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Update 2/22 It's been a while... Excited about our upcoming 50th reunion (just delayed a couple years due to Covid). Looking forward to reconnecting with friends from long ago. Just sending out the invites brought back many memories. We moved into another fixer-upper in Sonoma about three years ago. We spent 30 years on the last one, but don't have that luxury of time now. We're in a good place at this point, with the bulk of the work being done, and what's left to do is livable, so we'll keep chipping away at, as time and money allow. Now helping with my aging mother who lives in Santa Rosa, and is basically doing fairly well, but can't drive anymore with her macular degeneration. The whole family is going to Mexico next month to celebrate her 90th birthday - Covid be damned! No grandkids yet, but Dawn (33) majored in art at UCSB and is now an interior designer. and Lance (35) majored in art at SLO, became a USMC officer and is now working for Plant Construction in SF. (Steve Malerbi just retired from there! Small world!) Life has been good and looking forward to enjoying the golden years. Lots of exploring and wineries to check out, now that the rules of Covid are finally relaxing. Hope to see you soon! Update 12/08 All and all... a good year. Health has been pretty good - a little 'bout with melanoma, but early stage and hopefully it won't come back- I guess those days of laying in the sun with the baby oil or water skiing all summer, finally caught up with me - otherwise, we're working hard at beating the odds and staying healthy. Diet and exercise is not a lot of fun, but it sure feels better in the end. Lost about 30 pounds and try to get to the gym regularly or least take a long walk with the dog daily. Had a great visit with some of the SMHS girls last summer, while Scott was out of town at a Chico frat reunion. Maura, India, Pattie McD, Sue D, and Gennine all came over and we spent the weekend just eating, drinking, laughing and hanging out at the house. It was wonderful to catch up and just spend time being together and reminiscing about the good old days. Heading to Australia for 3 weeks the end of January, to find Dawn a place to live while she studies in Sydney for the next year. Things look to be tight money-wise for the next year, but hopefully we'll get a chance to go back to visit during the summer and maybe get over to New Zealand, too. My son is just about ready to graduate from college and is at that scary place where he needs to decide what he's going to do now that he's grown-up and will be on his own soon. It's not an easy time to be venturing out, but he's pretty optimistic (wonder where he got that from?) and hopefully things will pan out successfully f...Expand for more