Marilyn Dotson:  

Life I started and finished school in 29 Palms, swore to leave the area when I was old enough. Well I made it to Yucca when I met and married Harley Gerth, stayed with that idiot for 10 years. I had a daughter with him. Then the fickle finger of fate pointed my direction and said to try another road, so I married my highschool sweety, Herman. We stayed married 18 years, had one son together. Thats enough, I'm through being married to anyone. I met a neat guy online, he's a nice person but lives in the dark ages, still drags his knuckles when he walks across the floor, so we wont make our relationship a legal one. I have been blessed in life, I had wonderful parents and family. I have 3 grandsons who really make life worth living. I love having them. I'm still strung out across the country. I inherited some property in Arizona, bought some in Texas and have a cattle ranch in Kentucky. I'm selling a lot of the properties. Too much distance between them. I'm going to get back to work soon, start earning instead of spending. What a novel idea!! School TPHS WAS ONE OF THE BEST. BEST KIDS, BEST TEACHERS, JUST ALL ROUND THE BEST. I MISS ALL THE PEOPLE I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH, AND WISH I HAD TAKEN MORE TIME TO GET TO KNOW A FEW PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT BETTER. MR HOPKINS WAS THE GREATEST TEACHER/FRIEND I EVER HAD, I ADORE HIM. IF IT WAS TO DO AGAIN, THE ONLY THING I'D CHANGE IS I WOULD NEVER GET MARRIED, STILL HAVE MY KIDS, BUT JUST WOULDNT GET MARRIED. I'D LIKE THE CHANCE TO REWIND AND REDO MY LIFE FROM HIGH SCHOOL ON. LOTS I'D CHANGE. BUT GOOD FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE SO IMPORTANT, I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE BOTH IN TPHS. Workplace I STARTED OFF IN A NURSING HOME AND FOUND OUT I LOVED TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE. IT FILLS THE EMPTY PLACES IN MY LIFE. I WENT ON TO WORK IN PALM SPRINGS, WENT TO COD AND BECAME AN LVN. I'M STILL AN LVN. I GOT VALUABLE EXPERIENCE IN SALINAS, CA WORKING IN ICU AND HAVE CONTINUED TO WORK IN ICU SINCE THEN, WHEN I'M WORKING. I LOVE THE FAST PACE OF ICU, CONSTANTLY HAVING TO BE ON YOUR TOES AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE DOCTORS FAILED TO RECOGNIZE. ITS A VERY REWARDING CAREER AND I STILL ENJOY NURSING WHEN I'M WORKING. I always wanted to be a mom when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a good idea. As it turns out, they were partially right, partially wrong, I'd like to have been a better mom to both my children..this prompter is telling me to add more to this saga, geez, its saying whats the wildest thing I ever did in school.. did we do wild things back then? I was as straight and boring as can be. I guess the worst I ever did was go drinking with Kathy Farmer and Dave Miller one night, we were at the shack, everyone knows where that is right? The cops came out and busted the party up, Kathy and I ended up walking home through the desert at 1am. I was grounded to the floor for months! Boy was I a bad girl!! ha I think my biggest surprise about life is its not really a leave it to Beaver world after all. I had such expectations and my choices in life made them fall flat. I'd love to be able to do things again, but we don't have that option. I've made do with what life handed me and through the guidance of my wonderful family, my mom and dad especially, I've been...Expand for more