I went to a spaghetti dinner/open house at my old elementary school tonight. It always is a little bit awkward there, because I'm sort of floating through everyone. A little too old to be with the kids (except watching them, but they don't really want to be watched, they want to play with their friends), but not old enough to talk with the moms and teachers. I always feel a bit invisible, but not invisible so much as ghost-like. You can see me, but you can also just look right through me.
It was weird until my friend Jonathan got there. He was my best friend all through elementary school, and I hadn't seen him for months. Once he was there, we walked around, reminiscing and laughing and catching up with each other. We laughed at the second graders paintings of giraffes in funny poses, messed around the fifth graders boat full of pillows, played anicent computer games on even older computers, and had awkward conversations with the adults. All the adult people were like "I haven't seen you since you were in fifth grade! You've gotten so tall! (umm.. duh. We've grown since 5th grade.) Aww you guys are still really close, aren't you? (No. We haven't seen each other in months.) Every time I see you you're together! (Um, that's because we only see each other at school stuff. Same time we see you.)" But it was still fun talking with him. We have so many old inside jokes, that our conversations make no sense to anyone else. But yeah, it was really nice to see him again.
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yeah, I enjoy meeting with my old friends and teachers talking to them. It's kind of awkward because we haven't seen them in such a long time but in the end of the day, you are glad to be spending more time with your old friends.
Dude, you had spaghetti?
Screw trying to talk to people, just go ahead and stuff your face.
Yeah, exactly.
And, he came after I finished my spaghetti. I had already stuffed my face.
hahaha my word verification thing says "cheeses"
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