Today on the tram ride to Flinders, as a joke, when I sat down next to Jen I pretended that I hadn’t seen her in a while.
“Oh hey! It’s been a while, how’ve you been?” said I.
“I’ve been well,” said Jen.
“Yeah? Katie’s grown up a bit now hasn’t she? How’s she doing?”
“She’s great. Yeah she’s 17 this year.” (Which is of course the same age as Jen currently)
“How’s Tommy?”
“(Tommy’s a crap name.)”
“(YOU’RE the mom.)”
“Tommy’s good. He starts kindergarten next year.”
“Oh wow he sure grew up fast. I still remember when he was this little.”
“Yeah, and Bindi’s 21.”
“Oh wow, must be a handful.”
“Hey you goin’ to the reunion next month?”
“Yeah, the 30th right?”
“(Wow that makes Tommy have a really old mom.)”
“20th? (No that means you had Bindi when you were in Yr 12. 25th, then.) Yeah 25th Reunion. Wow it’s been ages since I’ve seen Julia…”
“And SONAM! Yeah oh did you hear Jen T- is now the…”
“President of China?”
“Yeah and plus she discovered a cure for cancer.”
“And April…well we have to call her Senator Scarlett now. (No wait, you can’t be a Senator if you’re not born in America.)”
…
And so it went on.
The looks we got.
Alex.
the life and laughs of me 