okay, i was tagged by the ever-so-talented child/family turned dog photographer, erin vey.

here are the rules of the game:
post the rules before giving your eight facts. players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves. people who are tagged need to post the rules and write their eight things in their blog. at the end of your blog post, you need to tag eight people and list their names. leave the people you tagged a comment on their blog, telling them that they've been tagged and not to forget to read your blog.

so, here it goes...

1. I love, love, love coffee. I remember my Dad drinking coffee all the time when I was a child and remember thinking that it was gross and I would never drink coffee. Now I feel just like him and can't start my morning without it.

2. I left nursing school for a semester and enlisted in the Army Reserves. Everyone and I mean everyone, thought I was crazy. I was nicknamed Private Benjamin by my fellow troops (from the movie Private Benjamin, starring Goldie Hawn). I guess even my troops thought my being there was crazy. I did extremely well though and won Leader of the Cycle and Distinguished Graduate, something I'm still proud of to this day.

3. I'm so inspired by and admire those who do film and do it so well, e.g. Cheryl Jacobs, Cynthia Graham and Alyssa Fortin. I hope that the three of them never leave film and that they know that have huge admirers out there. Someday I hope to dabble in film.

4. I have a secret desire to be back in the military, but I don't want to go back in as a nurse. I so wish they would take me as a photographer. Ten more years, that's all I have and I could retire.

5. I wish that I would have read more growing up. And now, I stillI wish that I would read more. It's something that I would like to discipline myself about. I do enjoy reading. I just have to find the time to do it and it's easy to find excuses not to.

6. I love school and I plan on attending photography school one day. I'll probably be the oldest in the class but who cares. It's something that I just personally need to do to complete the circle. In undergrad, I took calculus I and II, just for the fun of it. Getting my Masters, statistics was my favorite subjects. I know, I'm weird. If I could be a professional student (and get paid for doing it), I would. While I wish I would have found myself (my love of photography) years ago, I think everything happens for a reason. Attending college is a learning and growing experience and being a nurse has taught me so much.

7. I'm originally from Detroit, MI (born and raised there). Left in 1994, at 24, when I joined the military and since, I have lived in DC, MS, AZ, FL, WA and CA. I actually enjoy moving around and can't imagine the day when we have to actually choose a location to live long term. I dread that day.

8. We moved four times in 2005, initially because of a house so filled with cat pee they had to remove two walls in Ryder's room (the people that lived there long-term before us were a foster cat family and had 40-50 cats plus other animals/creatures). We moved, the house was renovated and later that year after we moved back, we endured rats in the attic, hundreds of maggots falling from the ceiling vents, and I caught 200 flies in two hours (and those were only the ones that I counted). After all of that, we finally ended up in a brand new renovated military home around the corner on Dec 16, 2005. And now...we're trying to move again because of all the neighbor crap we're dealing with. If that happens, we'll have moved five times in the past two years, all within one mile.

and now i'm tagging:

lifeography
i see the moon photography
sweet | salty
Pinkle Toes photography
follwing my bliss
pink sugar photography
kathy wolfe photography
daveen photography