Layne Bautista:  

Life After high school, I went to the Univ. of Puget Sound for 2 years and lived awhile as an independent, then joined a sorority (Tri Delt), enjoying the best of both worlds. I transferred to the Univ. of Washington to pursue a major in speech pathology, rooming for awhile with a friend from high school (Rena Bates). It was there that I met my husband, Rick, although it was quite awhile before we got married. I finished my B.S. mid-year, so worked for a few months as a receptionist at the Northwest Kidney Center. I then moved to San Diego to get my master's at SDSU. After 3 yrs., I moved back up here, married Rick, and finally finished my research. However, a lot had gone on at SDSU (burnout, disillusion), and I never went into the speech field. Instead, I ended up teaching fitness classes (senior fitness, weight training, aerobics - who? Layne?) at a couple of YMCA's for 4 yrs. It was great, but tiring, so changed jobs and worked for a couple of years at the Episcopal Book Store. Loved that. Finally had a successful pregnancy and now have a 16-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy. Shelby goes to Seattle Prep, and Alex goes to Explorer West. Sang for 13+ years with the Seattle Symphony Chorale, until our big blow-out with them in 1997 (for those of you who read about it in the paper), took a year off, then joined the Seattle Bach Choir, and sang with them for a few years. My dad died in 2000 and my mom in 2005. Rick has worked for King County for 24 years, so we'll probably stay in the area. He's a legislative analyst, specializing in land use/growth management issues, for the Metro/KC Council. We finally sold our "starter house" in 2001 and bought an "old house." That kept us busy for awhile, but life caught up, so there are a lot of "someday" projects around here. Am a Girl Scout Advisor for my daughter's troop. Have been involved with that since they starte...Expand for more