Is it HOT in here, or is it ME? - High School Reunion

My 20th High School Reunion was this weekend. I was soooo very not excited for this. Here's the scoop. I hated high school. I never thought I was popular, although I think everyone knew who I was. We didn't have much money and we were picked on a lot at a young age for it. Since I grew up in the country, I went to school with the same kids from grade school to high school. There was no way to get a "fresh start" out there. UGH.

Most of the people that showed up for the reunion were, back then, the "cool" people. I never hung out with ANY of them. So, imagine how I felt when I showed up to see everyone. EEK! Put the brakes on!!

Friday night was the mixer. Everyone met at this bar out north of town. I would guess that there were approximately 20 classmates there. UGH, my memory is SHOT!! I couldn't remember most people's names and some I didn't remember at all. Horrible! I will say this for the males in my class........ DAMN! They sure did grow up right and fine. HOT! I managed to mingle with the sexiest of the sexy men and with most everyone else too. I was dressed to impress. :) After all, you know "how I roll" when I go out.

Saturday, there was a tour of the remodelled high school. I skipped that because I didn't want to drive ALL THE WAY up north. I didn't like it back then. I didn't want to go back there. So, I didn't.

This afternoon, we went to a picnic luncheon at Shawnee Lake. I mingled a little more as new people showed up. That night we all gathered at Blind Tiger for our "formal" dinner. Oh yeah, I was workin it! I looked DAMN good! In fact, I even gotta a little *wink* from one of the "sexy"-s. (Let's just call them the sexys from here on out, shall we?) LOL. More new people showed up and so I used my magical mingling abilities some more. I took my baby girl with me for the dinner. Here's why...

During dinner, one of the "ladies" asked me what I had done since high school. I had spent Friday evening and most of the day Saturday with all these people, and NO ONE had asked me that!!! I told her a brief summary of what I'd done. When the area cleared out, I told Alex that that was the first person to ask me about me throughout the entire pack of events! Now, this is why I love my baby girl so much. Alex said to me, "Well, Momma, you are the most successful looking person here. Maybe they don't want to feel disappointed with themselves when compared to you." Awww. I felt better after that. She always knows what to say. :)

I won't really make any complaints about the reunion - except one generalization. As my friends all know, I'm an openly judgemental person usually. I hadn't seen any of these people for 20 years. That being the case, why would you not "step it up a notch" before going to meet them?? T-shirts and blue jeans??? Really? Is that how you want to be remembered? Maybe it's just me, but I want people to say "wow, she looks great!" and remember me that way. Ce la vie.

OH! Forgot to mention that I'm planning to meet one of the sexys for dinner tomorrow night. Nothing major really. I mean, he lives on the east coast. Still, who wouldn't want to have dinner with a sexy man?? I was the one who extended the invitation. Let's see if it actually pans out, shall we?