I figured out the hard way that, if you're planning on going to bed soon, pulling out old yearbooks to look at isn't exactly the best idea.
At work, there's someone who used to go to my high school, graduating 2 years before I did. So originally, I was just going to pull out the 2000 yearbook and find her picture in there...which I did, but then after got distracted by looking for pictures/mentions of my friends. And then, of course, I
had to get out my grad yearbook and reread some of the grad blurbs and such. And find more pictures of friends. It's actually the first time I've looked at the yearbook since...the first time I looked at the yearbook, about a year and a half ago. It's funny how yearbooks can bring both tears to your eyes and smiles to your face. It's funny how many faces you recognize in yearbooks, and even funnier (not in a ha ha kind of way) how many faces you don't recognize. You read the grad blurb sentiments along the lines of "We'll be the best of friends forever...I'll never forget you..." etc. etc., and wonder if that actually rang true. I hope it did. I really do.
For my part, I'm still in touch with my closest friends, though I don't talk to some of them nearly as often as I'd like to. One part of the grad blurb blubbery sentiments that's true for me is this: I will never forget my real friends. They know who they are. And I hope they won't forget me.
p.s.: Chloe, if you're reading this, I wouldn't mind taking a look at your grad yearbook. Just to see what it looks like, and to see if your blurb is as eloquent (HA!) as mine was. ;)
