What Happened to 2015?

Below is basically our late Christmas letter or New Year Letter

I orignially composed it and Donna and Anna laughed, because the news seemed to depressing to them. Anna reworked it, and I corrected her grammar.

This year Ed and Donna have experienced their first months as empty nesters. Their children now understand that empty nesting means: “My parents are so hard to get a hold of.” , They have flown the coop to pursue in their own adventures.

Donna enjoys her job at a Sebastopol’s community clinic, almost literally putting out fires, as a neighboring clinic recently burned down. Her Sebastopol location has taken even a larger workload as a result. Donna spends her free time as a professional Gaita player performing with the internationally known Carlos Núñez Muñoz. She recently part of a vocal ensemble performing the challenging Bach Requiem, and sang for a group of dancers in an improvisation song and dance performance.

Ed still loves his job as the night dean of Empire Collage. He is teaching a regular class that he loves called Career Transitions. The class is designed not only to keep students in school, but  to boost self-esteem. He is still painting and has entered the upcoming Abstract show at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts. He is also preparing to participate in his fourth “Art at the Source” open studios in June.

Truckee and his girlfriend Lauren recently relocated to an amazing apartment in Berkeley with their two kitties Middles and Shipley. Lauren is harvesting her new career as a horticulturist, going to school and working at local landscaping business. Truckee is swatting the freelance work off like flies, he is being to paid to do the nerdy meticulous art he has always done for just the joy of it.

Anna has been working at a small music store in Alaska for the past year while balancing a successful musical career. She was even pitched to the Discovery Channel for a show about young singer songwriters in Alaska.  She’s indifferent about the idea of being a reality star, so if it doesn’t work out, she might even feel a little relived. Anna also decided that after 7 straight winters in Alaska , now was a great time to quit her job, sell her car and travel around the country, while writing her second studio album. Portland, Denver, and Austin are on the roadmap so far. She also brought with her from Alaska, her 28 toed club footed cat who is convinced she is the princess of the new household, and is having a little trouble sharing with the house's current matriarch Fern.

Joey is majoring in economics at Santa Cruz. He has a great house right near the Santa Cruz boardwalk, which came with his new BFF, a snuggly pit-bull named Napoleon. He is still very involved in his musical ventures.

PS

For the benefit of those who read to the bottom:

Here are a couple few tidbits. 2015 was exciting for me in other ways.
I tried out SA- very interesting and met maybe 2 quality people out of 50.
I have used my age to my benefit on omeg.
I have made about 30 new skype friends all around the world.

If you need me to uncover the obfuscation, just contact me.