100 things about me

My 100 things

1. I was born in South America
2. I can't return there until I get a passport from there
3. This makes me very sad
4. My younger brother was born in Europe
5. I used to be jealous of this
6. We had our own language for a few years
7. I was in my first bullfight (in my father’s arms) when I was around 2
8. I cried
9. because I thought the calf was going to eat my shoes
10. I astounded my school by realizing the truth in the TOTL test when I was 2 and a half
11. I remember taking the test, and wondering why they were trying to trick me
12. I remember my third birthday party very well
13. We moved to a different country in South America
14. I spoke three languages by 1st grade
15. My mother insists it is four...
16. But I do not count donkey as an official language
17. My mother took us to visit people living in the Amazon
18. She took us in a dugout canoe
19. I drank Chicha made the old fashioned way
20. My father raised fighting bulls
21. I had a Anglo-Arab horse named Isabella
22. I never got to ride her
23. I loved the way the old adobe homes smelled (still do)
24. I took catechism classes in third grade because I was interested
25. I was sad when I found out that Zeus was not really real
26. My grandfather died when we were on a boat in the Galapagos Islands...
27. I found him as he was dying.
28. It was a big hassle bringing the body to the USA.
29. Barry Goldwater helped us bring him through customs.
30. He said he was an important man
31. I think he was
32. My parents split up after this.
33. I am still a little sad about that
34. but I know it is a good thing they did
35. a couple years later my mother, brother and I moved to the USA
36. We had two dimes and a cat to our name.
37. My mother is my favorite person in the world.
38. I know she deserves a medal
39. she works really hard
40. at everything
41. she is hard to live up to
42. she is a wonderful mother
43. I was teased horribly and did not get a good first impression of the USA
44. I lost the ability to speak German
45. I rarely spoke Spanish
46. I was very sad about being in the USA until high school
47. My half brother and half sister were born at this time
48. I was a rebel in high school
49. I maintain I had a heart of gold.
50. I was not as bad as other kids
51. I fell in love for the first time in high school
52. He shattered my heart later.
53. he also wrote a book with a character based on me
54. So he said
55. I don't want to read it
56. but I am curious
57. I went to a university that my great grandmother had gone to (albeit under a different name)
58. I worked full time, took out no loans and paid my own way through
59. it took 9 years
60. I am not sure it was worth it
61. but I am glad I finished
62. I studied medical anthropology (biological and cultural)
63. I am a third generation anthropologist
64. I published my first academic paper as an undergrad
65. With my mother and the boy who broke my heart.
66. It is about tattoo's
67. I went to medical school for a year in South America
68. I met one of my most influential teachers
69. I lived with a wonderful family
70. I loved medical school
71. I left because there was a financial crisis coming
72. One month after I left there was a volcanic eruption
73. and the banks froze for a year.
74. I met my husband on line
75. we were going to teach each other our language (Spanish and German)
76. I knew I was going to marry him the day we met
77. we married three and a half months later
78. A Curmudgeon translated his first love note to me
79. She is the sister of the heart breaker
80. I am glad I am friends with her and the rest of the family
81. My husband is Austrian
82. He is five years younger than I
83. he loves cars
84. We have had 20 cars since we got married
85. not all at once
86. I got pregnant five years later
87. I wanted six kids when I was younger
88. I went on bed rest at 18 weeks
89. I was on bed rest for 17 weeks
90. (first and last of which were in the hospital)
91. I loved being pregnant, just wish I could have been around people
92. I was 36 when my son was born
93. He was premature
94. It was a very easy delivery
95. His NICU stay was the most traumatic thing I have ever experienced
96. My son is a first generation American and also has native status in Arizona since my family has been here since before statehood.
97. I love being a mother
98. I love being an aunt
99. I have two nephews that I adore
100. I have a son that I adore