer and wine, lots of laughter, plenty of wide open spaces with room to roam under the starry Texas sky, lots of cool shady trees to converse beneath, simple but pretty decorations, lawn games like corn-hole, and a trampoline bounce pillow for kids AND adults (because growing up definitely isn’t mandatory)! Kevin and I owned that bounce pillow!
The location was absolutely fantastic, people could bring their kids if they wanted to (and many did), there was plenty to do, nothing felt contrived, we weren’t cramped or confined to just one room, the venue was appropriately sized for our group, we were well fed with really good food, there were plenty of free-flowing drink options, and lots of people from all different social circles came. I’m so glad I made going to this reunion a priority! I was also pleasantly surprised that every single person I talked to at the reunion – whether I was particularly close to them 10 years ago or not – was so friendly and genuine. Everyone was super nice and seemed so happy and well-settled in their families and careers, and also sincerely interested in and happy for everyone else’s success and lifestyle choices. Basically, it was nothing like the catty high school reunions you see on TV. And our class president and his committee did an excellent job planning this shindig.
Also, before I left New York, I found my big, beautiful high school class ring with that sparkly purple gemstone (you know, the one I so desperately wanted and painstakingly designed), and decided my 10-year reunion was the perfect occasion to wear that sucker…for the very first time.
After the reunion a handful of my closest friends joined me on my parents back porch beneath the stars for a thick slice of my mom’s homemade mint chocolate chip ice cream cake, just like old times.
Part III’s coming up next!
