100 things

1. I was born in Lake City, Washington (near Seattle)
2. I was molested by my stepfather
3. So was a neighbor girl, she told, I was removed from the home
4. I moved to Edmonds, Washington at age 6
5. I was born in 1969; the year Sesame Street began, the year of the moon landing, and the year of Woodstock
6. I was placed in foster care and then adopted age 6
7. We then moved to May's Pond in Bothell Washington
8. My older brother was adopted too
9. My little brother was born
10. When I was twelve we moved to Elk Grove, California
11. I graduated from Elk Grove High School, home of the Thundering Herd.
12. I was a good student in Junior High and High School
13. I wasn't so good a student in grade school
14. I took all college prep classes in High School
15. I discovered my love of math in High School
16. I tutored in Algebra and Geometry
17. I didn't start college until the age of 25
18. I got 100% of all the points possible in my calculus class, until the final when I thought 9 x 3 was 28.
19. I had a high school sweetheart
20. We lived together off and on after high school
21. We were together for 5 years
22. He married someone else less than a year later
23. His marriage only lasted a few months
24. I got pregnant from someone else, after the breakup
25. I decided to have the baby and my family was a bit upset
26. I quit my job at Payless and started a daycare business in my home
27. My first job was as a dishwasher in Hesperia, California right out of high school
28. I moved to Hesperia with my boyfriend a week after graduation
29. My second job was as a dishwasher at a Wendy's back in Elk Grove
30. My third job was as a cashier at a Pay N Save in Tacoma Washington
31. My fourth job was as a cashier at Payless Drug store back in Elk Grove
32. After my daughter turned 3, I started college
33. A year and a half later my dad's job transferred him to Fort Wayne Indiana
34. I moved to Fort Wayne Indiana
35. I got a job as a secretary at a TV station
36. I lived with my parents for a year with my daughter
37. I moved into my own apartment
38. I got promoted to a Traffic Manager
39. My parents decided to sell their house, buy a 5th wheel, and drive into the sunset
40. The day they left, my dad was diagnosed with Cancer
41. I gained 50 lbs
42. I was alone in the middle of hell and it was frozen over
43. My dad had surgery and radiation and got better
44. My best friend from Junior high school, who was in the Air Force, moved from England to Italy
45. My brother got married, his wife was in the Air Force and they moved to Italy
46. My best friend introduced me to Jeff, via email
47. Jeff was in the Air Force in Italy
48. Jeff and I got married
49. Mandy and I moved to Italy
50. We moved in with Jeff and his cat, Daisy
51. We traveled the world
52. We went on a cruise down the Nile river in Egypt
53. We went on Safari in Kenya
54. We toured the WWII memorials in France
55. We visited art museums in Paris
56. We strolled through Monet's gardens in Giverny
57. We shopped at a Christmas market in Salzburg Austria
58. We traveled throughout Italy; Venice, Florence, Pompeii, Gubbio, etc
59. Jeff and I went on a romantic get away weekend in Switzerland
60. He took me to the French Riviera for my birthday
61. The sucky part was that I worked at the child development center on the base
62. I eventually quit, after a kid kicked me in the head on purpose
63. I had two miscarriages in Italy, but left there pregnant with Lily
64. While pregnant we moved from Italy to Japan
65. We brought the cat with us
66. We flew and flew for two weeks, visiting our family along the way
67. We got the chance to see Seattle before moving to Japan, my chance to show my birth place to my family
68. Pregnant and exhausted from travel we flew to Japan, it took forever, with tons of layovers – it was a military flight and we stopped in many different Japanese cities before arriving here in Misawa
69. It snowed 19 inches the day we arrived
70. We went to dinner at the New Myaki on our first night here
71. We discovered the difference between Japanese and Italian food – service – they have it in Japan and don't in Italy
72. Mandy was shorter than me when we arrived
73. Lily was born here in Japan, a blond haired blue eyed Japanese baby
74. We traveled all over Northern Japan
75. We discovered Lily is allergic to wheat, corn, oat, egg, apple and tomato
76. We flew to Hawaii for tests
77. We flew to America to introduce Lily to her Grandparents
78. We flew to America again to take a cruise to Alaska
79. Those flights were not fun – all before Lily was two
80. I am back in school
81. I may have aced calculus 10 years ago but don't remember it at all now
82. I am thinking of changing my major from math to something else
83. I have no idea what
84. I always wanted to be a math teacher Now I am not so sure
85. It seems like an awfully stressful job, why do that to myself and family – then again it is my dream
86. I really like the computer
87. I am thinking of taking classes to determine if that might be a better path for me
88. I have been a stay at home mom for three years now, since the kick in the head I love it
89. I really like singing songs and acting silly
90. I really hate housework
91. I procrastinate housework and homework
92. I love to cook
93. I love to swim
94. I need to loose 100 lbs
95. Jeff and I are planning to hike the Appalachian trail once Lily is in College
96. I collect maps, clocks and globes
97. I love coffee, but have never been to Starbucks
98. I love soap operas
99. I love romance novels
100. Chocolate is my favorite food group