Walking Around

     There was the Alvarado reunion at Hawk Island in July with below average attendance but it was a nice sunny day.  We all got new shoes at Playmakers sale and I had new brakes put on the Malibu.  Jane and I took walks often and went to Hunter's Orchard and Hawk Meadows parks.  Jane started seeing a counsellor about her family and has enjoyed finally do it.  We saw the James Brown movie and went to Folk Fest in East Lansing and saw Thornetta Davis sing.  We had the K of C haul away all the old lawnmowers,  air conditioners and metal before leaving to Grand Haven for a week.  Jane and I spent the whole week together undisturbed and she did shopping and I did breweries. WE went to Holland, White Lake and Muskegon.  When we got home we left to Canton Ohio the next morning to help Phillip move back, about 900 miles in 36 hours.  Phillip started work and classes at MSU the next 2 days. Lukas graduated from MSU with a History degree and is stilling working there.  Jon sold his house and he and Sharon bought a home near Valparaiso. Sharon began her new job as an assistant professor at U of Indiana, Gary.  I've been subbing some and was not invited to proctor at Cooley last term as they are cutting back due to decreased enrollment.  I could have taken a long term at Winan's again but this time it was for an open Specials class due to their losing the Spanish teachers because they cut them back to .4.  I also would have had to go to Colt in the afternoons and there was no definite date as to how long the job would be and to what was going to be taught.  I attended the funereal of Dan Phillips at Resurrection and Bobby Lee Richardson who I worked with at GM and shared the same birth day and year, died.  This summer we did not have a high in the 90's and it never dried out so everything stayed green and the flowers all did well. A very nice summer that went quickly as the cooler days are now beginning. Phillip got his offer from Marathon and will wait to find his destination next spring.  Time is always moving on with us or without, walking our trails.