I spent Saturday hanging out with my high school friends, which was very good…I haven’t seen them all in one place since Sonya got married last summer. (interesting side note…at that time, one of them said “Erin, you have to do this next year so we can all get together again.” um. yeah.) So Jennifer had a party at her house, and we all gathered…

We had a nice time talking, catching up, reminiscing. Getting to know the friends’ babies. It struck me as noteworthy how much we are all in completely different places.

Jodi’s been married for quite a while and has three children. Janel has been married probably about as long, but hasn’t been able to get pregnant. Ginger’s been married for two years, to the guy she started dating about four months before the wedding, and has a baby. Kim, who also has a baby, is with the father but not married to him. Jennifer, our fair hostess, is sharing a house (HIS house) with the guy she’s been on and off with since we were seniors in high school.  They have two dogs.

Like me, Tracy and Vicki are single. Tracy’s been teaching in Maryland for four years and is looking to buy a town house. She moved there to be with her then-boyfriend, whom she is no longer with, but he apparently calls her every now and then to suggest that they get married. (what? head case.) Vicki just moved away from home and is doing the whole single-gal-in-her-own-apartment thing.

And me…well…you already know about me. 😉

We watched entertaining and highly embarrassing videos. Me playing a parrot in the girl scout play, for example. Seventh grade gymnastics. (Erin falling off the beam. hee.) Pee wee football cheerleading. We talked about our lives, about being 30, about where we are and where we thought we’d be…

I entertained myself by interjecting, frequently, “I’m not 30 yet!”

But seriously…it was great to reconnect like that. These are people I’ve known, for the most part, since second grade. We’ve been through a lot together, good and bad, and it’s nice to know that still means something.

(By the way, Dancing in Heaven was a huge hit….)