January
New Years day is celebrated with a hike on Sandy
Hook. Rather than hoped for zero degrees with snow instead it's near balmy
weather.
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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
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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" ad for a company called Mystech
and decides to go.
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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 in the newspaper, go to Princeton, and come home
to 7 calls on the machine.
We have an offer two days later.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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