Sandra Chulik:  

I hope people remember me as a nice and friendly person who tried to get to know everyone and not just the popular kids. The worst thing I ever did in HS was ditch class in my senior year. BTW, I am responding to a prompted line of questions from Classmates.com...so here it goes... How do I prepare for work or a project? If I'm going to work somewhere, I need to have direction/plan, A game on, focused and to be able to deal with the day-to-day issues that business brings. What did I want to be when I grew up? Well let's see, I always wanted to be a business owner and wife and mother. And that is exactly what I did. What do I like to do.....? I swim about 10 miles a week, I enjoy cooking and that is why I try and swim 10 miles per week. I also love to read and listen to music which is very relaxing to me. Or, just chill with family unless they are causing the steam that I need to blow off! As far as hobbies, I have written some middle grade chapter books and make jewelry. My heroes of late are Randy Pauch, Bill Clinton, John Lennon and Bill Maher. I have always lived in Southern California close to the beach. The air is so clean at the beach and summers are much cooler near the coast. It has been a great place to raise my boys. Fantastic schools and waves for surfing and swimming. There are two people from my high school days who I wish were still with us. They are, Mr. Bessie, my senior history teacher and Mr. Kermode. They were excellent teachers and role models who always encouraged me. Unfortunelatly, they passed away.. Do I watch TV? Loved the Olympics, especially, the swimming, volleyball and soccer. Do I watch Reality TV? I sometimes watch The Bachelor/Bachelorette and Project Runway. I also watch when I can, American Idol (who doesn't love to see Paula and Simon fight)? Politcally, I am obsessed with the last 8 years of blundering, corporate greed politics and hope that were are on the path to change, hope and prosperity. Please stop corporate socialism! Healthcare reform now! I guess my biggest surprise after so many years, is that raising children has sometimes been a challenge. Even though you raise them, they are so their own people who cannot be exactly what we had often fantasized them to be. Unconditional love is powerful and necessary when raising children. I also had my children late in life, the first at 32 and the second at 43. I hope I live long enough to enjoy my grandchildren. Let's see, if I could improve my home? I'd remodel the kids bathroom and add on a craft, reading room just for me. My dream home would be about 500 sq ft larger than it is now.. How have I changed?? I think that it is important to chill out more and not to sweat the small stuff. Who would I like to reconnect with from HS? Like I said, there were a few good teachers at Wilson but I loved Mr. Bessie's class (he was a riot) and wish he were still here with us. He passed away way too young and before his time. I also loved talking to Mr. Kermode who was always encouraging me and would discuss world issues at our level. I miss both of them. If I won $100 million, I'd give 50 mil to Habitat for Humanity and 20 million of it to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Then,I wo...Expand for more