Donna Crawford
Redondo Beach, California

 
Bio:

I was born in North Carolina and lived there until I was about 2 or so.  My father was in the military, so we moved every year or two.  We lived up and down the east coast, in Arkansas, Germany and Kansas, before he retired in 1980.  I attended Manhattan High School (in Kansas) and college and law school at the University of Kansas (Go Jayhawks!!).

I've lived in Alabama, Georgia, Texas and California since leaving my parents' home.  I currently live in California with my husband Kirk (even while we were on our RTW, we considered California as home). My family and friends are scattered all over the place, as you can imagine.

My husband and I are highly involved with our church, locally. I have lots of hobbies, including cooking, HAM radio, reading, travelling, bzflag, and sports/outdoor activities. Although I love to watch Jayhawk Basketball, I generally prefer to participate. Some of my favorites are beach volleyball, scuba diving, cycling, rowing, swimming, snow skiing, tramping, surfing, off-roading, etc.

My travels over the last few years have taken me to Costa Rica, Hawaii, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and most recently, on a 15-country, 1-year round-the-world trip.

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Recent Articles

Monday, June 7

 

Work and Friends

Today was my first day of "official" work! Technically, our office is closed on Mondays, but I'll be working on Mondays anyway. There are things that I can do then much more easily without distractions. It's nice to finally have started. I've got about 3 weeks of overlap with Linda, the woman whose place I'm taking, in order to figure everything out. There's a lot to do and learn, but luckily, my time volunteering has helped a lot and much of what I'll be doing I'm already familiar with.

I also got to go hang out with my girlfriends for dinner. There was a group of 5 of us who went to Hawaii several years ago. Four of us are still in touch, so we've been having dinner once a month. Tonight, we met at Leo's - a Mexican joint nearby. Unfortunately, Michelle was unable to make it - both of her children (one is a newborn) got sick today and she just couldn't saddle her husband with taking care of them alone. Rena and Marie and I met anyway. It is always so nice to catch up with my girlfriends. Everyone is so busy now that it can be difficult to get together (which is why we schedule our dinners a month in advance!).

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Donna in Austria
Click for larger image Austria, August 2003