It’s Official!

I attended my High School Annual Alumni Banquet last night. Since I am “kind of” part of the Alumni Committee because I keep the database and maintain the Facebook Alumni Group Page, I attend every year now. When I first attended my 5th year Alumni, I noticed a whole bunch “old people” whom I recognized very few of. Some were celebrating their 50th year! Well, the years have accelerated at light speed. Last night I was celebrating my 52nd year! I realized that I am officially part of the “Old people”!  Keeping the database of all our small school alumni is getting easier every year. Our Alumni stops at 1968 because in 1969, our school merged with the neighboring small town school and they built a new school. Since the youngest Alumni is now in their late 60’s, we are a shrinking organization. There are now only 637 of us left. The one good thing is that I am not the only “old person” there since all of us are officially “old people”. The final irony would be that if I turn out to be the last surviving member some day. The irony is that while in school, I never cared much for extra curricular activities such as sports, etc. and never had much "school spirit". Fortunately, over the years I have developed a high intensity "school spirit". I am actively involved in the Alumni functions and would rather hang around with my old High School friends than with my college, grad school, or Navy days friends. Rest assured, if I am the sole alumni survivor of my old school I will have the highest "school spirit" of any alumnus that ever lived! 😆

+++Mike+++