had alumni weekend/homecoming this past weekend for the high school i attended. while it wasn't an honor year for me (next year will be my 40th year since graduating - i know, it's hard to type that) the class ahead of us invited a few of us to join them, and it was terrific. a few of us were much closer to that class than to our own. so i showed up saturday morning for the alumni church service and found people i was hoping to see, including three former girlfriends (no worries - we all get along great). had lunch together, sat around and visited for the afternoon and caught up with everyone, then met together for dinner at a local restaurant, and finally returned to the school for cake and a chance to look at old pictures. all around, it was a really nice time. it felt like time had sort of stood still for us in many ways as we were able to just pick right up from where we had left off, except without all of the BS that high school often brings. these were the people that meant the most to me during my teen years, and helped me the most in becoming who i am now.