2025 was a pretty good year for us, political and geopolitical chaos and concerns aside. We are both healthy and active, going on multiple active vacations and going to our Orange Theory workouts a couple of times a week. John took up golf again after a 20 year pause, concerned that he was sitting around too much surfing on his devices now that he is ramping down his consulting activities. We rejoined the neighborhood Tuscawilla Country Club, which is an easy walk down the street from our Winter Springs home.
We continued to travel actively, logging seven countries outside the US: Argentina, Chile, Denmark, Norway, Canada, Indonesia and New Zealand. Two of those countries were new for John (Norway and New Zealand). Three were new for Paula (Denmark, Norway and New Zealand). Domestic destinations included the Pacific Northwest, Southwest Florida, Asheville, Boston, Charlottesville and Alexandria. This year Paula is well over 1 million miles with Delta and John is rapidly approaching 3 million miles.
Our immediate family continues to mature and prosper. Stephen and Tanja live near us in Central Florida. Matt and Stephanie are in the DC area of Virginia and Danielle is in Central Virginia in Charlottesville near the Blue Ridge mountains. Leon and Julian are both teenagers, significantly taller than us, and heavily into their academics and basketball. Leon got his driver’s license this year and Julian remains very involved with robotics. Ben is 9 and continues refining his skills as a LEGO master, and has taken up the violin at school plus baseball and swimming after school. Jack turned four in late December and remains obsessed with trains after a brief flirtation with astronauts and spaceships.
John continues to consult, primarily on activities outside the US, but is down to less than 1 day a week.
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