101 Things about ME

1. I am a beginning runner...very beginning
2. never ran in High School..nor college...
3. I have my BA in Science with a degree in Elementary Education
4. Currently going back to school to receive my Masters in Special Education
5. My title will be Special Education Strategist...I think it has a nice ring..
6. The harder the challege at work, the more I like my job
7. as long as it is student related
8. I dislike working with lazy teachers
9. some people call me a work-aholic
10. since college, I have always had more than one job
11. sometimes 3
12. My past jobs include college student, office clerk for campus traffic division (or my family would call me the traffic nazi), sales associate/sales lead for a beauty product store, server in a bar, paraeducator, and teacher of special needs.
13. two of those jobs I shared with one of my sisters, whom I live with currently, whom I have the same phone as (with the number being only one-digit different).
14. We're alike...but we're also different..
15. I have TWO younger sisters
16. we're all alike, but very different from each other as well
    
17. I get more done when I have more TO GET DONE
    
18. My down fall is potato chips and coca-cola
19. ...and peanut m&m's
20. If I am hungry...you will know it..I tend to get crabby...or edgy
21. The only coffee I drink is frozen coffee drinks
22. like my Grande Mocha Frappicino Light
23. I usually only drink coffee when with friends or family...it's not an addiction
    
24. I like Spinning about as much if not more than running (right now)
25. I don't always like the stairstepper...but I like th jello-y feeling in my legs afterwards
26. I have come to the realization that I can't run (successfully) without my nano or my water bottle.
    
27. Unless I am running with someone
    
28. One of my favorite shows is American Idol
29. I am still upset for those who voted off Chris Daughtry, but...I will get over it
30. I also love all the crime investigating shows, especially Law and Order SVU
    
31. I would rather listen to music then watch tv
32. any kind of music
33. especially jazz, blues, oldies for relaxation
34. I love my hip hop, trance, disco music for running
    
35. I love curling up with a good book
36. a good love story, memior, or biography
    
37. especially on rainy, snowy, gloomy days
38. I don't get how some people don't enjoy reading as a pass time or hobby
    
39. I get along better with guys
40. Girls cause too much drama
41. and they tend to hold grudges
    
42. don't get me wrong...I still love my close girlfriends
43. I would choose hanging out with friends at a house (grillin', drinkin', laughin') over hanging out at the bar
44. I do like the bars scene every once and a while
45. I have the tendency to take guys' caps...after having a few drinks..
46. I love to watch College Basketball...NBA comes in a close second
47. Go Tarheels!
    
48. watching golf on tv can make me fall asleep
    
49. I love to watch movies, but I tend to fall asleep during them...any of them...
50. Just don't make me watch one after 8pm
51. I am also ready for bed by 9pm...with my book
52. I am a morning person
53. I would rather work out at 5am than 5pm
54. Some ask me if my hair is naturally curly...I tell them yes becuase it has been since 6th grade...after my first perm.
    
55. sometimes I wish I had straight hair...sometimes I would like to just shave my head
56. I am trying to grow my hair out for Locks of Love
57. I don't think I will have the patience to wait
58. I don't have as much patience as I should
    
59. Some wonder how I can work with kids...let alone kids with learning disabilities
60. I hate being late for anything
61. The only time I was late for school in my entire education career was in 9th grade summer school.
62. I had the alarm set for PM not AM...and parents we're home to wake me.
63. I enjoy being shorter...than the average female...
64. I don't care for wearing make-up
65. I do...but don't like it.
66. I look forward to sundays, since I usually don't work then...
67. then I go without make-up
68. I would rather wear shorts, t-shirts and flip-flops or tennies than dressy clothes
69. so much more comfortable...isn't that what life is about?
    
70. I want to do some hiking
71. and back packing
72. and camping
73. not alone though
74. I have only lived in one State
75. North Dakota
76. The beautiful, endless prairie .... The Badlands sweeping across the west, the hills and valleys, and the ferocious wind on the east.
77. I love see the change in seasons ...summer, fall, winter, winter, winter, spring...
78. I could definitely see myself moving to another state....
79. atleast for a while
80. But I still really do love ND...
81. I can't go anywhere without my cell phone....
82. even though I don't get many calls
83. If someone would do the grocery shopping..
84. I would cook a decent meal every night of the week
85. If someone would clean my bathroom
86. I would do their laundry AND vaccuum
87. I have to have a glass of water by my bed every night.
88. It can't be from the night before
89. It must be fresh, cold water
90. Even though I probably only take one sip and fall asleep
91. I sleep in the middle of my bed and have to fall asleep with the tv on...unless I am really tired
92. I would rather have any kind of doctor appointment than go the dentist
93. I have never broken a bone or had stitches...knock on wood
94. I want a dog of my own
95. Probably a big one .... but I do love the little ones too
    
96. I want to travel Europe someday
97. hopefully the summer of 2007
98. Maybe I will travel by myself on a Contiki Tour
    
99. Especially Germay, I heard it's gorgeous there
100. I hope to have atleast one great travel experience a year
101. When I retire, I hope to travel the rest of the world that I haven't seen by then.