College Bound From San Francisco’s East Bay!

Back to Southern California to enroll our last child into college!

We are gladly taking donations from all of our friends, family and the internet world. As of yesterday we have all THREE of our kids in college - Matt at Loyola-Marymount University in West Los Angeles, and JJ and Bryana in Santa Barbara, California! It has been a hectic time of transporting ALL of them and us to the various campuses to get them settled into their college dorms and apartments. In addition, it will be the first time in 22 years that Ann Marie and I will be “empty nesters”!

Bryana, as a freshman, is very excited, nervous, and filled with anticipation of how the next chapter in her life will be unfolding. Her three girlfriends since the second grade have said their goodbyes, since they are all going to different universities. Ann Marie found a blanket manufacturer that could weave in a photo into the blanket. We found the girls’ favorite photo of them and surprised them with a blanket for each of them so they could be reminded of their dear friendship. Bryana is currently focused on a career in journalism. As you can see, she may want to start in television since she is so beautiful and so darn smart.

JJ continues his passion for surfing and golfing while attending college in Santa Barbara. As a Junior he has kept a 3.0 GPA, and he has lowered his golf handicap significantly between his class work. If I could pick a career for JJ it would be doing something with kids. He is an amazing coach with sports, and he has a natural knack of having kids bond with him and listen to his advice and direction. At the moment his major is social science. He would be a great elementary school teacher, too. However, no matter what he does he will need to live by the beach. We are so glad that he and Bryana will be in the same college town, just so they know there is a family member close by. It is comforting to us, too.

Matt is completing his last few courses at LMU. He already graduated last June with double degrees in Economics and Music - what a combination of interests. He is passionate about both, and during his last four years he has more than tripled his stock portfolio because of studying the stock markets daily. He has made some BIG hits with Apple stock purchases over the last few years. His next step will be in some type of international experience. We will be taking him to London in January to interview with the London School of Economics. And, next we will open some doors in Geneva, Switzerland with the Nestle Group. He would really enjoy a year’s internship with Nestle. ( Any contacts would be greatly appreciated.)

Ann Marie and I are already planning an adventure when Bryana graduates in four years. As she exits college at that time, we will get an immediate raise in our income. With that in mind, we are planning to sail in the Caribbean for six months starting in the BVI and heading south with no other plans than beautiful sunsets, SCUBA diving, fair winds, and having friends meet us along the way at various islands. I will let you know how these plans unfold. Wish us well as we launch our last child into a new world. ( Bryana already called today to see if we could assist her in figuring out the public transportation system to her college from her dorm. Life’s little leasons have already begun for her! ) Until next time…fair winds to all of you!

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