Each year seems to go faster than the one before it. It seems like I only finished doing this yesterday! Time for another installment in the exciting adventures of the Schwartz family.
Celeste and Glenn celebrated their 25th anniversary this year by taking a 7-day Carribean cruise in early April. We visited Cozumel, Mexico; Georgetown, Grand Cayman; Ocho Rios, Jamaica; and Holland-America’s private Island, Half Moon Cay, Bahamas. The weather, food, and entertainment were fantastic. It was a great experience that we would recommend to anyone.We had planned to drive to Ottawa and to Vancouver during the summer to visit our wayward children, but both trips fell through. More about Ottawa in Carla’s story that follows. The Vancouver trip fell through because Celeste encountered some health problems the day before we were planning to leave. Her hemoglobin level became dangerously low and we made a couple of trips to Emergency before things were stabilized. Things were a little scary for a while, but she is doing fine now.
In October, Celeste accompanied Glenn on a business flight to Ottawa. Glenn had an interesting visit at Ottawa Tower and we enjoyed a visit with Carla and Celeste’s sister, Angie, and family.
Carla had a very interesting year. The same day in May that Glenn booked non-refundable tickets to visit her in Ottawa in October, she was laid off by Nortel. She wasn’t too heartbroken though. She hadn’t been enjoying her work very much and she received a good severance package. She decided to stay in Ottawa for the summer and enjoy all the taxpayer-funded summer fun and then go to Australia in the Fall. A couple of weeks later there was a fire in the townhouse she was sharing. Although her stuff only suffered smoke damage, she lost a lot of things due to insurance complications. She was forced to bunk in with a friend for the rest of her stay while the residence was repaired. As it turned out, she stayed a little longer than planned and we visited her in October after all. She and Celeste drove home and then she left for Australia with Tyler on November 3. Their visas permit them to stay for up to one year and to work up to three months at a time. You can keep up to date with their exploits at: http://ca.geocities.com/carla_tyler/.
Darren continues to study Mechanical Engineering at UBC. He is doing well in his classes and keeps busy with many outdoor activities in his spare time. He worked at the Vancouver Aquarium again for the summer and moved into a house closer to the university with four other guys. He is close enough that he has parked his car and motorcycle and gets around on his bicycle. He continues to see Sue, his girlfriend of the last two years.
Laura graduated from grade 12, averaging just over 90%. She won a provincial general scholarship presented to the top handful of students in each school, and a four-year scholarship from Nav Canada. She is now studying sciences at the University of Regina and is thinking of focusing on bio-chemistry or pharmacy. She worked for the summer at an answering service and continues there part-time. She has also been seeing a steady beau, Devin.
Have a wonderful Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year!!
Glenn, Celeste, Carla, Darren, and Laura
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