Highlight: Scuba Diving

1. I finally got back on the basketball court again after being ill and thought I’d ease back into it.  But between Rage Against the Machine, NIN & Linkin Park on the headphones, it’s pretty hard not to go full throttle!  They’re the best medicine; felt great to be back!

2. Call me goofy, but I get super excited when someone I like, likes me back.  You know, you make a connection.  And I’m not talking about men, I’m talking about people in general, including kids.  Connecting with good people is about my most favorite thing in the whole wide world…right behind being able to help those who are worthy of help.

3.  And just so you know, I know many people who don’t like me.  You can’t please everyone.  And seriously, I do my best to not let it affect me.  But there are a few that I’m determined to win over!

4.  And please don’t accuse me of seeking praise because I do love it when someone likes me and I made a special connection.  You would be mistaking praise for camaraderie!  Sociability is like an elixir for me! It cures all ails!  I really do love social-personality people!!!

5. It’s my birth week and I’ve decided to start dancing again!  It’s been way too long since I’ve gone out to dance.  It may not be pretty, but I’m having a blast!!

6. Kat Merrick and I had a short discussion last night about the exchanging or the no exchanging policy of birthday gifts between friends.  I like that a lot, because if the truth be known, I never remember what I got for my birthday, but I always remember where I was and who I spent it with.   A good time is the best gift!

7. I don’t worry about dying.  I worry a tad bit about how it will end, but not that this lifetime will end.

8. I’ve had more than one’s lifetime worth of experiences – here are just a few highlights (PG 13 Version):

• Body surfing and building sand castles on hot summer days
• Nailing water skiing on one ski, FINALLY
• Going to my first rock concert: The Rolling Stones 1971
• Having my high school crush call me out of the blue!
• FINALLY graduating high school, and with honors
• Continuing, by choice my education
• Nailing algebra in college
• Surviving my teens
• Turning 21, FINALLY
• Flying down the ski slope, completely out of control
• Broadcasting trip to England
• College trip to New York City
• New Year’s Eve in Time Square
• Seeing David Bowie in the Elephant Man on Broadway
• Seeing Tim Curry & Ian McKellan in Amadeus on Broadway
• Getting that very first full-time radio job offer
• Falling in love
• Being proposed to…a few times
• Accepting a proposal
• Getting married
• Honeymoon in Kuaui
• Buying a home
• Finding out I was pregnant
• Holding Sydney for the first time
• Earning my program director stripes in radio
• Live radio broadcast at Sea World, Disneyland and Catalina
• Learning to scuba dive
• Driving a speed boat full throttle, catching air, along Pierpont Beach
• Behind the controls flying a twin engine airplane over Lake Casitas
• Being flown in a aerobatic plane doing stunts over Camarillo
• Mardi Gras in New Orleans
• SXSW and meeting Trent Reznor
• Receiving a Platinum Record from 311
• Meeting Gavin Rossdale
• Taking Sydney when she was a tot to Disneyland
• Taking Syd & carload of pre-teen friends to Magic Mountain…riding rollercoasters
• Launching a national music & entertainment magazine as editor-in-chief
• Dinner party with Danny, Richard & Jenna Elfman
• Shooting Pearl Jam, Collective Soul, Bush, Everclear, Better than Ezra, Sugar Ray, INXS, Third Eye Blind…
• Getting my braces off, FINALLY
• Vacation with Sydney Rose to New York City; getting lost in Central Park
• Cougars winning basketball CIF championships 2011
• Hitting my very first three-pointer!
• Sydney Rose coming back home
• Being served dinner by firemen in uniform.
• Band Practice!

9. So when I think of the few low points in my life such as losing loved ones or my divorce, all I need to do is look at all the highlights and reflect what an awesome time I’ve had!

10. I’m ready to take on yet another year of living it up!

11. From my “Favorite Facebook Posts” file:  “To me – old age is always ten years older than I am.” – John Burroughs

Thanks for listening!