[MikeG356MT]

I graduated suma cum laude and went right into an exec position making well, nearly six figures (I was 22), worked 23 years and retired with a nearly- million dollar parachute. It does make a difference what grades you get in college and what college you went to (UCLA). I am sooooo glad I completed college and did well at it, but I busted ass doing it. Besides school, I was working full-time and raising a kid! Now I am a grandpa (had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my family in Palm Springs), and working hard at not working. We leave for Maui December 2. We have a nice condo in Makena. I am in good health, and I feel I earned what I have....now if I could only nail that serenity shit! LOL! I think my next step will be back to school for my MBA. Maybe even a Ph.d! Who knows? I could get hit by a bus tomorrow (or today). Live for the moment. The past is gone, the future is unknown so live for today: that's why it's called a "present".