40 Year High School Reunion

CowboyRam

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I just got back home from my 40 year high school reunion in Craig Colorado. It was a much needed diversion from what has been going on for the last month. It was really nice to see some of my classmates from way back when. A small percentage of my class showed up, most of them I didn't really hang out with much. I was not part of the in crowd back then (the cool kids), but that didn't seem to mater anymore. One thing I did learn is that we all filled out some, just some of us filled out more than others. The girl that I had a big time crush on was not really as cute now as when in school. Dank a little beer while catching up on what everyone is now doing, and about their kids. Several of us were from out of town, even as far away as Georgia. I think there were more of us from out of town than those who lived in or near Craig. It really helped with my stress level, I'm no longer as stressed as I was.
 
High school was not a fun time at all for me. Huge school there was 673 kids in my class. I went to my 40th. Very few people I even knew. Teh few I would have liked to see weren't there. I left fairly early and as I was walking across the parking lot I told myself that I would go again in another 40 years.
 
High school was not a fun time at all for me. Huge school there was 673 kids in my class. I went to my 40th. Very few people I even knew. Teh few I would have liked to see weren't there. I left fairly early and as I was walking across the parking lot I told myself that I would go again in another 40 years.
There were less than 130 in my class. I knew most of them, some better than others.
 
Glad it helped ease some stress.
I've found that getting away every once in awhile is good all the way around.
It gives you some different scenery and puts some time and distance between the monotonous day to day.
We don't get away much and even though I'm pretty much a homebody, I appreciate a road trip and some different sights.
My high school graduating class held their 30th last year. I've never been to one. When I left high school I swore I'd never go to any more schooling or school related functions. For the most part I’ve kept my word. Have been a time or two to show support for friends children that were involved with plays or sporting events.
School was not really a time period or anything I want to relive.
I keep up with a few folks from that that time period on fb. For the most part everybody went their separate ways after graduation.
 
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Had my 40th last year and actually had a good time, in spite of myself, because I really wasn't looking forward to it. But holy cow! Nuthin' like walking into a room full of Botox, which made me realize I've perfected the weathered look. And COW was the operative word. I did get satisfaction out of seeing the majority of the cheerleaders clocking in at well over a deuce and the balding football players with epic beer guts.
 
We were going on a road trip this summer. Mt Rushmore and then across Montana to Great Falls and the Charles Russell museum. Yesterday I was talking to B on the phone telling him about the trip. She heard me tell B that we would be gone for 10 days. She asked so I pulled out a road atlas and showed her the route and timing. Well this morning Rushmore is out. Just too long of a trip. It is her bucket list. I have been to Rushmore before so it is no big deal to me.
Back when I was single I would make a 10 day 2 week road trip every summer. I would do it in late July-early August. A lot of the places I had been by before when I was rodeoing. But we had gone passed them a 100 mph getting to the next rodeo. So I would make a slow road trip stopping to see all the things I had missed. A road trip is good for a person.
I hear people taking a vacation to get away from it all. But when you really love where you live and the life you have why do you need to get away?
 
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We were going on a road trip this summer. Mt Rushmore and then across Montana to Great Falls and the Charles Russell museum. Yesterday I was talking to B on the phone telling him about the trip. She heard me tell B that we would be gone for 10 days. She asked so I pulled out a road atlas and showed her the route and timing. Well this morning Rushmore is out. Just too long of a trip. It is her bucket list. I have been to Rushmore before so it is no big deal to me.
Back when I was single I would make a 10 day 2 week road trip every summer. I would do it in late July-early August. A lot of the places I had been by before when I was rodeoing. But we had gone passed them a 100 mph getting to the next rodeo. So I would make a slow road trip stopping to see all the things I had missed. A road trip is good for a person.
If you change your mind and decide to come this way the Military Museum in Dubois Wyoming is well worth the time. Also the Teton's never disappoint; I like to go up there for the day to get away from the heat in August.
 
