Sufficiently united already

I'm skipping the reunion. This is partly on account of my foot being tender, but only partly: if I'd had my heart set on hanging out with people at the Oyster Bar tonight, I'd have turned around in half a block, skipped the Greenmarket this morning, and saved the foot/energy for the evening.

I am thinking of dropping an email or two, of the form "Hi, I couldn't make it to the reunion because of prior commitments and minor medical annoyances, but I saw your name/email address, how are you doing these days?"

This has the advantage that if I do find myself wanting or needing to explain the shape of my life, I can do so more coherently than in a noisy bar full of people I haven't seen since before I met almost any of the people who are now central to my life.

Sufficiently united already

I'm skipping the reunion. This is partly on account of my foot being tender, but only partly: if I'd had my heart set on hanging out with people at the Oyster Bar tonight, I'd have turned around in half a block, skipped the Greenmarket this morning, and saved the foot/energy for the evening.

I am thinking of dropping an email or two, of the form "Hi, I couldn't make it to the reunion because of prior commitments and minor medical annoyances, but I saw your name/email address, how are you doing these days?"

This has the advantage that if I do find myself wanting or needing to explain the shape of my life, I can do so more coherently than in a noisy bar full of people I haven't seen since before I met almost any of the people who are now central to my life.