Reunion Highlights
I'm back from reunion. Damn, Smith College is pretty. I have a soft spot for ivy and brick. And yes, yes, the new student center has neither brick nor ivy, but it's...um...useful.
I had a wonderful time seeing friends and staying in the dorms, although everyone said the same thing, "Were our beds this bad? Really? How did we sleep?" The mattresses did lack a certain support system. Despite this, due to extreme exhaustion, I slept like a rock with no ill side effects upon waking.
Everyone liked my new hair cut including a vocal gentleman on a bench downtown. When I walked past with Mandy and Mollee, we heard him declare, "I like the looks of the red-haired one!" Gee, thanks sir. I've warned the very handsome boyfriend that he has a rival for my affections. He took it in stride.
I attended my class wine tasting, which featured a lecture by a geology professor on terroir (the earth and atmospheric conditions that make wine taste as it does). It was fascinating. Then we did blind taste tests with chardonnays and burgandies. Classy lady that I am, I unerringly liked the cheapest wines in both taste tests! Good to know my taste is in line with my finances.
Last night we played Trivial Pursuit (the 90s edition). My team was getting beaten by the team led by Andrea (whose scary competitive streak makes mine look tame). There were some very funny moments and some incredible saves, but in the end my team won it all. Winning answer: tomatoes. (Good on David for getting it right and letting us stop the madness and go to bed).
So to summarize, I've listed some highlights of reunion '07 below.
Scariest moment: seeing the man dressed in full clown regalia at the bus station. I fear clowns. Who doesn't? Thank God his path and mine diverged at this point.
Dumbest moment: locking myself and my roommate out of our dorm room. Thanks for letting us back in, campus security!
Number of times I told people my 'Latino gameshow star husband story': none. Can you believe it?
Amount of rainfall: a lot.
Biggest surprise: the bathrooms. Our old dorm's bathrooms were renovated (much nicer now) but the wallpaper of the bathroom in the dorm where we stayed this weekend was the original that I remember. Damn, that orange print is seizure-inducing!
Smith College paraphernalia purchased: one new t-shirt. Seems like I buy one every ten years.
Things I 'didn't miss': the ugly "silk feel" yellow scarves they distributed to our class before I arrived on campus. As Colleen said, "I don't think whoever made these has felt real silk, if he thinks it's 'silk feel.'"
All in all, a splendid time.