Tod's high school reunion in Colorado

A couple weeks after traveling to Arizona we packed up the Mazda again to head out to Colorado Springs for Tod's 10 year high school reunion.

The reunion was interesting, they had a photographer to take a "class photo" and the dj was terrible, played hip hop and rap the whole time (per one girl's play list). Everyone could get free drinks up till a certain time so Tod, myself, and one of his LDS buddies and his wife were the only sober ones at the party. Tod and I tried to Lindy hop to a few songs that had a little more dance-ability to them but mostly we just snacked on appetizers and socialized with folks. I'm gonna let Tod do more of the talking here, since it was HIS reunion and all. More of his thoughts a little later . . .

I have no idea what the guy behind Tod is doing!

Not Tod's whole Class, but those who made it.

    Welcome, to Tod-sterpiece Theater. Ah the high school reunion. I was really looking forward to this ever since I had received the notice of it the previous year. While it was only 10 years, it really did seem like longer since I have graduated from high school. I was looking forward to seeing friends and finding out what they were up to. The timing worked out as well as we were wanting to head to Santa Fe to check out Southwestern College for Adrianna. So off we went...
    Overall reactions: Not nearly as many people as I thought would be there. Granted, there weren't many that had officially RSVP'ed, but I figured that there would be a good number of people that would still show up. Most of the group were Student Council and FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America), i.e. the kids that were central to our high school experience and the group that I primarily hung out with. (Note: I was never in StuCo or FBLA.) This was also a good thing, as those I had hoped to not see again were not there. 
   What did strike me as odd was the lack of LDS students, as we had a fairly good representation in the student body. Of the top 5 of the class, 4 were LDS. We permeated leadership all over, from the football field to the National Honors Society to Student Council. Only two of us were there: myself and James Tippets, a buddy that I spent senior year with playing ultimate and playing Jedi Knights after we had finished our AP Computer Science assignments. As Adrianna mentioned, this did mean the majority of the free bar was left to everyone else and I dare say, drunk people are funny. Not an entirely new experience, conversing with them. But having someone trying to maintain a straight demeanor while slurring their words... It was enjoyable.
   The best part of the experience was the compliments paid to me by my high school friends. The girls kept telling Adrianna what a great, nice guy I was and how lucky she was. Now, I don't want this to sound pompous or blowing my horn. But this was coming from girls that I had only had passing relationships with them at best. We hung out at school; that was about it. To hear them express these words to my wife meant so much to me about how I was viewed in their eyes and what our friendship meant.