1-9-9-9 We're the Class of '99!

Labor Day weekend was our 10 year reunion. We started the weekend off at Harry's on Friday night. To use Stacia's terminology, Lee was SEVERELY overserved (roofie, perhaps?). We had a lot of fun, but seriously, I don't remember Harry's being that loud back in the day!

On Saturday, we had a family picnic at Columbian Park. Taryn got to meet a new friend, Archer Fry. Archer's dad, John, and I were classmates since like 4th grade. It is so funny to now see our little kiddies together.

Saturday night was the main event. Taryn ended up getting sick on Saturday. (Her first daycare illness.) So, I was a little preoccupied worrying about my little one! But, we still managed to have a lot of laughs.

It is still hard to believe that it has been 10 years since we walked the halls of West Side... And speaking of, I'll be walking those halls tomorrow when I substitute teach! That'll be a strange feeling!

Any Ideas??

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I know many of my readers have already had their 10 year class reunion...

Did they do any sort of games/icebreakers?

I think my icebreaker will be a little game called "Drink the Beer", but some people need more than that.

Any ideas? Good things you've done at corporate outings?

10 Year Reunion ~ UPDATE

Yup, the lameness continues.

I have been ranting to people about this all week. Lee & Jamie have gotten it via email, and my mom got to hear it over the phone. Now you all get to read it on my blog. That same girl is starting to push even harder for family-friendly reunion stuff.

Here is her actual post:

I think we should make 2 days out of it... Different activities during the day (cookout, golf, picnic, tour of West Side, etc.), and one night can be a night without kids (Harry's or whatever), while the other evening can be a family friendly Rat Trap!

1) A tour of the high school. (Um, I remember what it looks like, thanks!)

2) A FAMILY FRIENDLY RAT TRAP. (First off, since none of my readers went to my high school, a Rat Trap is a dance that we used to have after the home football games.) Is she serious? Rat Traps in high school weren't exactly family friendly. Half of us were hammered (guess which half I was part of) and there was usually a lot of grinding. I can't imagine it being fun at all if you took away the booze & raging hormones and added children. Sounds like a lame wedding in a dry county.

3) Making two nights of it also sounds like overkill. Most people probably won't get in until late on Friday and will leave sometime on Sunday. Not to mention, I am guessing a full day with our classmates will be enough.

I just can't get over it. I wrote her back and was like ", only like 10 people in our class even have kids." We can't cater to the minority. Hopefully I didn't piss her off.

Plus, as I said before, leave your kids with your parents and let loose. Geez. I'm starting to wonder if they cut the embilical cord after she had her baby!

The last 10 years has been a blur

I must have been drunk a lot...



Anyway, I just got the first email about our 10 year high school reunion. It is still a year away, I was in the class of '99, but it is time to start planning. Since I like to have my nose in everything, I volunteered to help plan it. My other reason for joining the planning committee was because, um, I was concerned. The rest of the group isn't exactly what I would call a party crew. I want to make sure this thing is FUN.

My suspicions were confirmed within hours of volunteering. There are five of us on the planning crew. We were sending emails back and forth just letting people know where we lived and how we could help out. And I got this response:

I'm pretty excited to be helping out with the big reunion. Hopefully I can come up with some good "family" activities.


Now first off, we don't have that many people in my grade with kids. We are from a class of 136 and about 60 of them are my Facebook friends, so I know. We probably have maybe 10 people in the entire class with kids.

Second off, stick the kids with your parents and let loose for once. Jeepers. Maybe I am way off base here, but I thought reunions were for comparing your life success to others and getting drunk.

So, YOU'RE WELCOME class of '99. I will do my best to make our reunion not lame.

GO DEVILS!