So, Cabo was great, warm and full of family and good food. Afterwards, I came home to Plano and met up with a bunch of kids from high school – we had a four-hour dinner at a family-styled Italian restaurant – and also Iris and Ruth, both of whom I haven’t seen in over two years.

Mostly, it was heartwarming to see everyone doing well and happy with their lives and choices in careers (or at least putting on a convincing show). It’s weird to think of us all back in high school playing Tetrinet in class, doing problem sets, coming up with skits, doing artsy projects, talking about prom dates and all sorts of silly things. Now, a significant portion of our little IB class is married and some have kids. And, of the thirteen that got together over break, three were in law school, three were in medical school (or soon to be), and three had masters degrees. Others had very serious-sounding jobs, haha.

It’s comforting to see that through the stress, moving, debating over jobs, majors, colleges, and a bunch of other dilemmas, everyone seems to have gotten through it all and come out on top and are able to be supportive of each other and happy for each others’ various accomplishments.

So, yeah, break was nice. Happy holidays!