Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2021 17:13:04 -0500 From: Sheila Diamond Subject: My Two Cents' Worth By now you have received Gerry's abridged version of our lives together. So, here is a bit about me. I graduated from McGill with an Honours Biochemistry degree, but never did much with it. I worked as a lab technician for a couple of years in Vancouver. I was pretty burnt out by the end of McGill and wasn't interested in pursuing a graduate degree. We moved from Vancouver to Ottawa and fairly quickly had our two daughters, who kept me busy for a few years. I then returned to the work force and to university while working part time. After a number of years, I became a chartered accountant and had a career in accounting and finance for the next 20 years, working for others, for myself, for Gerry's company, etc. We moved from Ottawa to Toronto and in 1999 we moved to Atlanta and I retired from paid employment, but continued to be the family accountant for Gerry's business ventures and our parents and our children, who were now adults. Living so far from our families, I wanted to have a flexible schedule and accompanied Gerry on business trips and went back and forth to Canada. We now own an apartment in Toronto and spend a few months there every year (except for wonderful 2020). We also spent much time traveling the world. We enjoy our lives in Atlanta, but at our current age, we think about returning to Canada to be closer to our kids and grandkids. But then there is a blizzard in Toronto and the worst we have to handle here is a bit of wind. So we're not ready to go back. We both enjoy the outdoors and the climate here is wonderful most of the year. This is the first year we spent the summer in Atlanta, and it turned out to be okay. See all y'all this evening. Sheila