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Class Reunion!

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Real Estate Agent with RLAH@Properties AB95346

I have six weeks to lose fifty pounds and get a major face lift.  Yes, it's coming up. 

It's not just a class reunion, it's a "0" year class reunion.

So sweetie and I are planning a "Two for the Road" thing - not in my comfortable Lexus with a giant trunk and lots of room and a navigation system, but in his adorable little 2-seater with a trunk barely large enough to hold two little bitty suitcases. Well, his car does get better mileage.

We're planning our route, trying to avoid aiming the car down I-70, which leads right from here to Topeka.  Yes, Topeka, Kansas.  The town I ran away from to New York City, where I began my big life adventure.

I graduated from Topeka High School, a member of an amazing class of kids. 

Like there was about a seven-way tie for class valedictorian, which included most of the cheerleaders and the co-captains of the football and basketball team.   There were a lot of great kids who grew into great adults.

We have a web site where we're posting photos and videos.  And those of us who have real estate licenses seem to be putting up the most stuff.  Could it be that Realtors® have a leg up on this stuff?

Meanwhile, I found an old photo of me in my band uniform.  Yes, I was a band geek, the piccolo virtuoso who played the Stars and Stripes Forever obbligato with the marching band at half time at all of the football games. 

Tomorrow morning, I'm hitting the gym.  I am really vain.  I need to lose a bunch.  Maybe I need a trainer.

Wait.  I need a real estate trainer!  Is it better to show up thin or rich?

Comments (28)

Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Oh I need to lose some weight, too.  At least you have a good incentive.  Remember...all you guys are the same age...so I'm sure you'e not alone.  Cool abt the piccolo.

Aug 03, 2011 12:01 AM
Jay Markanich
Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA
Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

It's better to simply show up, no matter what!

My 40th is this October in Bethesda.  Hard to believe...

Aug 03, 2011 12:14 AM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Good morning Pat,

I love it! I'm with Jay..you must show up no matter what! Who cares what George Hamilton or Aristole Onassis said!! 6 weeks and counting!!

Aug 03, 2011 12:23 AM
Navona Hart
Century 21 Realty @ Home - Farmville, VA
Selling the Best Properties in Central Virginia

So proud of you for showing up.  You will be successful, funny, kind....who needs thin?!  Besides when you go back you will discover thin is relative, or at least it was at my reunion.  I love that your class has a website going.  Great idea for others planning a great reunion.

Aug 03, 2011 12:38 AM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@Properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Rich, thin and tan?  The rich part maybe!  But today it's pretty clear that you can be too thin and too tan.  Neither of those things are a problem for me, however!  And it's going to be pure fun.

Aug 03, 2011 01:16 AM
Carol-Ann Palmieri
RE/MAX Executive Realty, Al and Cal Realty Group - Franklin, MA
"Cal" the Real Estate Gal

Hi Pat!    Always love a road trip with a reason.   Have a blast!  

Aug 03, 2011 01:28 AM
Lola Audu
Lola Audu~Audu Real Estate~Grand Rapids, MI Real Estate - Grand Rapids, MI
Audu Real Estate~Grand Rapids, MI ~Welcome Home!

Class Reunions are fun and somewhat scary at the same time.  Hoping that there's way more of the fun part in this one for you!  Have a wonderful time. :)

Aug 03, 2011 02:26 AM
Ron Marshall
Marshall Enterprises - Saint Michael, MN
Birdhouse Builder Extraordinaire

Pat, I vote for rich......anyone can forgive a fat rich person.  But, a thin, poor one only gets the pity.  Have fun!!!

Aug 03, 2011 02:55 AM
Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional
Charles Rutenberg Realty - Clearwater, FL
Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor

Class reunion? God, I couldn't WAIT to get OUT of high school and away from everyone there - by my senior year most of my friends were already in college -I never did the reunion thing and can't even imagine seeing those people again - besides, a large portion are probably already dead - it will be a 50 year reunion if they do it in 2016 - that IS a long time!!!!

Hope you have fun, take plenty of photos to share and WHY do you want to drop pounds unless it is for health? You look fantastic just as you are! Remember, I have met you a couple of times and it isn't photos I am relating to! You don't need to drop an ounce Pat!

 

Aug 03, 2011 03:38 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

 They will love seeing you, just you. Have am awesome time!

Margaret

Aug 03, 2011 04:06 PM
Tom Braatz Waukesha County Real Estate 262-377-1459
Coldwell Banker - Oconomowoc, WI
Waukesha County Realtor Real Estate agent. SOLD!

Pat

That is just too unhealthy to lose weight thT FAST. jUST ENJOY LIFE.

Aug 03, 2011 04:19 PM
Dawn A Fabiszak
Private Label Realty ( Denver metro area, Colorado - Aurora, CO
The Dawn of a New Real Estate Experience!

Pat ~ I say just show up and have fun.  The guys seem to change the most.  They all loose their hair!

Aug 03, 2011 04:39 PM
Marilyn Boudreaux
Marilyn Boudreaux, Century 21 Bono Realty - Lake Charles, LA
Lake Charles LA Century 21 Realtor

the gym will make you sore and the trainer may make you throw up dont do it PAT

oh and its true you look thinner with a tan but  if you get a spray tan  then dont forget to bleach your teeth too people will be looking at your tan and bright teeth  LOL  Somehow I think you will be more sophisticated than the Topeka crowd...not to knock KS because my Father grew up near there and went to Williamsburg High School, I have relatives all over Topeka that was the old Milliken family homestead, just visited there in May :)

Have fun that will be some roadtrip and those Kansas farmers will be eyeing that fancy little car

Aug 03, 2011 05:00 PM
Andrea Swiedler
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties - New Milford, CT
Realtor, Southern Litchfield County CT

Pat, if you can just sell "the big one" now, you still have time to get sucked and tucked! Forget the tan though... you can always have that sprayed on....

Aug 03, 2011 11:19 PM
Jackie Connelly-Fornuff
Douglas Elliman Real Estate in Babylon NY - Babylon, NY
"Moving at The Speed of YOU!"

You wanna lose weight? Do it for..........yourself and not them. They are gonna love you being there no matter what :)

Aug 03, 2011 11:26 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Patricia- You can do it!!! My husband's father lived in Topeka and "running away" is an apt description!  We'll head to Lawrence, KS for college football in the fall! 

Aug 04, 2011 01:57 AM
Todd Clark - Retired
eXp Realty LLC - Tigard, OR
Principle Broker Oregon

I have a personal trainer now and though I'm losing weight, I'm not sure if I went to a reunion that I would be able to dance. Ever muscle hurts!




Aug 04, 2011 03:34 AM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

I have a cabbage soup recipe that does wonders for losing weight...eat it for a week and you will lose weight.  

Aug 04, 2011 04:46 AM
John MacArthur
Century 21 Redwood - Washington, DC
Licensed Maryland/DC Realtor, Metro DC Homes

Pat...there was this time at band camp .....

Aug 05, 2011 11:00 AM
Mona Gersky
MoonDancer Realty, Dillsboro,NC - Sylva, NC
GRI,IMSD-Taking the mystery out of real estate.

Pat, just go healthy!  If that means your clothes fit, than that should be good enough.  Get a great hair cut.  Have fun.

Aug 06, 2011 08:10 AM