Diane Lytle writes...
"This message is being sent to update friends and family on what is going on in the lives of the Al Lytle Family members. Lots of you ask periodically about the girls and what they are up to, so I thought I would give an update. My apologies for the "form letter" approach, but sometimes that is just easiest!
Tracey finished her first year at James Madison University on May 5th and is now home for the summer! It is great to have her here - she is so much fun! We have all remarked at how incredibly fast her first year went. When we moved her into her dorm last August and watched her wave goodbye as we drove away, I thought the time would drag until she was home again. Even though there were many times when I thought I would die because I missed her so much, the time did go quickly and now she has one year down - who knows how many more to go????? She ended the Spring semester on the President's list with all "As" in her classes and a GPA of 3.51 overall for the year. Pretty good for her Freshman year with all the adjustments and transitions to college life! She worked really hard and it shows in how well she did. We are very proud of her! This summer she will be working as an Office Automation Clerk (fancy title for a Girl Friday) in my office. She and two of her friends are moving into an off campus apartment at JMU next year so her goal this summer is to make as much money as she possibly can because she knows she will have expenses over and above the money that we will be willing to pay for her food and housing. I have already told her when she sees me in the hallway at work she has to call me Mrs. Lytle and she is not allowed to pretend like she knows me any better than she knows anyone else there! Her biggest concern was whether or not she could wear open toed shoes in the office and why they would take out money for retirement and taxes when she is only 19 years old! I guess she still has a lot to learn about working! If anybody has any extra kitchen appliances, dishes, silverware, household goods of any kind that you were planning to give away or throw away, she and her girlfriends are looking for things for the apartment!
Michelle did really well in her classes at Northern Virginia Community College this year also. She was on the Dean's list for the Fall semester and finished the Spring Semester with an "A" and two "Bs". She is working for the Fairfax County Public Schools Office of Adult and Community Education office for the summer and is thinking about continuing to work for them in the Fall as well as continuing her classes at the Community College. Even though she is living at home, we don't see a lot of her as she spends a lot of time with the young man she is dating - an MP for the Air Force. He is a very nice polite person and they seem to get along well, so we will be interested to see what the future holds for that relationship. He is getting out of the service in September and may move back to Massachusetts to pursue his education. Only time will tell.
My office is going through an extraordinary number of personnel changes with people being reassigned and moved to different off site locations and a lot of people retiring. I just recently was given a promotion to a position which will mean having to work in an office in Crystal City at least two days a week. I'm not wild about having to do that, but I couldn't turn down the promotion, so I will make the best of it.
Al continues to work for Virginia Power and is presently in an office in Herndon. He is not crazy about his commute with gas prices being what they are, but what are you going to do? This past weekend, he finished getting the boat painted and spring maintenance completed, and now it is in the water for the season. So we are looking forward to some fresh fish and enjoyable times on the Chesapeake Bay.
We hope all of you have a great summer and please do keep in touch. We are looking forward to seeing family members at the Reunion in August - Betty or Rodney, maybe you could tell me the exact date for that. It's a little confusing since it was in July last year after being in August for forever. (Folks, the reunion date is August 6, 2006)
Thank you all for your interest in how we are doing and for your continuous support in hard times and the ability to share laughter with you in good times. We really treasure the close friends and family we have and realize that is you guys that make life so meaningful and enjoyable.
Love to all of you and to your families,
Diane"
