Class of 1983
David Payne
II did make a somewhat brief appearance at the reunion (playing golf with Tommy and John Phillips and drinking a few beers afterwards). After graduating from UNC (Go Heels) I took a couple of years off and stayed in Chapel Hill to manage a restaurant.
When I realized that I might not ever get out of Chapel Hill if I did not act quickly, I hastily applied to law school and ended up going to the University of Richmond. I lived with Richard and Kim Macon (they were newlyweds at the time) for about the first two seeks of law school while I waited for my house to become available and I am sure that Richard and Kim enjoyed my company in the beginning days of their marriage.
While in law school and reconnected with Wendy (we had dated for a while during college) and one thing led to another and we were married three days after I took the bar exam. We live in Hampton and both work in Norfolk. I am an in-house attorney with Trader Publishing Company handling employee relations issues. After all of these years, Jim and I now work right down the street from one another. In our spare time, Wendy and I are fixing up our second older home.
We also spend a fair amount (too much) time running and completed the San Diego Marathon in June. We are now training to run the Marine Corp Marathon at the end of October and the New York City Marathon next year. Believe me, this is not a return to my athletic glory days and has been a very humbling experience. Like Jim, I still can't get over him throwing up during the Homecoming Dance.
