1. I am a woman.
2. I have blue-green eyes (very blue when I'm happy & they're green when I'm sick)
3. I am a divorced mother of 2 girls.
4. I often struggle with my emotions, and constantly find myself under an inner pressure to remain calm. (Since adulthood hit)
5. I have always felt misunderstood, unknown, misfit, etc.
6. I was always into reading books (until my TBI- traumatic brain injury in 03/07), I now read children's stories and pre-teen books.
7. My ex-hub and I were together for 18 years.
8. While I wasn't sexually attracted to my ex-hub, I was emotionally bonded to him.
9. The separation and divorce devastated me.
10. The divorce went through 5 or 6 years ago.
11. I grew up in California.
12. I used to swim like a fish when I was a kid, out in the ocean, waaay out with the surfers!
13. I have a hard time connecting with people. My impulse is to pull away.
14. I visit my YMCA often for walking and weight-lifting.
15. My girls have gotten several swim lessons at our YMCA.
16. My girls are now learning ice-skating.
17. My goal is to provide my daughters with an emotionally, physically, and socially expressive and healthy childhood.
18. I still sing baby songs to my girls every night before bed ~ they're 12 and 10 years old.
19. I am learning how to sew.
20. I am working on my first quilt and am almost done with it.
21. I collect rocks, salt & pepper shakers, and cookie jars.
22. I have epilepsy.
23. I am quite picky ~ with very sensitive senses.
24. My favorite food type is Italian.
25. My favorite color is purple.
26. I've had brain surgery, to control my seizures.
27. I love rock music...mostly "classic" and 80's, some 90's. Also love classical music ~ Mozart, CPE Bach, Vivaldi.. but can't take solo piano pieces!
28. Never broken any bones (other than the jawbone for my brain surgery), but have undergone many surgeries.
29. I live downtown and am frequently kept awake by the town's "bar crowd"
30. I'm NOT a morning person, and never have been.