Jolene Staruch:
CLASS OF 1975
Jamesville-DeWitt High SchoolClass of 1975
De witt, NY
Cornell University - AgricultureClass of 1978
Ithaca, NY
Jolene's Story
Life
It's been a long, sometimes bumpy road, but at this point, I'm settled working for IBM with an eye on retirement sometime before I'm ancient :-) One son, in college now, one Australian Shepherd named Boo, (me and you and a dog named Boo?), no cats but lots of wildlife in the woods behind the house.
Living in a rural town that makes DeWitt look like a metropolis. We have more moose than people here -- although we do have a main street with a few shops. Nothing like Erie Blvd however!
The career has bounced around from microbiology to software development/analysis and on to project management. Still enjoy escaping to go canoeing, kayaking and hiking, with an occasional trip to more exotic places like Alaska, Bahamas & New Zealand. Definitely findi...Expand for more
ng benefits from our 'global economy' -- most of my coworkers are in other countries and don't care if I work from home! Fortunately they also speak English, since I don't speak Asian languages.
Life now centers around something, but I'm still figuring out exactly what -- the big goal was getting a son into college, and now I'm figuring out what next. In the interim, I'm just enjoying life as it comes and goes.
Married? Not anymore -- more accurately described as widowed, but it's been a very long time so I just claim "single parent" and leave it at that. Means I get to keep busy all the time -- there's always something that needs to be done..
Enjoying life, and connecting with new and old friends! Can be reached as jstaruch<at sign>shatterlings.com
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