So...OK, the years have been, um, well, I've um, gotten older I guess. If you look hard you can tell - "Oh my god, it's her!"

I'm living back in Crystal Minnesota with my parents - helping one another out - long story, ask me at the reunion. I'm having a blast getting to know my family again.

Not married anymore, no kids (I do have a standard poodle, Charley tho). I work at Jostens now in Edina. It's been great. All in all, life has taken some pretty interesting turns and at this point - it is pretty darn good. Maturity helps I guess.

I left right out of high school and wandered about the globe with addresses in (Germany, Greece, Israel, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, California, back to Massachusetts - then lots of travel to Europe and Asia and Africa for work, Illinois, and finally Minnesota again).

So, as you can see, to be back here is exotic and I feel like a tourist in my own home town.

I find reconnecting with my past an important part of tightening up the threads in my scattered life. Kind of like getting a better picture of my own tapestry of life. Oh OK, I can get profound... It 's true tho, there is something about honoring the fact that we have lived full lifes. No matter where that journey has taken us.

For me, building on the friendships I've had with Vicki Boeddeker, Debbie Murphy, and Dawn McCarthy has been amazing. There are others I've hoped to connect with because of the influences even you don't realize you've had on my life. Ok...there I go again..

Hey, see you at the reunion eh?!