Monday, January 23, 2012

Lunch time!

Last night’s leftover bbq tofu made for the perfect filler for my sandwich today. Just throw in some arugula, blue cheese, and press between two pieces of honey oat bread in the George Foreman and an easy tofu panini is served.   

Served with fresh green beans (for crunch!)

and two mini pickles

Enjoyed outside in the sunshine.

Are high school reunions dead?

I’m of a rare breed – I remember going to my parents’ 10 year high school reunion way back in 1992. I was 7 and it was held at a park. I remember playing with other kids, meeting people I don’t remember, and having my face painted. It was a big family friendly party that was complete with 90s style permed hair, stone washed jeans, and tank tops that had the early 90s Pepsi logo on them.

I even remember my parents’ 20th high school reunion. I was 17 and had to miss it because I was away at cheer camp, but I remember going through the ‘where are they now’ booklet they handed out at the reunion with my mom and comparing the photos from the booklet to the ones in my mom’s twenty year old high school yearbook.

(p.s. have you ever read the messages your parents’ friends left them in their yearbooks? let’s just say it’s a fun way to learn what your parents were really like in high school. )

In 1992 – and even in 2002 – high school reunions were a great way to play catch up. My parents’ reunions were both big events. They had whole weekends dedicated to reunion activities that included a formal Friday night adults-only party and a Saturday family-friendly picnic in the park. There was over a 50% turnout for graduates and people really went not knowing much about what everyone else had been up to.

But now? Well, now there’s Facebook.

Derek’s 10 year reunion is coming up this year and mine follows the year after (class of 2003, baby!). When we were at Universal this weekend, his mom asked if there were any plans for a reunion this summer or in the near future. He sort of shrugged and said there wasn’t. A class of 2002 Facebook group had been created, but an actual reunion hadn’t been planned. To the best of his knowledge, the majority of the people sort of played catch up already on the group page (or are already friends via Facebook and have been stalking each other for the last 10 years anyways) and the consensus was they would all meet at a certain bar at a certain time and call that their reunion.

I guess Facebook sort of alleviated the need for reunions (for the most part) because everyone already knows what everyone else is up to without having to all get together in a big group. I’m not sure I 100% agree with this philosophy because, as much as I love stalking old high school friends on Facebook, I’m sure nothing beats getting together for a big party 10 years after graduating and just celebrating that we’ve survived this long in the ‘real world.’

I have no idea what’s going on with my future class reunion (anyone out there who reads this blog know?!), but I hope one actually happens. If anything, it’s just a way to set a date and time for everyone to get together and see each other. It’s an excuse to see my old high school friends that I don’t get to see anymore – no matter how many times I tell them that I miss them via Facebook!

Did your class have a 10 year high school reunion? Did you attend? Or will you attend one when the time comes?

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