Fun Facts 2!

I appeared on the David Letterman show when I was in College.

I used to play the accordion when I was younger.

I traveled cross country by train in high school and by car on my honeymoon.

I was President of my HS debate team and VP of my college’s Speech and Debate Team. 

Earlier this year, I won over $10,000 at the casino.

I have met Mohammed Ali, Mr. T and Hulk Hogan at different times in different airports.

After high school I trained to become a flight attendant. 

I was a “Big Sister” to a 9 year old girl for one year when I was in college.  

I was chased by a Siamese cat when I was younger. Since then, I have developed a fear of cats. 

I’ve been to a bullfight in Spain. 

In the span of 18 months, I jumped out of a plane, flew a plane and flew a helicopter.  

I graduated high school the same year that the Rubik’s Cube was first sold in toy stores.

I logged 21 hours learning to fly a glider but didn’t complete my training for a license.

My love of travel and money has led me to a collection of currency from around the world. 

I swam through the fissure separating the North American and European Tectonic Plates.

I love the beach, but I can’t swim to save my life. 

My dog is named after popular Star Wars characters.  

A friend and I once held onto the back of a city bus while on rollerblades!

Me, my mom, my 3 siblings, and 2 nephews have birthdays that fall into sequential months from August to December.

I worked as an undercover security guard at Lowes Home Improvement for 4 years and surveilled and handcuffed shoplifters

I cried after the 1994 NBA Finals.

I worked in the same day camp as my spouse.

I participated in the National Double Dutch Championship and won 1^st place two of the three years.

I spent 2 months studying at the University of Nairobi in Kenya 

I drove tractors before I drove a car.

I have a noisy orange sun conure named Tequila.

I was a part-time barber in college.

I played trumpet in my high school orchestra.

I used to work as an EMT, on one 911 call a person said “Thanks for coming, we didn’t think you were open on Sunday."

I have lived in Virginia, Germany, New York, Alabama, South Korea, Georgia, and Texas.

My first job at the age of 14 was at Burger King and in my junior & senior year of high school I worked at Blockbuster.

I once had three brushes with “greatness” in one night, when I ran into Donald Trump, Mariah Carey and Naomi Campbell.

When I went to Bali, I got talked into deep sea diving. I can’t swim!

I went to two baseball games in one day. I went to a Yankee game in the afternoon and a Met game that evening. 

I love all things Hello Kitty and collect everything related to HK and Sanrio characters.

When I was a teenager I was in an American Legion Post Marching Band and played the Glockenspiel. 

I skied down a glacier from the top of Mt Blanc in the French Alps. 

I went to high school Ashanti. 

I was captain of the math team in junior high school.

I hosted a radio show in college. 

I have bungee jumped.

I never cut class until the last day of my senior year in high school when I cut the two last classes.

I took classes to learn to speak Mandarin Chinese.

When I was born I was on the Eyewitness news with my Dad who came home from National Guard when he heard he had a son!

I have been to Grand Cayman 3 times and each time I swam with stingrays.

I had a pet rabbit while I was in college.

I was on the TV show Candid Camera.

When I was a child I had a pet chicken. Somehow it managed to survive a flight off a tenth-floor balcony!