A challenging decision. A rewarding weekend. An oppurtunity missed for a reason in the end.
Well, it has been a most interesting week or so. I had to make a choice between going to my 20th class reunion or working at the racetrack for "The Lil Guy Nationals" two day event. The race had been scheduled since early in the spring and I had just found out about the reunion within the last month. I decided that I had already made the commitment to the racetrack so I would work the races.
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Everything transpired Friday Sept 30th and Saturday Oct 1st. It turned out to be a wise choice to work the track. We had to take a driver to the hospital via air ambulance on Friday night after he slammed into a pole at the corner of the fence at full throttle. I ended up overseeing extrication and removal of the driver to the helicopter. Friday and Saturday nights were both long nights, with record car counts each day.
At the same time, I also decided that I had some extra webspace and since I really didn't have a plan for it, I would create a class/reunion website (see the link above). I began laying out a simple, yet decent looking site. I caught up with Susan who heads up the committee for the reunion and let her know that if they wanted, I would post messages, biographies, photos and other information on the site. I think she thought I was joking, until she looked at the site. I have spent much of this week putting the pictures and informaton up on the website in the evenings after work. I have received many compliments on it from the classmates. The most interesting compliment, so far, has been a request by the West Middlesex Class of 1980 to use my site layouts for their reunion. That in itself says something to me, but what is more interesting, is that the person who is handling the site for the class of 80 is the Campus Web Architect for UMBC, Baltimore Maryland.
I'm still deciding about letting them use the layout, but I probably will. I have been told I will be given credit on the site. I have asked my classmates if they have any objections to doing so as well.
So, I guess this just goes to prove that life ironically will play out as it needs to, not just how you want it to.
Well, it has been a most interesting week or so. I had to make a choice between going to my 20th class reunion or working at the racetrack for "The Lil Guy Nationals" two day event. The race had been scheduled since early in the spring and I had just found out about the reunion within the last month. I decided that I had already made the commitment to the racetrack so I would work the races.
.
Everything transpired Friday Sept 30th and Saturday Oct 1st. It turned out to be a wise choice to work the track. We had to take a driver to the hospital via air ambulance on Friday night after he slammed into a pole at the corner of the fence at full throttle. I ended up overseeing extrication and removal of the driver to the helicopter. Friday and Saturday nights were both long nights, with record car counts each day.
At the same time, I also decided that I had some extra webspace and since I really didn't have a plan for it, I would create a class/reunion website (see the link above). I began laying out a simple, yet decent looking site. I caught up with Susan who heads up the committee for the reunion and let her know that if they wanted, I would post messages, biographies, photos and other information on the site. I think she thought I was joking, until she looked at the site. I have spent much of this week putting the pictures and informaton up on the website in the evenings after work. I have received many compliments on it from the classmates. The most interesting compliment, so far, has been a request by the West Middlesex Class of 1980 to use my site layouts for their reunion. That in itself says something to me, but what is more interesting, is that the person who is handling the site for the class of 80 is the Campus Web Architect for UMBC, Baltimore Maryland.
I'm still deciding about letting them use the layout, but I probably will. I have been told I will be given credit on the site. I have asked my classmates if they have any objections to doing so as well.
So, I guess this just goes to prove that life ironically will play out as it needs to, not just how you want it to.
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