This section could be redundant because most of the "about me" stuff
is located on the main page. I didn't create this particular section, it just sort of came with the site builder tool. So,
instead of leaving it blank perhaps I can address what makes me tick and give folks a trip inside my mind instead.
I'm not highly educated, having only an Associates degree in business administration.
However, I'm an avid reader, one of those who can read 200 books in 180 days. It sounds silly I know but much of my education
has come from reading. I tend to choose a subject and read everything I can get my hands on about it.
I'm not the artsy type at all. So much so that I must trace around a pie plate to make a
circle. Not musically inclined even though listening to music is something I must do to function and also succeed at fitness.
However, all things that are either black or white come very easily for me. It has to be either wrong or right, none of this
abstract stuff that could be this or could be that depending on how you look at it or how you feel about it. Forget that.
Mathematics, accounting, any sort of number crunching is easy. Problem solving is easy. I get many requests from many people
to either fix something or solve a problem. No sweat. I can find anything. You lose it I'll find it. My husband loses stuff
all the time. I'm the one who finds it. My kids are constantly losing things. I find them. I never did too well on school
things that were graded subjectively. Answers to essay questions always sounded like I was trying to baffle the teachers with
B.S.
I do live without much fear and am totally comfortable outside my perceived comfort zone.
This factor has enabled me to reach my bodybuilding goals and continue to press beyond them. I wonder sometimes whether this
lack of fear is a good thing or a bad thing. The fear of diabetes has kind of desensitized me to all other would be
fears. There aren't many things that I won't at least attempt. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I refuse to embrace failure.
I'd rather die trying. The glass is always half full though liable to get knocked over.
One thing I have a problem tolerating is excuses as to why someone can't do something. I
just feel that for every excuse why something cannot be done there are probably 10 reasons why it can. I can't tolerate laziness
of any sort or poor work ethic. I've been labeled a slave driver by more than one person and you know what? I took it as a
compliment. What can I say? My standards for everything are high and guess I expect everyone else's to be as well.
The diabetes really wears me out. I'm always "on" 24/7 and tend to sleep with one eye and one ear open. Never being
able to relax will take its toll in many ways. Absentmindedness is one, and restlessness is another. One reason I punish the
dumbbells so hard at the gym is that it really helps me stay mentally sound. All the injustices are taken out in the
gym and left there. Oh, and talk about discrimination! During the 8 year course of diabetes I can't believe the
discrimination we have had to deal with. So much so that I've started carrying a copy of the Americans with Disabilities Act
in my shoe and I'm not afraid to wave it in someone's face.
I'm 95% happy with my life. Next time someone is needed to step up to the plate and do something I'll be there.
