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August 31, 2006
Ten years later
By Stephen Boudreau at 02:56 AM| Permalink | Comments (11)
This seems like a big deal. I mean, it is ten years. That's a pretty high percentage of my life thus far. Something like 3,650 sunrises and sunsets have come and gone since I was that semi-innocent, know-it-all 18 year old kid many of you knew and loved. I find this very hard to believe. But life, as we know, teems with these kinds of fully-expected surprises.
In a blink of an eye a decade went by... sort of. I went to college. Fell in love. Got married. Moved to Dallas. Started a professional...ish career. Discovered ebay. Got a myspace page. Well... maybe it was a long blink.
Shelley and I will be heading down to my old city this Friday. I am optimistically anticipating an unforgettable weekend. I have a lot of thoughts on this milestone and I'm sure the actual event will provide me with many more. I'll share all those upon my return. First things first...
For a weekend, I'll be 18 again.
See you in Brownsville.
Comments
Ah, to be 18 again. At the time, I thougth I was miserable, but in retrospect I think I was genuinely happy junior and senior year. As happy as a guy can be who writes an eight page letter to a girl he met on spring break...
yes, i remember that letter quite well. good times. no, no - GREAT times. we've both always had quite the flare for the dramatic. :)
(for those of you who are curious - jerry is the guy with me in the photo above.)
What do you do to make your hair stay the same after 10 years! That is some good gel!
my hair is nothing like that anymore!
i'll be posting my update from the reunion tomorrow. :)
Don't forget the wheelchair!
maybe tomorrow or tonight... today has been super busy.
that is such a great pic...a great representation of our culture at the time.
Have a blast, my friend.