After high school I did some traveling on the west coast in Seattle, Washington. After a year of finding myself I decided to attend Kent State, then joined the US Marines where I served in Iraq and was injured in the the line of duty. I finished my Bachelors in Computer Science with UC in 1995, Masters of Science in 1997. Bought a house in Berea and worked as a contracting IT engineer for several companies.

In 1998, I met Carol and married in 2000. We sold my House in Berea and moved to Brunswick, then to Atlanta, Ga where I worked for IBM as a IT Analyst/Engineer, then accepted a mid-level IT position with the Department of Defense and have been moving up the Federal ladder for the past 10 years.

Been in Jacksonville Fl. since Jan 2015. We loved it so much, that we built a home in St. Johns Florida. 5 more years and I will be retiring from the GOV service. With my service and agent time, I have earned enough to retire, so 1/2019, I’m official.

I look back and it feels like we just graduated. I think of the times of playing football and marching in the band.
I remember Mr, Youngblood telling Bill Netzel and I to hit the sleds (football) we both looked at each other and then looked at the sled and punch the sled. Youngblood was pissed for being smart asses. Needless to say we ran 5 laps around the track, but we both thought it was worth it.
The parties and the laughs. When we were young, people were saying to "enjoy it while you are young". Now I have grey hair and giving my kids the same advice.