Judy Nelson:  

Well, well well some of you may already know what I've been up to but here goes: After High School (and I ask how could that be 40+ years ago?) I first went to Lyons Educational Center and was certified as a Medical Assistant but I didn't follow through with that. I got a job working for Prentice Hall - a publishing company that some of you may be familiar with as they do lots of textbooks - where I worked my way up from a clerical position to Computer Programmer. I went to college on their dime from 1983 to 1989 when I graduated from Bergen Community with an AAS in Computer Programming. During this time I worked with a large group of single people at Prentice Hall and we started travelling and hanging out together on weekends and evenings. Many of my current friends come from this period in my life. I also spent alot of time in Florida visting Lauren Connelly - who you would remember if you went to Bixby Grammer School. She went to high school in Tenafly and then moved to Florida in 1980. We met in 2nd grade and have been best friends ever since. I met my husband in 1992 and after a six year courtship we married in 1998. We bought a condo in Bloomfield where we live today. We have no children but do have 2 exceedingly pampered cats. In 2002 I was downsized from Prentice Hall. I took several years off during which time m...Expand for more