Raised a boy.
Left the banking world.
Lost another parent.
Retired early.
Moved to the burbs.
A year+ in NC.
Got new lungs.
Traveled a bunch.
Played piano a lot.
Volunteered with the Alpha-1 Foundation

NWWashington State to USAFA.
USAFA to NWWashington State.
NW Washington State to NE Oregon.
NE Oregon to Billings Montana.
Mr. Jodi’s job implodes.
Jodi works at Costco.
Billings Montana to The edge of the universe northern tip of Maine
Builds a barn.
OMG, snow.
Northern Maine to Butte Montana, happiness .

Raised two teenage girls.
Took a bazillion trips to visit colleges.
Helped Mary Anna get an apartment in Camden.
Got lucky when Mary Anna decided she liked me.
Drove cross-country to drop one daughter off in Oregon.
Moved to Oklahoma.
Married Mary Anna.
Drove cross-country to drop another daughter off in Rochester.
Survived bumps in the road with the daughters.
Started working again, probably temporarily.

Watched the big house value go "underwater"
College visits and choices
Kids moving out and on
Start singing again - ending up in two community choirs
Got new hip, new knee, new hip
Budgets collapse, lose job at the school.
Get rehired for 1 year to complete my 30th year, then retire
Finally able to sell the big house and downsize to rental house in the same suburb
MrsTuner has a successful back fusion - first time we are both in good walking condition in a long time!
Another downsize to a 1br rental downtown close to the lakefront and loving it!

Lost my mother.

Finished raising my last-born and took her to college in the Big Apple.

Acquired three grandchildren.

Left my home of a quarter-century to attend grad school in the murder capital of the country, aided by Quirt in choosing an apartment with a fabulous view of Philadelphia and a minimal chance of getting killed on the sidewalk outside.

Got lucky when Quirt decided he liked me.

Finished grad school and took my dream job in Oklahoma.

Married Quirt, who graciously agreed to join me in Oklahoma.

Published seven mysteries and a book on mathematical literacy.

Published a ton of shorter pieces highlighted by a couple of articles in The Atlantic, which totally happened because Quirt said, "You have a point-of-view and you should write for someplace like The Atlantic," which made me laugh out loud until it was true literally a month later.

Was seized by a research interest in Agatha Christie's work that took us to England to visit archives of her papers and not incidentally, to meet her grandson, all of which has resulted in an invitation from a major press to edit the first handbook of Christie scholarship. So much for getting to rest sometime in the next decade...

Kim got married, bought a house
Greg got married, bought a house
New grandson Jack
New grandson Rory
Sharon got a new hip
Lost best friend Dave
Lost Sharon’s Dad
Pete retired and Eric took over
Renovated 5 apartment units
Went to Italy

Convinced Rob to leave the US to marry me.
Changed jobs to become an educational consultant.
Bought a house.
Changed jobs to become an educational coach.
Got a dog.
Made a bunch of quilts.
Spent a bunch of time speaking at education events.
Changed jobs to become a classroom teacher (again).
Sent the kid to college.
Helped the kid realize his college program wasn’t for him and brought him back again.

Geez. There's so much I've tried to forget about the last ten years.

Divorced.
Mother died.
Worked in Moscow for a couple months; wish it had been longer.
New job one rung up the ladder toward the source of all goodness; in way over my head for the first couple years.
Shacked up with a woman who turned out to be like my ex, but worse.
Visited Auschwitz.
Completed program to get TESOL certificate.
Started dating a woman who is kind, honest, responsible, resilient, and has good grammar; married exactly one year later.
Organized and ran an industry conference with over 500 participants.
Burglarized twice in one year.

Moved to PDX
Both kids graduated from high school and college
Lost both parents
Both kids moved out of the United States, one kid returned, one kid moving to Spain (temporarily)
Moved to Canada part-time
Flew to Australia a lot
Weathered a child’s cancelled engagement, dodged a bullet there
Bought an investment property
Quit my accompaniment gig after 14 years (!)
Became a grandmother (to a miniature long-haired dachshund)

Went to the MacDowell Colony for two months to write a memoir, instead began a novel
Had a series of crazy accidents and lost the ability to walk or stand for very long
Got my first National Geographic assignment--one year to become self-reliant with a horse in the backcountry
Designed a timber frame cabin to write in and had it built in the back yard
Mr Pique got a job in the Queen City
Stepson graduated from Yale
Lost Ben, my last mastiff, age 10
Spent the summer trying to catch the dog I'd only just adopted from Animal Control
Mr Pique bought me a mare for Christmas
Put my house up for rent and moved me, dog, and horse to the Queen City to join Mr. Pique

I did know it was called the Queen City. Are you still working on the novel?

This is fascinating, because I remember reading about most of these sentences you all are writing on our forum.

Exactly, Jodi. Our little group has been through a lot, both good and bad, and this place has remained as an area to chat and maintain friendships. That's pretty cool.

- Wrote a book about college cost
- Lots of speaking gigs & writing jobs as a result
- Managed to get two teens into their twenties
- Fully realized the value of sight after blown retina reduced mine
- Wife moved from full time OB/GYN to part-time (and is very happy)
- Learned how to scuba dive
- Wrote second book about the future of American higher education
- Finally bought a house in Santa Fe, after 25+ years of visits
- Finished up 30 years at W&M.
- Will soon lay out retirement trajectory

Recovering from the banking crash and unemployment, worked for seven companies in eight years.

The household I grew up in, (father mother brother) have all passed.

Got 2 1/2 kids through college (with the last half looking promising).

Had several videos of me performing the Lindy hop scattered around the Internet, now thankfully pretty well hidden.

Retired from the financial services industry, triggering a 25% rise in the stock market.

Moved to Reno, Nevada, and learned that I love winter weather when served in moderation.

Bought a bicycle, and I’m now up to at least my middle school level of proficiency in riding.

Learned to play a recognizable version of The Entertainer by Scott Joplin on the ukulele, but suspect that the Mapleleaf rag is out of my reach.

Spend time thinking about things like the estate planning: like, do I put by chipotle reward points in a trust?

did not become one of those overachiever types who need 10 entire lines to describe their decade.

Is the "1/2" kid just a bit shorter than the others ...