5 Minute Rule

I know I'm very late to many of these conversations.
But, who is married to whom from HS?
I figured out the Nani/Mark T connection. After that I'm stumped.

FIVE YEARS TO LIVE WITH

This is odd for me. I'm 7k miles away from everyone. I've emailed more than 15 people since I got wind of "myevent." Yet, I lived in Seattle for 4 years (2001-2005) and I don't think I ever talked to more than 10 people I graduated with in those years.The weirdness is that when I lived in Seattle, I was too busy with Sailors, Tri-training or my desk to see the people around Seattle.When I was in the "Sandbox" I would tell my Sailors "Remember the people back home, there is your motivation to do your best." Irony was that I didn't see the people back home as much as I should have. I didn't know about any of the activities around the area with my fellow Alumni. And I lived in Kent.

I should have gone to the reunion to remember where I came from. I should have gone to know and learn about those people whose paths were either the same or vastly different from mine. I should have gone to remember those trails originated from the same ground 20 years ago. When I was at OCS, getting crushed by Marines, I kept in my mind that I would honor my family and never forget what got me there or where I came from. But, August 2007 rolled past and I literally put a mountain between me and my memories. There's something I'll have to live with for the next 5 years.
I've had 20 years to forget some of the bad thing about the beginning of senior year. However, I should have celebrated the other joys spent with those who got me through High School as a whole. Life is pretty darn good if you don't give up on it.

The "myevent" site is amazing. A flood of memories crashed down on me, but in a very good way. More like happiness for the people at the reunion and the past in general.

For those of you who went, consider yourselves lucky. Your Celebration was a success and I am extremely happy for all those who attended.

For 18 years of military life, it’s been drilled in me to accomplish the mission. I never failed a mission I was tasked with.
It is now my mission to be there and celebrate that quarter century milestone with you. I truly hope to see you there in 2012.

Take care. - Rome

Get us those Pictures!

Cathy - sorry to bump you down the page - and I promise to put you right back up in time for your grand opening on Saturday th 8th!

We need you reunion weekend pictures! Please spend some time in the next couple days to get them to us!

1. Burn a dvd and send it to Toni (email for address)
2. Put them into a zip file and use http://www.yousendit.com/ to send it to us
3. Upload them to some other picture website that lets us download the original jpg files and email us the link.

Deadline for picture submittal - Friday, September 14 2007. Do it now so you don't forget! And thanks to those who have already sent them in! Including all of Mellaney's "fuzzy" ones - how many tequilla shots did you have that night?

A Note from Romadel...

Still in the Navy. Married the love of my life and have a kick-a$$ son. Finished Ironman, climbed Mount Fuji. Love my Harley. Been to the Middle East as a Commanding Officer, thank God no one got killed. Finished an BBA and MBA, but waiting to be (RET)ired.

I wish I could have been there for the 20th. Climbed Fuji that weekend. Hopefully I'll see you at the 25th. I should be retired by then if they don't promote me again. BTW, love the pictures everyone's been down loading. This is a great blog for everyone. Please keep it up.
LCDR Rome de las Alas, USNavy

Swimming in the Wadi Caverns in the Middle East. This guy is Royalty. I met him wondering the desert. He volunteered to be my guide. LCDR Rome de las Alas

As-Salamu Alaykum

A night out on the town

Middle East style.

Email Rome:
romadeldelasalas@hotmail.com

The Wine Rack

A HUGE THANK YOU

The wine, the food, the music,
and friends made the evening an event to remember!!!

If you were here I hope you had as wonderful a time as we did. (I think at one point Tacoma took over the Rack)

We are so grateful for the support of our family and friends (new and old).
If you were unable to attend, we are sorry that you missed out!

The wines by Dusted Valley Vintners were well received. For those of you who missed out not to worry we are going to hold them over for another week.

Our next Grand Tasting event will be on October 6th Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more information.

The Wine Rack
Tuesday-Thursday 11am-7pm
Friday-Saturday 11am-9pm
tasting's all day, $5.00
253-939-3303