I know I am obsessing over my college reunion, but that is what I do with reunions.
I wish they'd post an updated schedule. The reunion begins Friday
afternoon, the 9th, and Joey and I plan to spend the morning with my
mom, and all of us are trying to arrange our schedules. According
to the current schedule, my Computer Science prof is giving a lecture
at 4, on Google, which might be fun for us to attend, and that would
also get us on the road in time to beat rush hour traffic on 128/95
(locals call this particular stretch of highway 128, most others refer
to it as 95). I can't even fathom the number of times I've driven
or ridden the route from Lynnfield to Wellesley and back. Very
few turns, particularly from the house where my parents live now, which
is not the house in which I was raised. OK, same number of turns,
but it's closer to the highway.
Anyway. A couple of people have registered in the last few days
that have pleased me. One is someone I lost touch with after
school only to catch up at the five-year reunion, and thereafter we did
spend a little time together in Boston before she moved away - she was
at the excellent Halloween party I threw right after I met Joey,
before we started dating. I think she's back in Boston now.
I'm excited to see her. And another is someone I didn't really
even know that well in college, although I did see her run naked
through the Quad once (dorm quad, not academic quad) around exams
senior year. We ended up getting to know each other a bit more
when I was at Princeton Review, and she took a class. She apparently kicked ass on the GMAT, because she got her MBA and now has a really fantastic job.