Over Thanksgiving, I managed to sneak away to Boston for my 25th High School reunion. It was great and disappointing at the same time. Great to see some of my old friends that I've missed since leaving Brockton so long ago. It was especially great seeing Lewis and his wife. Lewis was a close friend from 4th grade on. We used to play trumpet together in the early days. I'd love to hear what we sounded like back then. It must have been horrible. I remember talking after concerts about how I'd screwed up (or, often, not played at all), and Lewis would claim to have messed up (or not played) at the same place! How could our parents have stood it? (Actually, I know how. More on that later.) Here's what Lewis has done with himself since.

Well, it was disappointing for two reasons. The obvious was that there just weren't enough people there. With something over 1100 graduating seniors, there couldn't have been more than 150 at the reunion. There were a lot of folks I'd hoped to see again. The second disappointment was how poor I was at talking with everyone. That's rather normal for me, I suppose. It was great hanging out with Linda, Robin, Kolleen, and Jeannette, and I'm so glad I did. But I got contact information from exactly two people who were there. Sigh....

Anyhow, for those of you who weren't there (and those who were), send me some email and say "Hi". It's been too long.

And yes, I did wear my Rockies hat in Boston, though not at the reunion. I didn't want to start a fight while wearing a suit.

Thanks to Jeannette for the pictures. Besides not getting anyone's email addresses, I also left my camera in my room. Lame. There were some cameras on tables, so there are now pictures up at classmates.com. That's cool.

Well, last night, my old friend Rhoads and I went to Coors Field to watch the Rockies complete the sweep of the Diamondbacks. Great game! As has now become common, the other team had their chances, but our pitching and defense held the day. Clint Hurdle made the brilliant move to take out his starting pitcher (who was stellar) in the fourth inning with two on and two out, leading to six runs!



I'll be on a flight to California next week when World Series tickets go on sale. But Teresa and Rhoads (and all his friends and relatives) are going to try and get some. I hope they do.

I put a few more pictures of the night up on Facebook. It's much easier living on-line there, since I can post things from any machine (or my iPhone), rather than waiting for the kids to get off the family iMac.

Wow, winter and spring are long gone, and summer is in full swing. Fireworks are in just 3 days. Tim has had his tonsils taken out (and my throat is sore). Emily is taking swimming lessons. Scott and Tim are taking piano this summer. WWDC has come and gone. The iPhone is out (and I'll get one for free in a month).

I went to spring training for a couple of days. Teresa and the kids went to Disney World for spring break (and I got to ski). The Rockies were horrible, then they were great, and now they're horrible again.

I'm riding my bike (and bought a new one). The garden is in (late, as always). Teresa is moving her genealogy to the Mac (her Dell notebook continues to fall apart).