40 Years Later

Tonight, I went with my mom to her 40th high school reunion. She didn't want to go alone (and my father is dead), so I was her date. I knew two people there, besides my mom; her friend Gayle and my freshman/senior English teacher from high school.

It was an interesting evening. Here's some tidbits:

1) The food. I pretty much went for the food, as well as Mom's support team, and I wasn't disappointed. Roast beef, pasta, a potato martini bar (the potato was served in a martini glass and we added our own toppings) and a chocolate fountain with various fruits, marshmallows and pretzels. Yummmmm....

2) Seeing my old English teacher. She still teaches at my high school and said she'd put in a good word for me. I asked her to wait a year, but then I might consider it. I'd like to teach at my alma mater, but I wouldn't be guaranteed a classroom; the school is quite overpopulated.

3) Me. Now, on a normal day (not in my running gear, of course), I'm pretty damn cute. When I dress up - I'm just beautiful (I'm not conceited, and it's taken me a long time to acknowledge that I'm beautiful). So I went and wore this great black-and-white print strapless dress (what I wore to the theatre last Saturday). At first, I was the youngest girl there and I started getting hit on by my mom's 58 year old classmates! The first one made a beeline to me and stuck out his hand. He said he's younger than the rest of the guys here and he's escorting his sister tonight. Trust me, he wasn't THAT much younger. He told me I'm beautiful and just had to come over and meet me. Then he stopped talking and just kept staring. Luckily, I managed to push him off to talk to the woman next to us while I made a hasty escape, saying I needed to find my mom. A couple more times, I had some of mom's classmates (male) coming up to me and hitting on me. Sigh. I had to keep walking to avoid dirty older men.

4)Someone woman. I can't remember who she is - I think she was one the reunion committee. Anyway, she decided that, as a welcome, she'd make it a comedy routine. It was, however, NOT funny. In fact, it was rather inappropriate. Let's just say she talked too much about erectile disfunction and vaginal dryness. Many-a-times, glances at my table were exchanged and shocked expressions formed throughout the room.

5)Another random woman. Mom, Gayle and I spent a few minutes trying to figure out if this other woman/girl was someone's daughter or girlfriend. We think daughter, but we couldn't imagine her father would let her out of the house with what she had on. She had on a dress that Jennifer Lopez would wear, but this girl was about 20 pounds overweight and the dress was white and so skintight that NOTHING was left to the imagination. She was like a train wreck - we all just had to stare.

Finally, it was time to go. Overall, it wasn't a bad evening. But now I'm home and I'm thinking tomorrow is a gym day because I'm taking a run break tomorrow. I don't want to wake up in 5 hours to go running 3 miles. Maybe I'll hit the treadmill.

Cheers!