Too young to remember real clearly:
Instruction in the Fine Art of Potatoe Block Printing begins
As well as a few other equally useful skills
Kindergarden- First military school- Mount Sacred Heart
Elementary School
Played Football, Soccer, Volley Ball
Middle school
1979 Morning Flag Detail
Battle of Flowers- Honor Guard at the Alamo
Color Guard
Played Wing on soccer team
Photographer for school paper
1980 Graduated The Academy-Cadet Captain
First Philmont Trek- Itinerary #24-124Miles/10 Days
High School years
1981 J V. Rifle Team- 3 position ISU smallbore
Search & Rescue Team- Spring semester-Earned Letter
2nd Philmont Trek-
1982 Completed JROTC OCS
JV Rifle Team
3rd Philmont Trek
1983 Switched High Schools
4th Philmont Trek
Rayado Man
1984 Allowed to pursue Independent Studies in Art
Elected President Future Homemakers of America-was dared to run
Survived Senior Parties & Graduated High School
College
Pledged Sigma Chi
1985 Initiated Sigma Chi
Road trip to ERock for Climbing lessons from Yahoo Mountaineering
1986 Best Bud from High School- John Childers dies in motorcycle accident
Started training with Bujinkan Austin Dojo
Semester of Japanese
1987 Had to get *%&# together to finish college
Took Inactive Alumni Status with Sigma Chi
Met Bill Wilson & Bob Smith
Joined Outdoor Recreation Club
1988 Climbing Trip Leader for ORC
First Kerrville Folk festival-Worked maintenance & tickets
1989 Treasurer for ORC
1990 VP for ORC
1991 August Finally Graduated BS in Mechanical Engineering
Life Begins
Became semi-employed climbing bum
1993 Girlfriend's nagging leads to professional employment
1994 Witnessed murder in restaurant with girl friend
1996 Girlfriend's nagging has changed to "you are not a free spirit any more"
1997 Married Girl friend anyway
Professional career has taken off-In-laws no longer nag
Wife realizes how much more money I make than her now
Wife finds out she can not have another child
My Father dies suddenly
1998 Am sick & tired of being Fat & Unhappy, Start to run again
Do 5K race with Wife- Wife announces she wants a divorce
While packing found out that I was husband #5, not #3
Start training for a triathlon on a dare from Barry
Finished SA, Boerne Advantage & 2 other triathlons, 1 duathlon
1999 3m 1/2 Marathon
Corpus Christi Triathlon, Boerne Advantage, & 3 others
Employer is sold, Got Laid off, Started New Job
2000 Elected secretaty for Team Alamo
Corpus Christi Triathlon
2001 Finished Buffalo Springs 1/2 Ironman
Move to Houston Fringes for Work
2002 Completed USAT Level l Coaching certification
2003 Return to San Antonio
2004 Realized that I had moved to Austin