WPSBC Alumni Social: 2009-09-12
Saturday, September 12th, 2009[Emmy], [Mentat], and I went to our favorite Indian restaurant for the lunch buffet, before heading to the school for the social. We decided to forgo the food being served at the school, figuring that we’d enjoy Indian more. Well, we were right. The restaurant opened a half-hour later than expected, at 12:00. So this delayed our arrival at the school. But we didn’t miss much and still had plenty of time to get around to socializing with all the people we wanted to see.
We arrived at the social at 1:00 PM, just as everyone there was sitting down to lunch.
[Tad's] wife [Morra] accompanied him to the social. She looks much healthier and stronger. She’s had a rough go of it the past few years. But with her back surgery this summer along with the gastric bypass, she’s lost considerable weight and her voice is noticeably stronger. Hope you health continues to improve, [Morra].
Saw [Ron]. He’s already looking forward to attending camp next summer.
Once lunch was over, I sold 50-50 tickets to help offset the alumni association’s expenses for this event. We sold $111 in tickets and so we made $55.50 for the alumni treasury.
Much of the afternoon, the three of us spent roaming around the Janet Simon building grounds, hearing familiar voices and stopping here and there to greet them.
During my wanderings, I ran into my former gym, swimming, wrestling, and greenhouse teacher. Hadn’t seen him in over 30 years. His hair is all which now and he has much less of it. But his voice was still the same and it brought to mind memories I hadn’t thought of in nearly three decades. He stayed the whole afternoon; he seemed to be enjoying himself immensely.
[BT] didn’t show up this time. She also missed the 2008 alumni convention last year. Too bad, because I enjoy helping her to her table and fetching her food for her in regal fashion; she likes the royal treatment, and I like treating her as a queen. Regrettable that she and I don’t interact more than just at these alumni gatherings. But that’s her choice apparently, and I respect it. Still though, I wish things could be different.
The event ended at 5:00 PM and we headed back to [Emmy's], where we spent the evening talking about it and reminiscing.
Tom