Hi, ’04s! With the beginning of summer on the horizon, I am hoping that many of us are starting to feel optimistic that the warmer weather in combination with the Covid-19 vaccines will allow the country to open up more and more each day. And so, before you race off on those vacations and general life plans that have been put on hold for the last year, I want to share with you some updates from our classmates.

John Buckholz reports that he is a proud dad of two children—one who will turn 10 this year and the other 7—and is working for Replica, a data analytics startup. When he was visiting Hanover late last year with his children, he reveled in the fact that they are both much closer to being college-aged than he is. And if Covid-19 permits, he plans to visit Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming this summer.

Daniel Kay shared that he and Cameron Nienaber are living in Brooklyn and that Cam is doing great work on the Covid-19 front lines as medical director of the family medicine practice at Jamaica Hospital in Queens, New York.

Finally, I want to extend a heartfelt congratulations to Robert Kim, who was recently a contestant on Jeopardy! He did an outstanding job representing the ’04s!

Please continue to send those updates, and I hope you have a wonderful start to your summer. Fingers crossed we will be spending more time outside our homes than inside this time around!

—Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com