Emotions

Ran into some good ol' friend today. Unexpectedly

I was hangin' out at the Rainforest Cafe' in Downtown, Disney - waiting for a table - when this older gnetleman comes, taps on my shoulder, and asks if whether I'm Eric Oh.
Now I have a terrible memory when it comes to faces and names, so I'm trying my hardest to try to remember where I would have met him before -- all the while he was telling me a bunch of stuff about his family and that some people are wanting to meet me.

WHA??!?!?

Then I heard, "Woody Garrett..... Robinson's Taekwondo....."
Holy crap! The Garrets are here?!??!

Apparently he was the dad.
Now I felt really bad. Because I don't remember this person at all!
But the mom..... yeah, I totally remember. Now that he's told me that they're the Garretts.

See, I saw her while I was walking into the restaurant. Stopped briefly to look at her and the crowd posing for a picture. But totally didn't register to me that I've met her somewhere before!

So it turns out they're here on vacation.
All the kids graduated from Berkeley (all five of them), and now they've joined the workforce.
The kids are scattered all over the places -- bay area, sacramento, etc. etc.

When I saw Lori, though.....
I was flooded with emotions. Maybe it's because I instantly recognized her as Lori, the lil' sister.
Here's a girl with whom I've spent a good part of my adolescent life, and haven't seen for the last 10 years!
Oh my..... how much she has grown.
She's now 23. Out of college. And working.
And CUTE!

Crazy.....
Who knew I'd be running into the Garretts tonight.
Crazy.....