Tag I'm It!

I have been tagged by Leslie to tell you 7 interesting things about myself (not sure if mommy/Elizabeth got tagged or Sarah, so we will do a mix), so here goes (sorry if not all things are interesting--I can be a boring person sometimes):

1) I have walked on hot coals. Yes, Jeremy thinks I am insane, and no, I am not actually insane. There was a "talk/lecture" at UGA that Jeremy was required to go to about the physics of walking on coals, and they were doing a "fire walking" afterwards for anyone interested, so I decided that if the school was sponsoring it, it couldn't be too deadly :-) You can really walk across hot coals without getting burnt---you just have to walk fast enough not to touch your feet to the coals for too long. I did it, and my feet were only slightly tingly afterwards for a couple of hours. Jeremy REFUSED to be involved in any such activity :-)

2) I helped crew a 65 foot sailboat to Andros Island of the Bahamas and back with a group of 14 people (most of them virtually strangers to me because it was with Jeremy's church) on a church mission trip during spring break my freshman year of college, and I didn't even know how to sail (neither did 11 of the other 14...) I guess we learned enough to get there and back without sinking the boat. The trip was the adventure of a lifetime, and even if I went again I don't think I could re-create such an amazing experience. Unfortunately Jeremy didn't go on the trip because he had another trip he was required to go on with the Furman Singers. I was one of about 3 people who did not get seasick.

3) I met Jeremy during my freshmen orientation at Furman. At one point before leaving for college, someone told me that "Mr. Right" was waiting for me at Furman, and I wasted no time finding him. We met at the cheesy orientation "dance" on the basketball court and have been together ever since. In addition to my Bachelor's degree, I was definitely in school for the MRS degree as well :-) (by the way, Jeremy's dad and my mom both went to Furman and were only 1 year apart)

4) If you are in my family, you are probably a teacher or a lawyer. My mom and her twin sister have careers as special ed. teachers (although Aunt Mary has moved on to the life of an AP), I am a special ed teacher, my cousin Mary Evelyn is going to be a special ed teacher, my cousin-in-laws Jennifer and Morgann teach 1st grade, my cousin Katie is a high school drama teacher, my cousin Matthews is a college professor, and my cousin Jean Ann was a kindergarten teacher before Tucker was born. My mom's dad was a lawyer, two of her brothers are/were lawyers, and my cousins Tessa and Rusty are lawyers. The poor life meet the rich life (haha--just kidding). By the way, my cousin-in-law Jennifer's dad is also a lawyer...if I have missed anyone I am really sorry...

5)For being as "advanced" as she is in many areas/skills, Sarah still has no teeth :-)

6)Sarah can swim (being able to swim does not include being able to float)---she LOVES going on her tummy in the big bathtub and splashing, crawling, and occasionally putting her face in the water and possibly even blowing bubbles. She does not mind having water poured in her face--yay!

7) Apparently my dad thinks I only broke one rule as a teenager (driving a boyfriend to school when my parents told me I could not drive anyone anywhere in my car) Sarah will not have the opportunity to break that rule because as of now I am never letting her behind the wheel of a car :-)

OK--I will have to tag "Michael and Jennifer" and "The Shalins"---I don't know any more non-tagged bloggers :-)