The last time that I spoke to some of you was at our 10 year reunion where I had brought my girlfriend at the time who is now my wife.
So here's a story of fated love: A mutual contact set me up with this woman who went to SPA and graduated a few years ahead of us (1986). That's pretty much all that I knew about her. Well, given my experience with girls at SPA, I thought that there was no way that this would work out. We talked on the phone and I mustered up the courage to ask her out. YES!!!! A girl from SPA said yes to a date with me :-). Due to a mix up and not having my correct phone number, the first date almost didn't happen. On the first date we discovered that we had both gone to Horace Mann elementary school and had the same awful teacher after which we both transferred to Webster Magnet school. We even rode the same school bus. I later remembered that she was the mean bus patrol who made me sit at the front of the bus for throwing the one and only spitball in my life. We both also went to UW-Madison. We knew that we both went to SPA so we talked about teachers, classmates, etc. It was like we shared all of this together, yet in parallel. After the 2nd date, I remember telling a close friend that this was the girl I was going to marry. Do any of you remember Melissa Weisman?
Well, we have been married for 9 years and have a beautiful daughter Annabelle who is 7. She spends endless hours doing Project Runway fashion shows with her Barbie dolls, playing the piano, and making mom and dad very happy. I never imagined how much fun it would be being a parent!
...On to the career: I own my own IT Consulting firm and travel full-time for work to Rochester, MN where I provide Business Intelligence consulting services to the Mayo Clinic. The work is fascinating and the people at Mayo are truly "Minnesota Nice."
Being at Mayo, one might think that the motivation to be very health-conscious is strong. However, I can no longer see what color belt I am wearing. The good news is that I can still see the tips of my shoes. :-)
I can't wait to catch up with all of you at our reunion. Please try to make it.
P.S. Dave Salchow and I are still living in the 80's--we are going to the George Michael concert in July at the Xcel. He and I share an appreciation of fine Oldie's music!
-Rick Epstein
Friday, May 2, 2008
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