High School Retread

Tonight, Amanda and I got together and went to see Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, two of our high school teachers. I had her for all four of my high school English classes, and him for Biology and Science. I can't even do the visit justice in this space, mainly because we stayed for five hours and talked about everything imaginable. Suffice it to say, though, that I hope I have as much fun in retirement as they're having. Ask me about the visit sometime, and I'll give you an earful of stories!

Visiting with them and Amanda has helped make me feel even more connected to my past here in the Fort. This kind of thing is very important to me as I gear up for my last real week at home for a long time. It started with going through my old pictures, continued with recording music with Stuart again, and will hopefully culminate in some photography trips I plan to take over the next few days.

Mom and Dad are returning from their camping trip tomorrow, too, so things will be normal around here again for this last week, at least.

... What's the fate of the shuttle program? Well, they're going to have to retire them eventually (currently around 2010), but I just haven't been inspired with confidence lately that NASA can come up with something better to actually get us to the moon again, let alone anywhere further. I don't really place the blame solely on them, though. Here's hoping I'm proven wrong!

... Tom Cruise is still nuts.