Last week was Taylor’s 20 year high school reunion; this week was mine. Friday night we got together, both page and grimsley (our rival), at a place called “Terminal Tap”, a bar opened within the past year by one of our alumni, Ty Tysinger. It was a fun crowd.
The goal was to go to the football game after meeting up at the bar, but:
Saturday we got to walk the halls of the high school; For some reason I was only expecting 4 people to show up, but the crowd was great. The halls were well lit, it didn’t smell like urine, and it seemed less depressing than I remember in my years walking through those halls. Talking with a few people during the weekend, one of the overall feelings of walking those halls was fear; there were some crazy fights, and other things where keeping your head down was the best thing to do.
This is where we ate lunch. I remember seeing a chair get thrown out of the window on the right side of this image.
The gym still had that unique smell of teenage sweat.
It wa a fun crowd that walked through the halls. Then, off to Kau;
Ok, pause here. Why was this reunion so exciting for me? Here are a few things that came to mind:
- I don’t use Facebook as much anymore. I have no idea what is going on in people’s lives.
- I am a much better person now than I was in high school. Back then, there was a lot going on in life; I wasn’t involved in many things, but these are some great people I went to high school with.
- I married up. Taylor is awesome, and I am glad to have her meet the part of my life she wasn’t too familiar with.
This was the whole group at Kau; Man, it was fun. So many people had fun/entertaining/bizarre stories to share.
First off, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED PLAN THIS EVENING! It was a blast.
One alumni was on drunk history. One person ride a motorcycle to Alaska last year. One person works locally with people with HIV. One person became a millionaire.
Corey Higgins and I did middle school and high school together. He hated me. It was so much fun to reconnect. His view was “Luke was always in his own bubble over here, and everyone else was over here”. Maybe not much has changed?
All the way back to elementary school, and haven’t seen Taylor Lineberry since graduation.
The Page reunion ended around 10 pm; Taylor could only make it for about an hour due to some child care issues, but I soaked the night in and went across the street to the Grimsley reunion.
Josh Aunspaugh went to App State with us, and was a great friend Freshman year. I don’t know what happened, but we didn’t see him much afterwards. Also, Haley Parrish was fun to see all weekend. Also a dear friend since high school.
Other Page high school kids showed up, and I ended up in a free Grimsley Whirlies shirt. Here are the ladies formerly known as Katie Jones and Abbey wood (their maiden names).
What a great time.