Christy Whipple:  

stie Carr(see above) *Gena Gomez(until our fight) *Wendy Rittenburg(last saw her Feb. 1996) *Kristina Montesanti(last saw her at Pam's wedding in 1989) *Kristen Neet(last saw her in Feb. 1996) *Jeanna Esposito(last saw her when I graduated) *Rachel Myers (last saw her when I graduated) *Justin Esposito(last saw him when I graduated) *John Beasley(last saw him when I graduated) *Tim Crocker(last SAW him when I graduated, but we email each other now) Boyfriends I had: *Freddy Acuna*Bobby Bravo*John White(different school)*Al Souza(different school)*Rob Bargeron*Anthony Cardenas(after he graduated) I can't think of a fond memory. That doesn't mean I don't have one, but I can't come up with one. I don't know a worst memory either. My favorite teachers were: Mr. Spiteri Biology, Mr. Slater Art, and Mrs. Hunt English. My worst teacher was Mr. Tidwell English. A year or two after graduation, Kristie Carr and I attended The American Bartenders School just for fun. Never did anything with it, but it was cool knowing how to make so many drinks. In early 1988 I attended Pacific Travel School in Brea. It helped me learn the ins and outs of the travel industry and get a head start with airport and city codes. I attended so my resume for the airlines would look better. Workplace Started working at my dad's company, RYCO Mfg., immediately after graduation. It was truly a "family business"! In addition to the 14 other employees, my dad, my mom, my 2 brother's, and even our dog came to work there! I was the office manager there. Realized I had to get into customer service if I was ever going to get hired as a flight attendant. Did reservations/customer relations at MGM Grand Air and got to talk to and meet several celebrities. (Candice Bergen, Dana Carvey, Jon Lovitz, Anthony Quinn, Wilson Phillips, Roseanne Barr, Mary Tyler Moore, Miles Davis, Robert DeNiro, Michael Hutchins from INXS, Dom Delouise, Matt Dillon, etc...) This was a first class only airline and just flew from LAX to JFK in New York. Back in 1988 it cost $949 one way!!! I got to fly on it for free twice, it was a great experience. The drive from Rowland Heights (we moved there a few months after I graduated) to LAX twice a day proved to be too much. I got a job in reservations at the Sheraton at City of Industry. From that job I was finally hired by American Airlines to fulfill my dream of being a flight attendant. Had to live and train in Dallas, TX for 5 1/2 weeks then was told I would be living in New York City! Shared a 1 bedroom apartment with 4 other flight attendants. The rent in 1990 was $1325.00!!! Never cooked a meal the whole time I lived there and would take toilet paper off the plane because it was so expensive in NYC. My apartment was at 123 44th Street and we could see Times Square where the ball drops from our windows. The building was shown in Stephen King's mini series "The Stand". The last 6 months in NY, I lived in a studio apt. on 46th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues. I had 1 roommate and the rent back in 1991 was $875.00! Also had the opportunity to see celebrities (Steve Martin, Meryl Streep, Brooke Shields, Randy Savage-Wrestler, Robin Zander from Cheap Trick, Walter Peyton, Crystal Bernard, Richard Simmons, Lisa Hartman, Pam Tillis, etc...) I finally got my transfer to Nashville in January 1992. I mentioned in my life profile that I wanted to be near family w/o moving back to California. Quit flying one month after I got married, Nov. 1993, because I didn't like being away from home any more. Got job as a sales assistant with Paychex, Inc. They run payroll for small businesses. Stayed there until I couldn't stand it anymore and I wasn't happy with the raise they gave me. Started at Mundaca Financial Corp. in Nov. 1994 in the accounting department, and found out a week after I started that I was pregnant! Went ahead and quit at that time since I was sick and we always planned for me to stay home with our children anyway. That is the last time I worked for a paycheck. Now I work for hugs and kisses and for the pride of seeing my daughters grow into well-behaved, intelligent, loving little girls. I don't have any plans to go back to work. I do work some freelance jobs designing web sites, doing dictation, and putting up ads for people on the internet who are selling their homes on their own. Won't get rich off of it, but it gives me some "mad" money.