Class Reunion, part 2

ok, i sound more bitter about high school " my home town than i should. i forwarded the update to a HS friend who's overseas and he reminded me of some of the great memories he has of the place. this made me realize that i could come up with a lengthy list myself.

and there are several people i would love to spend an evening with to catch up.

Class Reunion

I just received an email that gave me an overview of my HS class reunion last weekend. for some reason, it threw me for a loop...but it's exactly what i should have expected. i've had a theory about the popular kids in HS, and this email confirmed it.

here goes: within a couple years after graduation, almost everyone goes away to college. it's a fresh start. the popular kids are suddenly treated a little differently (fairly) and hate it. the less popular kids are suddenly treated differently (fairly) and love it. the popular kids eventually end up back home, where it's comfortable.
[note: i don't think this is just a small town syndrome, but it may be]
[note2: this may be a motivated/unmotivated thing vs popular/unpopular...that's debatable]

it also seems easy to fall back into history...sounds like the cliques all reformed " made it through the weekend together.

i'm thankful i didn't make the effort to be there. i'll see just about everybody at the bar over Christmas break.

Murray, the Protector

He barks! Somethin' startled Murray enough to bark at 5am this morning...it's truly bittersweet. It's bitter that someone/thing was close enough to my house to startle Murray, but sweet that we now know he'll alert us when something's not right.

He's so dang friendly " happy all the time, we weren't sure what he'd do. I feel much safer.

if you pray…

...start praying now for me " Financial Management. i think it's worse than accounting...and i'm not sure this prof is gonna curve like 'accounting-dude' did.

oy vey. midterm is oct 11 " final is dec 13.

great white shark

sonja, jen " i took a last-minute trip to Monterey today to see their new great white shark. he's only been there a couple days, so we didn't get to see much of him in the million gallon tank, but we caught a couple glimpses. and we became student members, so we can go back whenever we want.

i dig that i live close to these types of things.

diversity in my life

i had a few peeps over to bbq on sunday nite - white, asian " indian...christian, buddhist, hindu, jewish, catholic, agnostic " maybe atheist.

that's just plain cool. maybe next time i'll even bring up God.

mood & sleep

i've been waking up in a really good mood the past couple days and i think i finally figured out why...i haven't really touched alcohol for a couple weeks, i've eaten at home more, i've been running on a consistent basis and i've been getting enough sleep (my body's requirement is less with all this exercise).

i'm blogging in hopes that i remember that exercise " eating right does more than help me lose weight.