A Blast From the Past

This past weekend was TY and BT's wedding in northern NJ. It was nice. They had the shortest ceremony I've ever been to though... I think it lasted less than 10 minutes. I got to catch up with some friends from high school, as expected. What came unexpected was the re-acquaintance with someone from elementary school. During cocktail hour, M and I were walking around with our sushi in hand, trying to find an empty table. Since there were none left, we decided to look for two vacant chairs and share a table with other guests. We found one, plopped ourselves down, and introduced ourselves to a couple who I thought were complete strangers. After a minute or two, the guy says to me, "I think I went to elementary school with you. You graduated in 1989, right?" I concurred, and then it hit me... I did go to school with this guy! I vaguely remembered him (at least his name) from almost 20 years ago. We barely spoke to each other back in those days, when we all thought the opposite sex had cooties. I was shocked that he recognized me after all these years. Guess I really haven't changed much since I was 11. Turns out he went to college with BT. We reminisced a bit and tried to think of other people from elementary school we still kept in touch with. It was totally random... talk about six degrees of separation! Now it makes me want to look back at my old elementary school yearbooks (if they're still at my parent's place) to see if I've come across anyone else I may have known during my childhood.