"What are these doing in here?... Are these even my pants?" --Beth Yellen

"It's the day Ceaser died."-- Carly
"And then came the salad... yum"-- Alison

I think everyone these days is really thinking long and hard about life and love and what’s going to happen in the following years. Who will we stay in contact with? Who will change the most? Who won't grow up? What's it going to be like living away from everything you've ever known? There are so many unknowns when it comes to thinking about the next stages of our lives. Clearly, tons of people go through this every year and most of them come out of it unharmed and overall bettered. (I don't think that's a word...) In some ways, I wish there was a big book that we all could look at and just know-- cut out a lot of the uncertainty. But in other ways, I know that that is completely unprobable and we just need to live our lives and see what comes our way.

I was just reminded of the letter that Herbert has us write to ourselves that she plans on sending to us in 5 or 6 years. On it, I put a list of people, which in the event I hadn't talked to or heard of in that time, I would look them up and call them. I hope that I don't have to do that, but sadly I know that a lot of us will loose contact with each other. The people we've grown up with and loved and hated and who knew us inside and out. It's kind of a strange idea, that something that was such a part of your life for over 10 years could virtually disappear, just like that.

To you all, though: Even if we don't talk until our 10 year reunion, go out there and make the world a better place. Look out world: the class of 2004 is coming and there's no telling what we'll do!