Hey everyone. It's been fun reading up on how you're all doing. Here are the highlights of the past ten years for me. 1999: As soon as school gets out we leave for our Senior Trip in Oceanside, California (see picture and try to identity each respective Red Devil); the next fall I start college at UVSC (is it just me or did A LOT of us go to UVSC at some point)
2000: Spent the summer in London and throughout England, which is a life-changing experience; A couple of months later I leave for an LDS mission to Micronesia.
2001: Continue my mission, speaking a language called Pohnpeian, which includes cool words like "tikitik," tiak suwed," and "dundun" (all of which Brandon Bales and Craig Nielson can translate)
2002: Get back from mission, return to UVSC, majoring in English Literature and minoring in Religious Studies
2003: Return to London again, also visiting Rome and Paris; publish an amateurish book of poems; room with Craig Nielson; meet a girl named Tiffany
2004: Miscellaneous political activities; girl named Tiffany continues to intrigue; she has beautiful blue eyes; she's also smart and funny; I decide to propose and she decides to say yes; we are married Dec. 16th, 2004 in Salt Lake and honeymoon in California; Life is good
2005: School continues; in our spare time we take spontaneous trips to random places; other things happen that I can't remember
2006: My wife and I graduate; my wife earns her teacher's license, and begins teaching English at Fort Herriman Middle School; I'm very proud of her; I begin my MA at BYU emphasizing in Romantic and Contemporary Literature, while also teaching Freshmen Composition; after much thought, prayer, and liberal meditation I decide to join the Obama campaign
2007: Miscellaneous political activities; SURPRISE! We learn that what we thought was a painful kidney stone in my wife, turns out to be pregnancy
2008: Our beautiful daughter, Sofi Anne Vogel, is born on February 1, 2008; I get accepted into the Ph.D. program at the University of Rochester in New York; we leave that summer, driving across the country; after three days of corn fields we make it; I start school and am very happy with my program; I singlehandedly win Obama the presidency
2009: We are now going on our second year in New York. We love it here. We take monthly visits to DC to visit my brother's family. I do a lot of reading and writing and enjoy watching my daughter grow. We'll be here for probably another three or four years before I start teaching somewhere.
My best to everyone! I won't be able to make it to the reunion, but you can email or facebook if you'd like to chat.
4 comments:
Thumbs up, buddy! I hardly recognized myself in that picture (without ol' Laura McNeelance on my lap).
weren't we supposed to have a ten year anniversary trip to ocean side?
BTW we won't need to meet halfway in Ohio. I've already set up your guys' bedroom in our servant quarters. We'll be together everyday Joe! Work starts at 7:45am sharp. And be punctual.
ah, I'm in a different mood now and the above seems none to funny. From the heart man, I would do your laundry and dishes if it meant we could visit, and some of your effulgent, perfectly balanced mind could shine on me. But, you need to hear that about as much as Gandhi needs to hear he's a nice guy.
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