Lunch With Old Pals (old as in former, not age)

I had lunch with my old work pals today. It was very touching to see the amount of people that showed. There were over 20 people there. Wow! I had no idea how popular I was.

It was nice to see all those people again, but it was kinda sucky at the same time. There were SO many people there that I didn't get to visit with the people I truly wanted to see. They were at the other end of the table or at completely different tables altogether. They might as well not have been there in the first place. I ended up sitting with people I wasn't even close with to begin with. I did, however, get a few minutes to talk with certain people after lunch was over. It was only a few minutes, but I'll take a few precious moments over nothing at all. It made me miss them more than ever, though. I guess it wouldn't be so bad if I heard from them throughout the year. I wish they would write more. Then it wouldn't seem like I hadn't talked to them since August, since I would know what was going on in their lives from time to time. We had to shove four months of life into a 5 minute conversation before they had to run. We didn't even get to say close to everything we'd like to say. This just isn't satisfying.

But like I said.....a few precious moments to talk with old friends is better than no moments at all. I'll take it.