Well, where do I begin?
First off, I have officially retired from teaching school after 25 years. I am officially now a full-time fitness instructor/personal trainer. It was an emotional end to an era but yet an exciting start to new beginnings
Rourke is still spending lots of time in Memphis, East Texas, North Louisiana and Little Rock among other places with work. Hopefully, I will able to spend some travel time with him soon.
Auldon and Hayley have parted ways. He is off on new adventures with The Navy. We wish him well.
Hayley has landed a new career at SB Magazine in sales. She absolutely loves it!
She also has a new beau and pad. She’s moved downtown into a cool apartment (post coming soon). 
And, everyone meet Chris! They have been dating for several months now.
Erin is still living in Dallas, dating Tyler. They recently went on a fun trip to Colorado. Getting that biking bug back, they are hitting the trails every chance they can.
Nola is missing her “children” at school, but is staying busy still chasing cats and taking long walks. She has really begun to fill out.
The “pretty kitties” are still pretty, fighting for their own piece of grass away from Nola. It’s a daily struggle, but I am confident (well not that confident to be honest) that they will eventually all be friends. (Like in 2025)
Ying and Yang are faithfully at the back door every morning at 5:45 expecting their breakfast.
And, for Ringo, he has not been around much lately. I think that he is probably “sharing the love” all over the neighborhood. 
We are in the works of redoing my closet and working our way out into our master bath, bedroom and the rest of the bathrooms, meanwhile replacing floors. Be on the lookout for more posts. It will not all happen overnight. I am too much of an overthinker to do that!!
We have a few beach trips and side trips planned. And, even a “Staycation” post that I am excited about!!!
Lots of changes headed our way.
Toodle-oo,
Melanie
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