10 years..really?

[tohma2004]

So my Ten year high school class reuinion is this year. I can't go. It is August 7th..which means it falls right between Otakon and Utai's wedding. So yeah..not a chance in hell I can get away for a few days to go to NY.

I'm sad..and yet not. I mean..I don't even know what happens at reunions so I would have liked to go up and see everyone. I've basically not talked to anyone in my class though since leaving the state for college. Facebook is really the only way classmates have found me and is really the only reason I even know the date of the reunion.

But then..when people ask what I'm doing now..what I've accomplished..I have nothing to tell. Lets see..recap of the last ten years.

Went to college for Computer Science, almost failed my freshman year. Changed to Communication Studies and interned at newspapers and radio stations only to graduate and go into Retail Management.
Was in management for 4 years when suddenly a new boss came in and decided I was a threat so found a way to oust me.
Worked at 2 restaurants at the same time just to make ends meet until started to get so sick I couldn't go to either one.
Was diagnosed with cancer and spent an entire year of my life out of work and recovering.
Now work as an associate at a retail clothing store.

Yeah...a lot to brag about there. My biggest accomplishments have been in costuming and conventions and somehow that doesn't sound like something I should discuss with the people I went to high school with. Especially considering I had never even heard of anime until I was in college so none of these people would probably know what the hell I was talking about.

I guess the real thing I am avoiding when I go to the reunion is being transformed into that overly shy, incredibly dorky girl that was salutatorian and votes Most Likely to Succeed...only to be the one that failed. Awkward moments with classmates I haven't spoken to in 10 years. And seeing everyone I know married with kids while I live in my parents basement.

Ya...I think not going is probably a great idea.

Comments

[lizzyhamham.livejournal.com]

I didn't go to mine. I don't like the idea of paying to hang out with people that I don't talk to anymore.... and then hear them talk about themselves and how cool they are doing/how many kids/ blah blah blah. If I wanted to keep in touch... I would have. Besides, with facebook, they all found me. -.- That site keeps them at bay. :D

[tohma2004.livejournal.com]

Yeah I don't add anyone on facebook and now I think like..90% of the people on there are either family or people from my home town. I'm going to just let that be my way of communicating with them..even though I really only use facebook to play those stupid games >_>

But yeah..I think the talking about themselves part is what I really am not upset about missing.

[icouldbeblank.livejournal.com]

It still sounds like you've accomplished a lot. Being in management sounds really cool and then to be in it for four years? There's probably a lot of things that you had to deal with during that time, but you overcame them.

I'd love to have the experience you have with both working for restaurant and for being in a management position, but most of all, which is the most important accomplishment, is you having survived cancer. Surviving cancer and being able to do what you enjoy trumps any accomplishments that they would have talked about.

So in all, Tohma is the best~!

[gallion-dlareth.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to mine, either, because I'll be on the west coast at the time. Even if I weren't, though, I wouldn't go. Not my thing.

[num-6.livejournal.com]

Mine is the weekend of AWA. So yeah, I won't be going to my 10-yr reunion either. It's totally worth blowing that off to take pictures of people in costumes! :3 See you then~

[tohma2004.livejournal.com]

XD Oh so totally worth it. We'll have more fun anyway~

[susanrhapsody.livejournal.com]

I went to mine last year and had a pretty good time. Everyone sat in the usual cliques, but then we mingled a bit and everyone got along so much better than we ever did before. We actually plan to have another one in 5 years, because it was so much fun. There were a lot of people who didn't really say much about where they'd been or what they've done, and just mostly talked about things from "back in the day". When people asked me where I live, I admitted that I had moved back in with my parents, but surprisingly, a lot of people were like "that's great, saves a lot of money". Others, I just told that I'm living in Byron. Heck, they don't need to know everything. Too bad you can't go, but think about going to the next one, if there is one. Don't feel like a failure - you have done some cool stuff and you freaking battled cancer, you're awesome. I never talked to Kim Contant much before, but she was saying to me "if we're both still single at the next reunion, let's just pretend we're not. We could hire dates!" haha - it was interesting. I hadn't talked to Nancy in about 9 years, and it was REALLY nice to see her again - I didn't think it would be, but she's a very different person and yet the same. haha remember the 5 scums? I'm not 100% sure who they were but wow, we were mean. It's fun. :)