Mary's News

Sorry it's taken me forever to write.

I ran into Emily Harris at an out-door volleyball tourney and it was SO good to see her. She looks fantastic and she actually talked me into sending in my news for the newsletter. Seeing her made me realize how much I miss seeing everyone and how interested I am in hearing how everyone is doing. I’ve loved getting e-mails from Denise and Amber and seeing pictures of your beautiful families. Thank you guys! Wow! I can't believe it's been 7 years. I don't even know where we left off from the last news letter.
I got married three years ago to an awesome guy I happened to know almost all of my life; one of my best friends' younger brother, Chad. He's a comedian (in his own mind ha ha) and we have a blast together. He's actually in marketing and he golf’s and eats lunch for a living. I'm busier than ever. I can't imagine throwing a couple of kids in the mix (yet)! It may actually slow us down, which would be great. I’m still working full time. I’ve started graduate school at BSU getting a master's in Health Science. It is basically a broad Public Health degree. It has been fun yet frustrating brushing the cob webs off of my brain. I wanted to get my master’s before we have kids knowing I would not get it done when we do have them, so better get to it. This will be my last free summer so we are enjoying it. We play every sport known to man (just kidding but almost) and every week we’ve got games or tournaments and weekends we either go out of town fishing, visiting friends and family, weddings, bbq’s, or just playing around.
I’ve done a lot of traveling since graduation which was one of the things I wanted to do. I’ve made it to almost everywhere I want to go outside of the US. Still have a couple more places I’d like to visit. I ran my first marathon in Phoenix last year; the Rock n Roll marathon. It was amazing, but I don’t think my knees are cut out for running distance. It was fun but I’ll stick with the smaller stuff. I give Kudos to Teresa who could probably run a marathon in her sleep! Amazing woman!
I got to see Meg Long in February this year. She did a class on oral cancer and screenings at the Boise ISU campus for the physician assistant program. She asked me to help out and get a little experience with teaching/instructing. Not that I’m going that route, mind you, because I really sucked at it, but it was a great experience. She is still an awesome instructor and the students respond so well to her. It was nice to see her; brought back memories of a little piece of heaven….ha.

Anyway, I suppose this entry is long enough. Can’t wait to hear from everyone else. I get to hear from Heidi which is such a treat but I have not seen her since we’ve graduated. (One day I will pop up at your door step girl!)
So, I will try to include pictures but that is not a guarantee. Still illiterate on the computer; school is helping a bit with that, thank goodness. Take care everyone.

Love,

Mary Campbell Smith