1. My 52nd birthday that I celebrated about that same time.  (No, I don’t dye my hair…yet.)

And since the rules say to list 7 things about myself, here are the rest:

2. I played string bass in high school orchestra.  It was taller than me by a foot, wider too, but the other bass player was really, really cute and also played in a rock band.

3. I moved out of my parent’s house and onto southern Oregon via Greyhound bus on the day of my 18th birthday.  It was just time. 

4. I’m an education junkie.  Knowledge is power. Degrees, credentials, I figure if your gonna put in the time, you might as well get the piece of paper. 

5. People tell me I’m very patient, and I always have to look around the room to see who they are talking about.  (Having a son with special needs has forced me to be a better person, so I give him all the credit.)

6. Weight training, running, and bike riding are three of my favorite forms of personal meditation.  I just go inside and be with me.

7. My family is my life.  If everything is going smoothly on the home front, I’m a happy camper.

“Tag, you’re it”:  Tyler, Leif, Irene, Dee, and because I’ve spent far too long on this (see, I am impatient), I’ll link you to three meme’s that already exist for Teri, da House Chick and da Arizona Mortgage Guru!

Here’s the game: (1) list 7 things about yourself, (2) tag 7 people to do the “meme” on themselves including a link to their site.

News Update: 

I just thought of a pretty cool #8 (which is allowed since I was tagged twice!) …. John Wake and I grew up around the corner from each other in east Phoenix, even went to the same grade school (Orangedale), and just missed knowing each other by a year.  We finally met about two weeks ago at an ARMLS focus group on technology, and then bumped into each other at the gym a couple days ago.  We both live and work in McCormick Ranch now. Small world!