WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Dearest Friends,

Before moving on to our next adventure overseas, I thought you might be interested in knowing what became of some of the "characters" I have mentioned thus far.  Some we lost track of completely.  Others were lost, then found again.  Some have been a part of our lives ever since.  Here is all I can tell you:

The Three Musketeers, SM, A, and my hubby

Mr. A, there in the middle, did some traveling around after he left Indonesia, stopping off in Bahrain to spend some time with us.  He left B&R,  went back to graduate school, and ended up marrying one of his professors.

SM, on the left, stayed with B&R his entire career.  As I mentioned earlier, a lovely auburn-haired lady came to Bahrain to visit another friend, BW.  They parted amicably, and she returned to Houston.  When SM moved back to Houston, he looked her up.  We all went to their wedding a short time later, and they now have two grown sons. We will be crossing paths with the four of them in our next adventure.

SS and BW

BW (originally married to the girl who wouldn't step foot in Indonesia) also stayed with B&R.  When he was working down in Australia, he met a beautiful blonde nurse/midwife who was just itching for a life of travel and adventure.  They've been married ever since.

SS and BD

We stayed close with SS and BD for several years after we moved home, but then lost track for a while after we moved to west Texas.  We later heard, much to my dismay, that they had split up.  It seems BD had done the unforgivable -- built a career that she was just as committed to as her engineer husband was to his.  She needed to stay put for it to flourish.  He had to keep moving or die.

Boss Bob and Miss Pat

Boss Bob and Miss Pat stayed with B&R through retirement, and lived all over the world.  We lost track of them until just recently, when she  noticed an article of mine in the Austin newspaper, and followed it to my blog Seasonality.  We have met up with them a couple of times since.  They now divide their time between homes in Houston and the Texas Hill Country.

I & I

Mrs. I died in a tragic car accident while in Indonesia.  Mr. I took their kids back to England, and we never heard anything more about them.

Nellie

Nellie and Dave: Dave stayed with B&R for about 10 years, then went to work for the Mundy Corporation (Is that right Nellie?) for whom he is now a VP and CFO.  We stayed close with them for several years after we moved back, but lost track when we moved to west Texas.  We hooked back up again when we stumbled across Nellie working as the nurse at my son's new high school in Katy, Tx.  They hope to retire to the Hill Country in a couple of years.


LF and D:  LF was Paula's best friend in Bahrain (the ex-stewardess and exec. asst. to the head honcho at B&R) and her hubby D worked offshore with John and Tim.  While Paula and Tim socialized with everyone there, LF and D hung out only with the wilder offshore crowd.  We saw them a couple of times after we all moved home, but instead of settling down like the rest of us, they seemed to be headed in the opposite direction, becoming a little too fond of straws and the things you sniff through them - even after having a baby girl.  D could never really adjust to life and work back in the states, and started accepting single-status rotational positions offshore.  He was stabbed to death in a fight over a card game while there.

Miss Paula and Toad

Paula and Tim have been our best friends for about 35 years now, live in College Station, love spending time in the Hill Country with us, and have a brand new grand baby named Wyatt Lee Sanford.