My Return Trip Home: Bowling With The High School Buddies
I’ve recently returned to the great state of California and am staying in my childhood bedroom in my parents’ old house. It’s so strange to think that I grew up in this town. Everything looks exactly the same, but because I’ve been away for so long, everything looks completely different. If you’ve ever seen the movie Garden State
The main reason I’ve returned to California is because tomorrow, my best friend from high school, Travis Miller, is getting married. But more on that later!
Tonight, instead of attending a rehearsal dinner or anything of that sort, I went bowling with a group of my friends from high school. My friends Kris, Adrienne, Leslie and Jason were all in attendance. As well as Adrienne’s good friend Laura.
Kris and Adrienne just bought their first house in Santa Paula, so we all met at their house first and they gave us a tour and served us some pizza. Then we all carpooled over the bowling alley where I vigorously competed against my high school peers in a good old game of 10 pin. Kris and Adrienne were my stiffest competition.
It’s strange seeing people you haven’t seen in a while. You expect them to be totally different than what you remember of them, but most of the time they seem to be exactly the same.
“Do I appear this way as well?” I wonder.
I feel like I’ve changed so much since graduating from high school. And I’ve accomplished so many things! It’s a strange feeling to return after a year or more away. It’s good to be back home, but despite the fact this is the place where I spent the first 22 years of my life, it doesn’t feel like home anymore… and I’m trying to figure out exactly what that means.
