Jennifer Petorella:  

Good Lord, am I in my 50s already? The 80s seem like a minute ago. I am still living in Arizona and loving it! It is my geographic mecca. I was a deep tech computer nerd until I retired. Now I am more focused on gaming and trying to teach my dogs to speak using Fluent Pet buttons. (It's not going well.. lol). I still have a house full of animals, and Im always working on some project or other. Currently I'm turning one of my kids' rooms into a swanky craft room. I'm happily married to a wonderful guy who really gets me. He has 2 kids and being a step-parent and adoptive Mom was a real journey. Love our kids to pieces, but Im also really loving being an empty-nester and the reduction in the chaos children bring. I have gone to many schools throughout my educational career. The last 4 are the ones that really stand out - Marana Jr/High School, Saguaro High, Morrison Christian Academy, and The American University. I've been fortunate to still be in touch (or have been in touch with fairly recenty) with most of my very small senior class from MCA (we have zoom calls throughout the year) - which is really lovely - being able to connect with old friends who are strewn throughout the world; and a few people from Marana and Saguaro - like Scott McCaslin - who had a very similar job; Jenny Bogushefsky (now Stracke) who lives about a mile from me now, to my delight; and Ken Wyvill - who is still the super friendly guy he has always been. I'm facebook friends with several others - like Rex McDowell and Shelly Carr and Shelly Altamirano. You can find me on facebook with 'Jennifer Petorella.' Probably not many people were aware of this, but when I abruptly left Saguaro High, it was to go to Taiwan. I was being stalked to and from ...Expand for more