MVHS 40th Reunion

[Greg]

I was trying to make this as painless as possible but that's not going to work. There were three events for Monta Vista's High School reunion. There was a Monta Vista School tour. Then we would have a picnic at Blackberry farm. The day would finish with a cocktail party at the Blue Pheasant. All were supposed to happen on the same day, Saturday Sept 11. I was going to go to the first two and skip the third. Cocktail party small talk just isn't my thing. Then somebody realized nobody would be at the school on a Saturday so we wouldn't be able to get into any of the buildings. The tour was pushed back to Friday. To compound the problems, I also volunteered to help out Scapino and Greg Chow do the photography. Scapino was friended on FB and immediately got a request to do the photos. Scapino dragooned Greg Chow. Greg Chow contacted Scapino and I via FB to ask who the hell roped him into this damn situation. Scapino announced during the call he wasn't going to the reunion that weekend his wife is celebrating her 29th birthday. Now, I had never been contacted to be a photographer for the reunion despite the fact I had done all the photography for the 30th. Greg Chow didn't want to be the lone shooter so I said I would help him, although you didn't have to twist my arm too much. 

I was going to go down to Saratoga Saturday and come back on Sunday. I was going to stay in Saratoga at Lynch Manor with little if any interaction with my mother. That changes with the tour moved to Friday. I've decided I will attend the tour and rather than spending one day with my mother, I will now be spending two. It's going to hurt. I'm taking one for the team.

I've just pulled my yearbooks out of the garage. They were hidden in one of the boxes, so it took some digging. I also came across my Hoover Elementary school pennant. As noted before, i will be with my Elementary school chums on Sunday. The nostalgia will be thick this weekend.