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Key Events in the History of Chad
1972 
February 5 Born, in Milwaukee, WI
1978       turned 6 on February 5
August Started 1st grade at St. Aloysius Catholic School in Baton Rouge, LA. We lived right down the street.
1982       turned 10 on February 5
July Moved, with family, to Tegucigalpa, Honduras for my 5th grade year. Dad was on sibatical frm LSU. Drew and I attended the American School.
1983       turned 11 on February 5
June Returned from Tegucigalpa back to Baton Rouge. Some jokers accused me of going to Honduras for the sole purpose of improving my soccer.
1986       turned 14 on February 5
August Started 9th grade at Episcopal High School in Baton Rouge, LA.
1988       turned 16 on February 5
????? Trip to Europe with school group. Visited England, France, and Spain.
1990       turned 18 on February 5
May Graduated Saluditorian from Episcopal High School in Baton Rouge, LA
July Trip to Europe. Participated in the Running of the Bulls in Tudela, Spain with Vince and Martin then went to Bolzano, Italy with Martin. Long horn #27 hit me.
August Started school at Rhodes College, Memphis, TN.
1991       turned 19 on February 5
June ??? Trip to Honduras with Jane Anne to visit my parents.
1992       turned 20 on February 5
April Founding of the Funky Hat Drinking Club.
July Trip to Europe. Again, participated in the Running of the Bulls in Tudela with Vince as well as Andrew, Todd, and Craig from EHS, then I went on to Bolzano with Martin.
1993       turned 21 on February 5
July Trip to Cuba with Thayne. I acted as a journalist for the Rhodes College newspaper. It turned out the group of journalists we travel with were almost all communists.
1994       turned 22 on February 5
May Graduated from Rhodes College, Memphis, TN with a BS in physics, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.
June 12 - July 7 Road trip to Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras with Dad.
August Began graduate school at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA as a LaSpace fellow in physics.
1995       turned 23 on February 5
Aug. Road trip to Mexico with Jeddie and Stephen.
1996       turned 24 on February 5
May - ??? Received MS in physics from LSU. Although I had passed my general exam and was working toward my PhD, I just could not see myself staying in a lab for several more years.
May 18 - June 7 Trip to Honduras with Dad and Mike S.
August 30 - September 18 Road trip with Patty, Jen, and Luis to North East.
September ? Bought my red Ford Explorer
October 1 Moved to Minneapolis, MN
1997       turned 25 on February 5
???? Moved into the big house on Lyndale - six (and sometimes seven) people living together with one bathroom - a real Real World.
January 16 Started work at the Pathology Department at Fairview University Hospital.
March 15 Patty and I got Oso, a 14 week old Great Pyrenees.
July 17 - July 27 Trip to Honduras with Dad, Ricky Sampson, and Scott Brady.
1998       turned 26 on February 5
January Patty, Michelle and I moved into the Stevens house, a cute house across from the Minneapolis Art Institute that had been flambouantly remodeled by a gay couple in the '80s.
February 27 Stopped working at the Pathology Department at Fairview University Hospital.
March 9 Started work as a long term Math sub at Academy of Holy Angels.
July Started work as Technologist and tech. teacher at Academy of Holy Angels.
May Became volunteer with Minnesota Inner City Outings.
November Patty and I took in a stray cat, Luna.
1999       turned 27 on February 5
January 27 Patty and I closed on our house in Minneapolis.
July 12 - August 6 Road trip with Patty out west. We put about 6000 miles on her car. We visited Jen, Charles, and Juli in Eugene, Jon in Santa Monica, Betty in Pheonix, Patty's parents in Clarksville, AR, Mike and Susan in Austin (for their wedding), my parents in Baton Rouge, and Rob and Carla in St. Loius.
2000       turned 28 on February 5
February Trip to Seattle for the Anywhere, Anytime Conference for school with Dan, Heidi, Ted and his wife Richelle. Saw Rachel while there.
November 22 - 26 Trip to Toronto with Josh.
2001       turned 29 on February 5
February Trip with Kent to Montana to visit Allan.
May Moved to Bryn Mawr.
June 8-10 Pedaled the MS150 bike ride from Duluth to Anoka with Josh.
July 13-17 Trip to Colorado with Josh to visit Allan, Kent and Carolyn.
2002       turned 30 on February 5
January Trip with Josh to Montana to visit Allan and Kent.
March Kyle Duncan's wedding in Baton Rouge.
June 22 - July 13 Trip to Costa Rica with Parissa.
2003       turned 31 on February 5
April 15-21 Trip to Rock Hill, SC with Allan and Kent to visit Josh.
June 28 Trip to Memphis with Parissa for Ellie and Jonathon's wedding
July 3 - 13 4th of July in Red Lodege, Montana with Josh and Allan, Adventure camp with Allan and Parissa.
November Left AHA (after putting in notice 1.5 years early)
Novermber 30 I left for Quito (Parissa left on Nov. 10) to begin our South American Adventure. Then we flew together to Brazil and met up with Shilpa
December Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay climaxing with New Year's Eve in Rio.
2004       turned 32 on February 5
January and February Quito, Ecuador at Rosita's, including visits from Josh and Allan and Parissa's mom.
March Bolivia and Peru including carnival in Oruro, Bolivia
April - May Tabacundo, Ecuador about an hour outside of Quito
June Tobago and Venezuela
June 18 Parissa and I returned to Minneapolis after our trip
June Parissa and I got our apartment in Uptown
August Started as a Math teacher at El Colegio Charter School
October Bought my green Honda Civic
2005      turned 33 on February 5
January Trip to visit Josh and Elizabeth in Phoenix, with Parissa and Allan.
February 19 David and Rachel's wedding in Cozumel, Mexico

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