Tuesday, Dec. 20

Tuesday night found me at a reunion of sorts with all sorts of people I used to work with. Sophomore year of high school I started working at a local restaurant and I stayed there through my junior year of college. Most of the people that I worked with have also left, but we try to do a decent job of getting together every so often. There's a core group of four of us that see each other probably twice a year, but there are many others who don't usually make it. In October, one of the servers who I know quite well got engaged and gave us a great reason to get together last night and do some celebrating. It was so wonderful to see so many of my old co-workers in one place. Most of them couldn't believe that I was 24 and getting a masters degree. I couldn't believe how many of them had gotten married, or had kids, or had kids who were going to college next year! I babysat for some of those kids!!! I know that years go by and kids grow up, but because I hadn't seen them all in so long, everyone was just frozen at the same age when I last saw them, which I guess is how it was for them when it came to thinking of me. Seeing everyone again, catching up, and having everyone in such a happy mood (especially when celebrating an engagement) filled me up with all sorts of warm fuzzies, making for one excellent night!