Seven Things

I just noticed I was tagged for 7 things by Maricello while I was away in Turkey.
Okay - here goes...

1. My first awards in grade school were for art and music. The art teacher displayed my work for a month on the school's bulletin board. I wrote my first short story in grade school and sold 2 copies of it before I gave up the idea as it required me to write out each copy by hand.

2. When I was 15, I was the guitar player for "Sing Out Miami" a local band based on "Up with People"

3. I sang my first "speech" when I had to take "Public Speaking" in college because I had stage fright about speaking in public. I didn't have any qualms about singing in public because I had been doing that since I was a kid. The speech was to the tune of "How do you solve a problem like Maria?" but instead I sang "How do you remember a name like Marisa?"

4. I didn't start learning the violin until age 24. So 24 years later, I'm learning the cello.

5. My first trip abroad was at age 28. I took my mother to Holland to see the tulips in the springtime. I lost my wallet, passport, rental car keys, credit cards etc. to a pickpocket. However, I was lucky and everything was returned to me except for the cash. The pickpocket had been nice enough to leave my stuff at a shopping mall where the police found it.

6. My mother adopted me at age 45, so I have always related better with older people. My husband is 12 years older than me.

7. Tests show I'm right brained, a Meyer Briggs INTJ and a CTMM 138.