Okay, I'm taking an opinion poll. Pretty please, go look at this page and look at the change to the calendar and then come back here and tell me what you think. (If you're reading this more than a week late, the first link is probably broken by now. Don't worry about it.)

What are you waiting for?

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I stopped by the house yesterday, and they've fixed the pantry. Yay! Now we'll be able to buy food that isn't cereal! According to Nancy, they won't do anything else this week, but next week they'll insulate and start putting up the sheetrock, or drywall, or whatever you call it in your part of the world. (I'd always heard it was sheetrock, but lately whenever I use that term, everyone gives me a funny look until I explain, and then they say something like, "Oh, you mean drywall!")

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So it's finally Friday, thank whatever gods may exist (even though they have nothing to do with weekends, really) but I doubt it's going to be an especially restful weekend. Tonight Matt and I are going over to K.T.'s to have a mini-game to explain why our characters haven't been around for the last few sessions. Tomorrow we'll be buying a refrigerator and mailing out my old computer to Matt's grandfather and then going back to K.T.'s for the regular game. And Sunday is chores day and I really ought to do some more packing. It's not going to be an especially rushed weekend, but it's not going to be relaxing, either.

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I think I'm going to be missing my high school reunion. It's scheduled for the same weekend that Matt and I are moving, which is awkward enough, but we've got at least four friends coming from out of town to help us, and still more from here in town. I think it would be rude to let them help move all of our stuff, buy them pizza and soda or whatever, and then put on a fancy dress and go to a party without them.

We discussed the possibility of my going by myself, leaving Matt at least to be host to our friends, but I'm not excited about that idea, either. I'd still feel like I was abandoning everyone, and then to make matters worse, I'd be going to the party without an escort. (Nothing like seeing high school comrades again to bring back those old high school feelings, eh? "But I can't go to the party without a date!")

Anyway, I've been thinking about it, and while it would be neat to know whatever happened to some old friends, I have no idea if the people I cared about are even coming to the reunion. I wasn't exactly a popular, outgoing person in high school - it's not impossible that I could get there and introduce myself, and everyone would say, "Wow! It's great to see you again!" and think Um... WHO?

The bottom line, actually, is this: I'd rather be with the friends I have now than the friends I had then. If it wasn't the weekend we were moving, I'd probably go, out of curiosity if nothing else, but the move is making things entirely too complicated. (And expensive! The reunion is formal, so I'd have to go buy a dress in addition to paying the $85/head entry fee.)