For a few hours on Saturday night, I felt like time had stood still–or at least flashed back to a summer six or seven years ago, when none of us had houses except for Rob, nobody had the responsibility of careers and children, and we were all living for the next party weekend. There were a few people missing, and their absence was felt, but it was great to have a scattered group of friends come together and have fun with each other.

All that having been said, it’s great to see everybody happy and doing well in their adult lives. Gracie is beautiful, Charles is living back in the ‘hood, Jen and I have standing monthly plans with Rob and Karean, and I am motivated to get back with a lot of people.