First job out of college was a "Shop Teacher" since I sort of majored in shop when I went to RHS I thought it was a good fit. Actually student taught in our district at Plymouth Jr. High and was offered a job there as an extra Industrial Arts teacher for 7th grade, then they moved me to RHS after 2 years! Can you imagine the shocked look on the faces of some of the teachers that remembered me from my high school year! I was also an over-load teacher at RHS so it was just a 1 year assignment. I still coached Jr. High wrestling at RJHS for 3 years, but taught my last two years for Anoka - Jackson Jr. High. I admire the other classmates who were/are lifelong teachers. It is a good job but the pay sucked when I did it 2001 - 2006 so I had to get a different job to support my family. Went into restaurant management for Perkins, was the manager of the Crystal Perkins for 2 years but moved on when they got bought out by Holiday Inn, not the same when it was not family owned. So went back to something I was trained in, Electronics, where I began as a buyer for Honeywell. I remember playing football at Carl Sandburg Jr. High and would look over at the massive Honeywell building and I always wondered what it would be like to work there, I found out. Worked for Honeywell for 12 years all in the Materials Management area. Met my wife there. We were both going through a divorce so we started dating and now have been married or with each other for over 20 yrs. I have had numerous job opportunites in the Materials Management world and have moved my family from MN to UT, then to MO, then to NY, and now we live in WI. We have enjoyed every place we lived but we are now much closer to Minneapolis, where all of my in-laws live and we love the Appleton area of WI. For hobbies I golf, fish, hunt, it just depends on the season and the time of year. I have 4 sons, two older ones from my first marriage and two at home. My youngest is almost 16 and he hopes to become a professional golfer. The other one will be graduating from HS this year and has enlisted with the Navy Reserves. They keep me young at heart and I enjoy having them as my fishing, hunting, and golfing buddies. In closing, it is sad to see all of the classmates that have passed away. I knew some of them pretty well and it reminds me how short our time on this earth actually is. So let us all live life to the fullest and enjoy every day we are blessed with because who knows what tomorrow will bring.