Well, it’s time…I guess…time to realize that we are getting older. You know when you receive notice that your 50th anniversary of high school graduation is upon you that you are certainly no spring chicken anymore. That’s what is facing me and my classmates in September…a reunion! I’ve known that this was coming for a while now and tried to make plans accordingly. I was going to lose 50 pounds, then it was 25 pounds, then 10 pounds. Now I’ve decided just to eat and fill out my wrinkles. Maybe that will be enough to make me seem younger than I am. I wonder how many of the women will be wearing those “slimming” black pants or dresses; I know I will. I wonder how many will visit the beauty shop to maximize their assets…doesn’t help me much. It’s really funny, but you remember your classmates as they were and you know you are NOTHING like you were, so you want to minimize the aging process so that you look better-just like they are going to look. You just KNOW that your classmates weathered better than you, are going to be much slimmer than you, have fewer wrinkles and more fun stories. At least that’s what you think before you attend. Then, you arrive at the reunion and find that everyone has aged 50 years just like you and there’s not a damned thing any of us can do about it. The guys will probably have “Done Lap Disease”, that’s where their bellies lap over the rest of them…and they were so handsome 50 years ago. As for me, I will trowel on the makeup, fill in the wrinkles, pat on the preservative and hope for the best. We women will probably compare our body shapes, apple, pear, triangle to see who is exercising and eating healthy. I will not be one of those. I figure at this point it really doesn’t matter much at all, as long as I’m still here. Rich isn’t too keen on going, but we promised our friends that if Steve went, then Rich would too. Jackie and I can handle anything, at least up to this point. We’ll see how we feel the day after. Lord, I hope they don’t expect us to dance the way we did back when. If I get all these body parts jiggling too much, I may never be able to stop it…and the image that I have in my mind about that is not to be believed. Tapping my foot against my cane may be as active as I can manage. So, I am looking forward to seeing all those lovely girls and handsome guys that live in my spotty memory. Let’s see how we turned out!
50th Reunion – Holy Crap!
August 18, 2015 by Silver Shrew
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Hi Barb- Suzanne and I are going to our 50th this wk-end :-). Will be fun- have several of our gal pals there …lots of guys fr our grade school too … Hope you are doing ok … We’re going to visit Lin in z’ville thurs … More later xoxo
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