Greetings and Salutations USM!! It's been a while since I've been around so I thought I'd drop in and give a report.
This last year has been both good and bad. Last summer I wound up in the hospital three times with gastric-reflux disease. The pain was so bad I was practically crying. The doctors were mystified as to the cause, but eventually I figured it out on my own. It turns out that I am allergic to Kale! I'd been using it in salads and whip-shakes as part of a new diet. Once I stopped eating it, the problem disappeared.
It caused me to miss a really important job interview, too. Fortunately the interviewers were sympathetic, and agreed to reschedule, and I later got the job. More on that later.
Last year, after ten years of solitude following a bad divorce, I married again! My new wife is named Kellie. She works in Financial Management. It's the second time around for both of us, so our wedding was a small one. Just immediate family. We Honeymooned in the Bahamas and had a great time at the Atlantis Hotel and water park. I went on the Leap of Faith waterslide, which is about a ten-story drop. You reach terminal velocity almost immediately! It's a lot of fun.
Upon our return, I started my new job as a teacher of Adult Education. My students consist of dropouts and people who are looking to acquire job skills or to improve their English. I start work at 7:00 AM, and work until after 3:00. There's about twenty full-time teachers at the school, and we all help each other. The work is hard, but I've never felt so fulfilled before. I'm literally smiling everyday as I go to work!
Sadly, we had a tragedy: our house was robbed three months ago. the burglars smashed their way through our patio door and stole most of our valuables. The thieves made off with jewelry, mostly, although they stole an entire safe of mine which contained mostly personal papers. I was in shock for hours. Our neighbors helped cover the shattered door, and the following day we got the house wired with an alarm. Unfortunately, the thieves were never caught. On the plus side, we became closer to our neighbors as a result of this debacle.
My wife and I are avid hikers. Almost every weekend we're tackling a new trail someplace. I'm wearing out hiking boots pretty quickly, but we're both enjoying ourselves tremendously. Next summer we're planning on traveling again. I'd like to go to Europe, but my wife has her heart set on Hawaii. We'll have to compromise on someplace. No word yet on where!
The new year promises to bring more changes. It'll be interesting to see what it will be.
Hope all of you are doing well. I've told my wife about USM, and about the live get-together we had five years ago. She was amazed at that. Hope we can have another one sometime, and I can introduce you all to my new better half!
Best wishes,
Arion
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