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Boy, another scorcher of a day in old Corpus Christi. Spent most of the day in Air conditioning just relaxing and talking to family. We have lots to catch up on since I don't come down all that often. I moved away from Corpus Christi about 30 years ago!
I finally got a call I was waiting for from old high school friends. Remember, I graduated high school in 1978 and here we are in 2014. That's 36 years and I haven't seen most of these guys since. Recently, we found each other on Facebook and have been communicating back and forth. So, this is the first time I have seen my friends in all this years and what does Diana do? She posts a picture from over 30 years ago of me and my second dance partner Yvette from the newspaper. And she posted it to Facebook!?!?! Revenge will be so sweet if I can ever come up with something equally funny!
My kids' reactions were the best though. Basically it went "What the hell? We didn't know about this!". They had a fun time sharing the picture with their friends and I had to endure the jabs from their friends. Lucky for me I really enjoy my kid's friends so it was not a big deal; they are all a great bunch of kids and they are always welcome in my house. I told my kids that this is proof that I was once a thin guy!
Ted, at the party seemed the most surprised at finding out about me dancing. He said that based on how he knew me in high school, he never would have guessed. His overall assessment of me in high school was that I was overly shy.
Ted had a BBQ and had a few of us over to catch up. We had a blast talking about where we've been, what we've done, and what we are doing now. Now, I want to give a little detail on who was there one by one.
Ted was there of course since this is his place. His partner Scott was there as well and they had plenty of beer. The BBQ was great and the beer was chilled perfectly. Ted was the guy we were all kind of jealous of in high school. While he may or may not have had an interest in the girls, they sure as hell had an interest in him and flocked to him. Ted was this loud boisterous life of the party kind of guy. If he came in the room, there was laughter to follow! He didn't have a shy bone in his body and everybody wanted to be around him because he kept us all pumped up and didn’t seem to have a care in the world. I was always known as the shy guy in the group. I was rather reserved around my high school friends and a little wilder once I was away from them. If I dated, it was usually not with anybody from school. I was a pretty private person.
Diana and MaryLou, I will always remember as a pair because that’s the only way I ever saw them. If one was around the other was too! They have been best friends since high school, even now. Diana graduated school a year early then I did, I think, but we actually became good friends a year or two after high school when we connected again at a dance club. Yes, I was into Disco, I am not ashamed because I had the greatest times because of all the dancing. It really brought me out of my shell. I would dance with Diana and MaryLou a lot especially at the same time. We would get out on the dance floor and just go till one of us couldn't. Since I was twirling two around at the same time, it was usually me who tired out first. Just remember, disco may be dead, but the evidence is still around! I got to meet Diana’s son Nick at the BBQ, he is a really nice kid.
Terry was at the party as well. Terry looks almost exactly the same as the last day I remember seeing her. She was always a straight shooter and there never was any guessing at what she meant when she told you something. That's a trait I always admired and respected about her. We sat and talked for a while and man, she has not changed in the way she talks or anything. This woman still shoots from the hip and to hell with anybody who doesn’t like it! LOL
Iris was there as well but I was having such a good time, I forgot all about taking pictures so she isn't in one for today. We went to high school together and had most of our classes together. We have always been great friends. I wish I had the chance to meet her kids but the timing just didn’t work out. We all agreed to get together for dinner another night so I will have to remember to take more pictures then. Iris was my first official dance partner and we won some trophies and cash together. Of course, the cash would end up being spent that same night celebrating but that was the fun part.
Following is some detail on the pictures:
Pic 1 - The Old Gang: Party at Ted's! Blast from the past. On my right are Ted and Diana. On my left are Mary Lou and Terry. Friends from high school I haven't seen in over 30 yrs. Scott was taking the pic and Iris had already left. Had too much fun to take more pics.
Pic 2 - Disco: 1st time to see my friend in over 30 years and what do they do? They find an old newspaper article and post it to Facebook. God, we laughed at this.
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