It might have something to do with the fact that I was maladjusted, awkward from a failed attempt at French immersion in grades 6 and 7. It might also have had something to do with my mother's unsuccessful battle with cancer during the last two years. My two oldest friends will be there. Diane and I were in the same kindergarten and Sunday school class. Ruby and I rode the bus together after school in grade 6.
Old friends are wonderful, but they can also be a pain in the ass.
As I was reminded recently, they know all your old stories. So I'm going to tell you a couple now and rob them the pleasure of embarrassing me. Yes, it's true. I was very drunk at a party and fell asleep mid-sentence. Remarkably I awoke an hour and a half later to complete the sentence I had begun.