Arthur Meyer:  

I guess "what a long strange trip it's been" fits for obvious and some not so obvious reasons.............. If I had to sum up what I learned in High School, is that life is about good times, good friends and good memories - anybody that knows me would know that academics were not part of the experience.............. So off I went to work in the real world first as a cook and then as the chef of several restaurants. It was hard work, but I loved the creativity and the accolades of being a chef........... But a restaurant is a business and I was not prepared for the numbers side of the business. So I started taking some business courses part time at Fullerton Jr. College........... This is where one of the strange parts comes in; I soaked up the courses like a sponge. I don't think I ever received an A in any course in High School, to anyone that knew me, that would not be a surprise. My first accounting course (that's right accounting) had 400 points possible and I finished with 400 points. After about 3 years I had completed my Associates degree with a 3.6 GPA. The grades got me accepted to the Cal Poly Pomona Business School........... June of 1983 was a big month for me. First I graduated from Cal Poly Pomona, a week later a got married (to my first wife) and another week later I started work with a large CPA firm in West Covina........... In November of 1983 I took the CPA exam. I passed four of five parts on my first try and passed the final part in May of 1984. That assured that I would be able to complete the two years slave labor with a CPA firm to be licensed as a CPA. In December of 1985 I received my CPA license........... In May of 1986 my daughter, Chelsi was born. Later that year I took a position with Alta-Dena Dairy as an accountant........... In February of 1988 my son, Arthur IV was born........... The next strange twist happened in September of 1990 my first wife decided that being married (at least to me) with two kids was not what she wanted........... I became a single dad with two kids, ages two and four and a full time career. The next two years were very hard. A typical weekday went like this, up at 5, out the door with two kids at 6, ...Expand for more