Could work out fine, might even be the best decision you make.
I don't trust myself on this, I have so much regret to not have contacted her before but there was no Internet then, no easy way to make contact again but I guess that is just an excuse. I'm curious to see her in the flesh after all these years, we were very close back then, it's a weird feeling but the regret is what burdened me the most. I feel stupid, she was a friend.
it's GRRM without his hat... you know how he loves his buttered popcorn.