25 Things About Me, or Why I Hate Memes

January 31, 2009 by Kathy Drewien · View Comments
Filed under: Bits of Orange - Random Notes & Thoughts 

Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you.

And, so it begins.

  • Grew up in northern suburb of Pensacola, FL, near the home of baseball legend, Don Sutton.
  • Learned how to pick up Pensacola fly-boys at Officer’s Club and local bars.
  • Found my now-husband, a Marine at the time, in one of those bars. We’re still married.
  • My first job after college (with a degree in Social Work) was in the Division of Blind Services (DBS).
  • I was so self-centered I never wore the same outfit twice on home visits. Did I say these people were blind? And, visits were 6 months apart?
  • One day I found a dress shop that catered to local call girls. Spent way too much money and was offended when guys in the bar had the wrong impression. Damn, I loved those clothes!

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  • Came home one day to discover my boyfriend had a new Black Labrador Retriever. He named her Naked. She ran away about 6-months later.
  • Got a new puppy, a German Shepherd / Black Lab mix. We named her Buckwheat.
  • Naked came home a few weeks later. Pregnant.
  • Boyfriend transferred to Japan. Did not take dogs. Now it was me, Buck, Naked in a one-bedroom apartment. (Wanna hear me call the dogs? Buck!! Naked!!)
  • Moved to Tallahassee to attend FSU for a graduate degree in Social Work. Loaded the dogs in boyfriend’s El Camino. Buck jumped out on I-10 to pee. Exciting at 60 m.p.h.
  • Someone suggested my drinking might be problematic. What?? Doesn’t everyone go to bars to meet people? At happy hour with free snacks? Ladies night? And stay until it closes? Lose blocks of time?
  • Took my last drink on February 4, 1979.

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  • Graduated. Started working in drug/alcohol rehab centers as a therapist specializing in counseling family members.
  • Decided to move to Atlanta because we (Marine-boyfriend, now husband) attended a Braves game on a perfect day.
  • I found a job. He didn’t. Lived apart for a year. Visited each other via Greyhound Bus; once each, because he said it was cheaper. Thereafter, I traveled in my 2-seat Fiat convertible.
  • Left employment with treatment centers in 1986 to go into private practice. I’ve been self-employed since then.
  • Discovered computers and desktop publishing to be wonderful marketing tools. Fell in love with Indiana Jones video game. Was it Raiders?
  • Fell out of love with private practice and counseling. Besides, the 55 mile commute to one of my offices was tiresome, and insurance quit playing nice.
  • Via a temp agency, I fell into real estate as an assistant. Created my first website, Atlanta Relocation Services, became licensed, and quit assisting.

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  • I love technology, all things bright & shiny (jewelry, gadgets – not aluminum foil) and being a mom.
  • I can fly. Just ask Ira, Jodi, and Rosalie.
  • My greatest gift is speaking and teaching others to grow, personally and professionally. I am a phenomenal group facilitator with faith in my intuition.
  • I am genuine, authentic, congruent, passionate, empowered, honest, and a natural redhead.
  • I am through with this meme.
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