What a day...

Things that have happened sence my last entry...

I had a birthday...I went to my high school reunion...worked - if you can call it that...and started reading the book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas...

My birthday was great...So many people came it was great...some people could not make it...but others did make it...it was great...It was suppose to be August 8th at 8pm...but because I needed to be at work at 6:00 am instead of the next day being one of my days off...I was still at the bar until about midnight got about 4 hours of sleep and made it to work... Wow...I had fun...I wish I could learn from my friend Douglas and invite just women so that the numbers would be better...but I am very thankful of all the people who did make it...

As for the reunion...well it was a lot of fun also...it was my 20th...yes I am that old...I feel much younger...but hey 38 aint bad... Got to be at the Trask Brewery for the Friday night event...casual simple fun...very much a hot place...as they did not turn on the fans for a while and also seems to be a happening place in that town I grew up in...Everybody looks great...We really have some good looking people in out class...!!!! But I was gorgeous...!!!!! he...he...he.... lots of people seemed to have blonde hair now...maybe I should do that... So many people are still in my home town...or very near by...

It is only our 20 year reunion but we did have three classmates that have past on...I hope we slow that pace down...

We have some people that are doing great and some that are doing good...other then myself...I do not think any one is down on there luck...so that is good...granted not everyone was there... If you are wondering...I went to McMinnville High School in McMinnville, Oregon

Well onto Saturday...It was warm the whole weekend...But saturdays event was a dressed up...not quite formal...but deffinantly nice close type event dinner at the Evergreen Aviation Museum. This despite the heat was great...but just so you all know...I was too late to get my picture taken...so I will not be in the group photo...I was out walking around looking at the planes when they took that picture...oh well...I was not in hardly any pictures in high school because I was usally behind the camera... It was good times for all...Dinner was great...it was kind of funny to have plastic plates and plastic utensils that looked silver...but the food was good. We also had at our dinner a table that had Pictures of the three people who had past away. This I thought was nice...it made it posible for us to see who it was that could not make it. Also there was a video playing with the movie QuarterBack Princess. This movie was made the summer between our Junior and Senior years...1983. When the sun went down...and the wind picked up...well it got down right cold...By about midnight they were closing the place up...a group of us went downtown...that is called "The Gut" in McMinnville to the McMenamins pub called the Oregon Hotel had some drinks and some food...it too was fun...

Oh yeah...it was mentioned several times... "If you want to be invited to future reunions. Registar with classmates.com

Just that I would add that part in there...

And one other thing before I continue... I have met a few of my classmates through out the years here and there...but one funny thing is this...on the first night they handed out a booklet that had everyone who replied to the notice of there new address and one person who I have seen several times in a local Fred Meyer store just happens to live one block away on the same steet that I am on and I have been here over a year...I wondered about this person at this house but thought they would recinize me and they did not...so I thought I had the wrong person...but in that booklet I saw there address and I just think that is so funny...

Now the Sunday event was to tour the High School so we could see what had changed over the last 20 years. Yes!!! The school has changed quite a bit...in fact there was about 800 to 900 students when we were going there...Now they have about 1800 students. so in another 20 years there will be 4000 students...well that is in the future...who knows what will happen...but it is definately much bigger. Parts of the school look the same while others look brand spanking new...which is true...there are now two gyms and a theater to beat all theaters...it was so impressive. Four hall use to be half inside and half outside...now the whole thing is inside. A few programs are gone like Auto shop and metal shop... Oh yeah...and the halls seem smaller to me...but then again that happened to me when I went back to one of my grade schools several years later...

All in all with me not being the most social (well in all situations) I had fun and did mingle around a bit. I got to see some old friends. I got to see the planes in the air museum and I also got to see my old high school...good times...I wish I had a video recorder though.

Now as for that book I started...wow...I love the movie but the book is interesting too...

Well it seems to be that time...I need to put away my laundry and make my way to bed...tomorrow is coming fast...

Good night and remember to not let the bed bugs bite...!!!