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1998 At A Glance
Jan and Gerry
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At Sterling Annual Holiday Party


January

New Years day is celebrated with a hike on Sandy Hook. Rather than hoped for zero degrees with snow instead its near balmy weather.

February

We celebrate Gerry's birthday with a day trip in 20F weather to see whales. 

After much research we get a 300 Mhz Pentium II with 64 Meg

March

We time our skiing by the snowfall and discover Alegria Albergo at Windham ski. 

Gerry really starts studying Corel Draw with the intention of making a web site to sell 88 Bruce Rd. 

Gerry sees an "Open House" add for a job at Mystech

April

Gerry interviews at Mystech; they don't seem interested. We hike 15 miles in one day with the Remys and our legs know it. 

The web page to see our house is ready and we publish it. No response. 

We place an ad, go to Princeton, and come home to 7 calls on the machine. We have an offer two days later.

May

Gerry is offered and turns down Mystech job. We agree to sell 88 Bruce Road. Gerry, pushed by Jan, reverses himself and accepts at Mystech. 

We leave for two weeks in California, including Gerry's 35 Caltech reunion. 

On May 19 Gerry starts work at Mystech. Packing Bruce Rd really starts. Mystech is bought by Sterling.

 

June

Packing and more packing and more packing and two days of yard sales. 

Our deadline is June 15; on June 13 we host the new owners at a party and introduce them to the neighbors. We miss the deadline by one day. 

On June 16 the house is no longer ours and we move temporarily to Moshe's. 

After two weeks we find a place to rent.

July

We move into 44 Green Meadow, with a very long day of labor. The house is a jumble for days on end.

We start our summer lives on the deck and Jan starts gardening in a completely new environment. Her birthday is a relaxed day.

August

Out of the blue Jan is offered an interview by SDI to be a contractor at Tellium, makers of telecom equipment. She doesn't like the place so insists on a high hourly rate. They offer it, so she is stuck. She starts and slowly grows to like people.

September

Jan is very busy sorting out Tellium. 

Gerry thinks that his team is nearly done with the Maps & Overlays software and goes to INRI in San Diego and then two days in Ensenada, Baja Calfornia

October

With our DINK salaries (double income, no kids) we treat ourselves to our best ever Metropolitan seats - we can actually see the singers without glasses. 

Gerry finds that Maps & Overlays is far behind.

November

After twenty years we see Nader and Anne Marie Movassaghi, visiting from Iran. 

Jan spends the end of the month in England with her family.

After Thanksgiving Gerry starts three weeks of 12 hour days as Sterling tries to get software out only one month late.

December

As usual we did NOT do our Xmas letter early so we get to work in earnest. 

We have SDI 20th aniversary party, Sterling Awards banquet, and Tellium and Lockheed Christmas parties. 

MCS delivers its code the day before Xmas holidays. 

We cut short Sugarbush ski trip because of cold and bad snow.