10 Year Reunion

After graduating from Ellensburg High School, I remember having a number of conversations with my friends about our 10 year reunion and what we thought would become of everyone in our class. That was a long time ago, and as high school faded from my memory, so did my curiosity about what became of my classmates, save those I kept up with.

The reunion turned out to be a lot of fun. There was a barbecue Saturday afternoon in Cle Elum where we could bring our kids, and Kyla had a ball playing with the other progeny of EHS alumni. Then that night we met at a local lodge where we chatted, drank some beer, and watched a slideshow of our Senior year.

On the day we graduated in 1995, we filled out questionnaires about our lives at the time and our hopes for the future, which were returned to us at the reunion. It was amusing to read about what was important to me at the time (college, girlfriend) and my aspirations to become a psychologist. Obviously I've changed considerably since then, but it still sounded like me.

I did enjoy hearing what did happen to all of these people whom I did share a lot of time with a decade ago. Some were obviously trying really hard to impress me with how well they've been doing. Most were married or in serious relationships, a few were divorced. I heard the line "I'm just enjoying being single right now" a few times. I was surprised by how many have children, but then ten years ago I did not expect to be a parent myself before I was 30.

By and large the alumni EHS Class of '95 seemed to have settled into their lives and were doing rather well. There were some that still seemed to be searching for themselves... I hope they manage to find what they're looking for by the 20 year reunion in 2015.