35 things
Today is my 35th birthday.

If I live to the age of 70, I will consider myself lucky. Since I don't really expect to live past that age, as far as I'm concerned, today represents my halfway point in life. To mark the occasion, I've decided to list 35 more-or-less random things about my first 35 years:

I have...

1. lived in 20 different residences in 2 states

2. never traveled outside of north america

3. become a published author

4. had four major surgeries

5. broken one bone

6. been a straight A student

7. gotten a G.E.D.

8. hiked to the top of one mountain

9. gotten one tattoo

10. had two children

11. given birth once without drugs

12. gotten into two serious car accidents

13. been on national radio in two countries

14. milked goats

15. been a babysitter, farmhand, cashier, mailclerk, waitress, hostess, receptionist, salesperson, admin assistant, contract administrator, legal secretary, tech support rep, webmaster, software tester, and writer

16. grown my own food

17. seen space junk falling to earth

18. had four serious relationships

19. seen my income potential multiplied by eight

20. helped build a log cabin

21. never been fired from a job

22. changed one or more of my names five times

23. had one real-life stalker

24. considered myself to be a christian, a pagan, a wiccan, a hermeticist, a kabbalist, an occultist, a gnostic,
agnostic, atheist, buddhist, a mystic, and a philosopher

25. never been a good housekeeper

26. learned to look to my dreams for insight

27. accidentally electrocuted myself

28. co-founded a fraternal order

29. learned that courage doesn't mean a lack of fear

30. driven from coast to coast twice

31. been to Disneyland once

32. kept journals for 23 years

33. been sexually harassed

34. spoken in tongues

35. never been a bridesmaid