A letter from January 22nd, 2016

Dear FutureMe: Are you happy? Have you chipped away at that lifelist? Briefly, let me remind you: Learn another language, or improve your French and Spanish . Go to Africa. Go bungee jumping. Dive in Southeastern Asia. Find full-time teaching spot. Live in another country. Reinvent your fitness. Elliott just turned 14 this last December. She will be long gone when you get this....do you remember the goodness, and will you continue to be kind to yourself when you catch yourself crying? Jeremy is now 53, you are now 49. What have the last ten years held for you? Where did you go, what did you see, how did you influence, who influenced you? Today, i have already done a biofacts shift at DZ, am running laundry, will bake a cheesecake for Andy's birthday party tomorrow night, and will have dinner with Minatte, who's in town for one day, and Chelsea and Reena. In other words, just another day. The semester started yesterday for me. I am teaching business calc, modes, and 2 SAI sections for calc. Ernie and Ellie are sleeping in their little sunny spots. Jeremy is at work. The Broncos take on the Pats here this weekend, in the conf championships. This might be the last season for Peyton Manning, so we are hoping for a ring. Chris is moving into our basement for a few months. enough with the time capsule. Were you a good wife? Did you suck the marrow out of life? What is next? I cannot wait to meet you. Love, jess