[scho63]

Next June I can retire at 62.

I'm having a great time and success in the AI related company I am working for and if a couple of the big sales I have been working on close, I will ride off into the sunset on a real high note.

As long as I don't have any major setbacks, I'm looking forward to stepping away and enjoying what time I have left in life. I have worked so many extra hours and overtime since my first fulltime job in 1981, I have easily worked enough for two people.

I have traveled to nearly 40 countries, 38 states, played about 200 golf courses, scuba dived in the Great Barrier Reef and Cayman Islands, skied Chamonix Mount Blanc and Kitzbuhel and Squaw Valley among others, I witnessed the Hong Kong handover to China on July 1, 1997.

Been rich and poor and homeless at times, met a shit load of celebrities, have a wonderful brother and sister and nieces and nephew and cousins, a close handful of best friends, a load of good friends and global business connections, a few awards for sports and business, had some fancy new cars such as a 1986 Jaguar XJ6 and 1984 Cadillac Eldorado and some used clunkers, lived at Jersey Shore and Northern Virginia and Toronto Canada and San Fran and Mountain View in Silicon Valley and now Phoenix area.

I smoke the top cigars including Cuban cigars while in Cuba, eaten at some of the best restaurants, drank top beers and wine, I've dated great women except one and slept with over 300 women around the World and about 20 escorts and a few Asian massage parlor hotties, attended 30-35 fantastic concerts Bruce Springsteen, Phil Collins and Genesis and Meatloaf and Duran Duran and Brian Setzer with the Strat Cats, comedy shows including Rodney Dangerfield and Steven Wright.

I've seen the KC Chiefs win 4 Super Bowls watched the Chiefs on Christmas Eve on the 50 yd line w Gblowfish and his lovely bride, I've seen the Pittsburgh Pirates and Roberto Clemente and Bill Mazaroski and Will Stargell and Dave Parker and Barry Bonds all play.

I had a few articles and letters published in magazines and major newspapers, I led a takeover attempt of a publicly traded REIT company that is now on the NYSE with the same CEO I dealt with, I've given away 100 lunches to the homeless riding around NYC from my car on Thanksgiving several times and worked for The Foster Hope Foundation for foster kids here in AZ, I've owned a hardwood flooring store and had my own consulting business, was fluent in Spanish and learned basic Mandarin, and have even been on TV and radio a few times.

I'm not really sure what more I need out of life other than be happy and content, which I am at the moment. The only thing left is to get my health back on track and see Patrick Mahomes live at Arrowhead.