five years later

This weekend I am attending my unofficial 5-year (may be longer and shorter for others...) college reunion. It should be a great time - I'm definitely looking forward to seeing some good college buddies that I've lost touch with over the past few years. But it also forces me to take notice to how much my life has changed since the last time I've seen most of these people...

For starters, I am now married. The last time I saw most of these people, I was either making out with them, trying to make-out with them, or avoiding them because I made-out with them the previous weekend and don't want to make-out with them again. No, kidding. I wasn't that bad - but I definitely "sowed my oats" during my college years - and don't regret a moment of it. God, I miss my single days sometimes. Sometimes...

Secondly, I am a (wanna-be) career woman now. I spend my weeknights doing laundry, cleaning, reading, or baking and am in bed by 10:00pm. Five years ago, my weeknights were no different than my weekends. Drinking, partying and hanging out until 4am at least 5-6 days a week was a normal routine. I'd wake up with a slight hangover but was able to recover and be back in the game by early the next evening (sometimes the next afternoon...). These days, I go out maybe once a week and, when I do, I am stuck with a hangover that lasts me 3 days. It's just not worth it anymore.

Seeing my fellow partiers/college cronies for the first time in 5 years will definitely be an event. Let's hope I can survive...