Claire Horvath:
CLASS OF 1977
West Springfield High SchoolClass of 1977
Springfield, VA
George Washington University - Elliott SchoolClass of 1981
Washington, DC
George Mason UniversityClass of 1979
Fairfax, VA
Claire's Story
Life
Lately I have been learning the hard way that getting old is not meant for wimps! But then the class of '77 was never one to have any wimps! Otherwise, working hard to pay for one already in college while saving for the next one who is a few years behind!
Otherwise, my hunny and I have been happily together for over 24 years. Our children are typical teens with their cars/trucks. I enjoy hanging out with my family. I also have been trying to get rid of middle age spread so I have been watching what I eat and trying to workout every day in one form or another. I am also rather active in the community as I used to volunteer in my children's classrooms up until they were in middle school. Then I became more involved in the PTA and recently I have moved on to the budget committee for the local school board.
In a few weeks, my daughter will be heading back to college for her 2nd year. She wants to major in Communications and become an Event Planner. She will probably be a very good Event Planner as she is extremely organized and outgoing. My son is typical video game playing, electric guitar rocking teenage slacker. Sadly because he is bored in school, his overall grades do not nearly reflect that he is very smart. Wh...Expand for more
en I have any "Me" time, I have fun playing computer games, rocking out on Guitar Hero II (Xbox 360-I am so beating the game on the medium level! But right now Jessica is kicking my butt!!), working out on my elliptical while either going deaf thanks to my cranking my iPod or plowing thru my Netflix queue list and/or working out on my Bowflex, and having fun hanging out with friends and family.
Finally, a few things I have figured out in life are that pushing 50 means I am entitled to falling apart and cheap coffee thanks to my hunny's AARP membership! Mostly I feel like I have conquered some unbelievable odds. When I was growing up, I tried my best to hide the fact that my home life was an absolute dysfunctional mess thanks to my parents' helacious demons. Back then I promised myself that if I ever had children, I would never put them in a situation where they would relive the utter anguish my life at home had been. I am very pleased to say that we are probably dysfunctional but in a very happy way! My children and I have a great honest, open and loving relationship. And if for some reason I have failed at everything else in my life, I did not fail myself on that promise to not make my children suffer like I did.
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