Hereford's cool. It's the most relaxing place for me to go. When I go back, all I do is hang with my family, eat at Sonic, and walk my parent's dog. That's about it.
The reunion was fun. I mean how can a rodeo arena with beer-filled livestock feeding troughs and about 80 classmates trying to figure out how to impress people they see every ten years not be fun?! Seriously.
I had a ton of fun catching up with people I hadn't seen in a decade.
If I had a scanner I would have scanned picture of what I looked like in high school. But just for your imagination, picture an acne-stricken face, about 30 pounds lighter, Tommy Hilfiger from head to toe, and a rad braided leather belt at all times.
So here's what I learned/noticed from my reunion weekend:
• 10 years goes by really quick when you think about it. Really fast. I hope life slows down a bit.
• Everyone is "best friends" after 10 years. I mean, there were people I don't know if I ever talked to in high school and all of the sudden we were chumming it up like old pals.
• Tommy Hilfiger and Doc Martin's aren't timeless.
• You can get a lot better looking in ten years.
• You can get a lot worse looking in ten years.
• Thanks to Accutane, my looks dramatically changed since my senior year of high school.
• It's quickly evident who has faced their high school insecurities and dealt with them...and even more obvious who hasn't.
• It's way better to not peak in high school. WAY better. i would go as far as to say it's better to not be popular in high school. It gives you a false sense of reality.
• Why did I care so much about impressing people in high school or hanging out with cool people? Sucks I didn't realize it then.
• Ten years of unresolved bitterness doesn't look good on anyone.
• After high school, it's important to surround yourself with quick-witted people in life. They rub off on you and make you sharper.
• Having kids makes you a more joyful and content person. I was like 1 or 3 people at the reunion without kids. It was really cool to see friends interact with their kids...and curiously, some of them had a lot of kids! A lot more than I thought was physically possible in ten years for sure.
• The people you most want to be around are the ones who don't care what others think.
• Post reunion, you remember who seemed the happiest, not who looked the best.
• Not being the most popular in high school makes it really easy to exceed everyone's expectation after 10 years
• I would 100% go back and do high school all over again.
