It's Been Almost 20 Years?

It’s hard to believe it has almost been 20 years since Graduation Day, 1992. It’s hard to believe after this many years, we continue to say, “It’s hard to believe…” What did we think, that we were immune to the passage of time?

That we would remain forever in our 20s? That we were the first genera­tion in history that would not wake up one day and discover we were now almost 40?

Yes, that’s exactly it. We never thought we’d ever get old; however, we are making it look good! Or, at least, we never thought it would happen so darn quickly. There’s an old expres­sion: The more things change, the more they stay the same. Well, there’s another old expression: The more things change, the more they REALLY change.

Here is a list that demonstrates how much things indeed have changed during the past 35 years.

Each couplet describes something we were doing back in 1992, followed by what we instead are doing now in 2011.

Going to sleep at 4 a.m. – Waking up at 4 a.m.

Keg parties – Tupperware parties.

Long hair – No hair.

Hot dates – Hot flashes.

Getting high – Getting high blood pressure.

Lying to our parents about what we did in high school – Lying to our children about what we did in high school.

Starting Saturday night at 10 p.m. – Concluding Saturday night at 10 p.m.

Hundreds of vinyl albums stored in a heavy wooden crate – Hundreds of digital albums stored in a 2-ounce iPod.

Focused on finding happiness – Re­alizing happiness comes when we stop focusing on it.

Now that the Class of ‘92 has ac­quired age and guile, we too under­stand that the experience gained during the past two decades far out­weighs youth, innocence, and especial­ly those hideous 1990's-style clothing and haircuts.