Y'all are all a bunch of kids! LOL. My 50th was last month! 78 in our class, and 16 are dead. One girl died the day before. :( Got the old band back together for entertainment, and that was fun. I am the only dude in our class left with hair...as much as I had when I graduated. It is just white now! There was one girl there that literally hasn't changed a bit,, weighs the same thing she always did. Still with jet black hair, which she says she colors. Another gal has spent a fortune on plastic surgery. New nose, new chin, new cheekbones...blonde hair instead of the red she had in high school. She was always thin, no butt and flat chested. She still weighs the same but is now a DD and has a butt like Kardashian. No one hardly knew who she was til she talked. Last time I saw her was at the 20th, She had the boobs then, but not the face and butt, and still had red hair. Some of the 200+ lb women were talking about her when she couldn't hear.. jealousy I guess. The woman raised a son by herself, and has 2 grandsons...all 3 are red-headed as can be. She has done very well for herself in real estate, so my take is she worked hard for her money, no help from anyone else, everything she has she earned, so if he wants to spend it on re-modeling her self, then more power to her. A buddy that I hadn't seen in 50 years was there He joined the Navy, went to basic 4 days after we graduated. Retired in 20 years at age 38, chief warrant officer, . He was stationed at Dobbins Naval Air Station, and went right back to work there , doing his same job, a week later, only making a ton more money in this civil service job. Retired again at age 58. He had gotten married when he was inj the Navy, but she died about 20 years ago. They never had kids. He married again after he retired the 2nd time. They have a house here, one in Florida, and one in Montana or Wyoming..I forget which. Made me kinda wish I had gone that route, but I didn't, because I didn't want to cut my hair! LOL. Stupid! When my girlfriend all through college graduated, she went to work as a flight attendant at Delta. Back the, 1977, they were aggressively seeking male flight attendants. I got heavily recruited, but turned them down because I didn't want to cut my hair or take my ear ring out! She retired about 15 years ago. She married a male flight attendant, and they have a house in Atlanta, a condo in Hawaii, and one in Colorado. Another guy had went to the Air Force Academy, and retired a Colonel after flying fuel tankers for 20 years. Then he flew for Fed Ex til a few years ago.

My 10th, 20th and 30th, I ended up "catching up", with old girlfriends, and the 30th cost me a divorce. I didn't go to the 40th. This time, I am way past my fooling around years... and it was nice to catch up with old friends and class mates... talk about grandkids... and all of our ailments and medical procedures! LOL I had the most great-grandkids at three!
 
If you change your mind and decide to come this way the Military Museum in Dubois Wyoming is well worth the time. Also the Teton's never disappoint; I like to go up there for the day to get away from the heat in August.
She was pretty set this morning on going to Rushmore next year or maybe the year after. Now I have to figure a scenic route to Great Falls and back.
 
The last reunion the wife and I when to was my 20th. her ex boyfriend, a beer drinking buddy of mine back in high school, got into a little disagreement about old times. she didn't tell me about it until the next day because she knew I would get upset and cause a scene at the reunion. We decided it wasn't worth going any more.
 
My 40th reunion is this week. It would be a 5-hour drive to go to dinner on the 3rd and then 5 hours home on the 4th and then leave Denver International on the 5th for 5 days visiting the kids/grandkids in Alberta. I'm gonna skip the 10-hour round trip though I would like to see a few of my old classmates.
 
Had my 40th 3 years ago. Lots of bodies overweight, blown up and failing. Some were dead of cancer. In our 60's many are retiring now, that's cool. The cute girls weren't so cute anymore...but neither are the guys. Most of my facebook friends are school classmates. I think financially the ones that left our hometown in Upstate N.Y. did better.
What bothers me the most is "dulled senses, lack of excitement-happiness-enthusiasm"...people that were excited and motivated when we were young, laughing and had a passion for life...are now dullsville. I'm still that same kid at heart...passionate and motivated...others fell off the wagon...lifeless zombies.
 
She was pretty set this morning on going to Rushmore next year or maybe the year after. Now I have to figure a scenic route to Great Falls and back.
Glacier Park is a nice drive. I was over that when I was a teenager. One year when we went to Yellowstone we went through Cooke City on the Beartooth highway, but didn't go on all of it. We turned off it on to the Chief Joseph highway. That was a pretty drive. I would like to take the Beartooth all the way to Red Lodge MT sometime. Going though the Wind River Mountains over Togwotee pass is a nice drive there is a turnout on the west side of the mountain where you get a pretty good view of the Tetons.
 
Warren...if the 30th cost you a divorce....I'd grab up that ....('There was one girl there that literally hasn't changed a bit,, weighs the same thing she always did.") she sounds like a keeper-"hot"...but I believe her cooking skills are lacking. You'd go hungry.
 
Glacier Park is a nice drive. I was over that when I was a teenager. One year when we went to Yellowstone we went through Cooke City on the Beartooth highway, but didn't go on all of it. We turned off it on to the Chief Joseph highway. That was a pretty drive. I would like to take the Beartooth all the way to Red Lodge MT sometime. Going though the Wind River Mountains over Togwotee pass is a nice drive there is a turnout on the west side of the mountain where you get a pretty good view of the Tetons.
A few years ago I took her to Yellowstone. We had a cabin rented in Fishtail which is just west of Red Lodge. The theory was we could come over Beartooth. Except it snowed 8 inches on top of Beartooth. I wasn't driving that road in the snow. So we had to take the scenic route through Cody. We pretty well covered Yellowstone. And one day we went out to the freeway to Billings and down to the Little Bighorn. Down to Ranchester and over the hill to Shell and Greybull. That is a pretty drive.
 
There was 24 in my graduating class and that counted four Special Ed students that were older. Also, mine was a large class. I am past my 40th reunion, but if we had one maybe five would have shown up. I think every teacher I had is dead except one who is 104 years old now. That women had the vigor in her even back in the day.
 

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