That was a great story. Thanks for sharing it.
Now I’m confused about your age. For some reason had you pegged at younger but now I wonder if you’re a Boomer and not an X’er.
I came along near the end of the baby boom. So I got overcrowded schools (why enlarge and hire more teachers when the boom was about to go bust), came of age during the Carter years and got married in 1980 when unemployment was over 10% and mortgage rates over 18%. Fun way to start out!