Ten, Dix, Zehn, Diez, A Decade. A Whole Decade.

In all honesty I never thought a decade could go by so quickly.  When my ten year high school reunion came upon me, I felt like it had been more than ten years since I was forced to do P.E., put all my books in a locker and ate my lunch in the hall of the annex with my friend.

High school wasn't a time of fun.  It was torture.  I had zero desire to celebrate at a reunion with people I didn't talk to and couldn't remember their names.  I think I'll always feel like the dork from high school in that crowd.

College was a different experience.  Make no mistake, I was still a total dork, but there is something about college that I can look back on and appreciate.  I made some really amazing friends at college, had some memorable times and realize I didn't enjoy it near enough.

I was on Facebook the other day and saw that my ten year college reunion was happening this fall.  Ten years since I went to Western Baptist, now Corban College, the college surrounded by most of the prisions in Oregon.  I don't think I could believe it. 

Granted my student loans are almost paid off, so I knew it was coming.  It's totally eye-opening.  I can no longer related to college students.  I'm closer to 40 than I am to a freshman in college.  I started to realize this when Zoe was a baby and I was pulling all-nighters.  I don't pull all-nighters.  Especially not 10 years after college.

Imagine my surprise when I received a call from my good friend Brooke.  She's helping plan the reunion and wanted my help.  We were two girls who went to college for an education and new friends.  Neither of us walked out with an M.R.S. degree, but we did make some awesome memories.

We experienced many firsts together and I am so excited to have a chance to work together.  If she's the only other person who shows up to the reunion, then it'll be worth it.

We're both secretly hoping our reunion is huge.  If you're one of my college peeps and graduated in 2000, the reunion is October 1 & 2.  Plan on coming.  We'd love to see you even if we didn't chat much in college.  We're both much cooler now than we were then.  Or at least much more social!