Life Experience Badges...
Everyone should have at least a partial list of experiences that have affected their life.  Here's a partial list of mine. 8*)
*Diving into a Cold Springs and  hearing nothing beforehand but "Wait it's co---!!!"
*Moms friend - lives in apartments.  I somehow got press-on nails and moms friend's daughter said I should put them on anyway.  We went to a club/spa - sauna & pool, and bathing suit shopping.
*1st kiss?... one of - Harold outside of French class in hallway.  Atchley or Pete - being held by them.
*1st makeout... Pete (1st "heartbreak")
*1st time to have sex - Warren.  Out in a nature park - he was denied.  Then out by a river past a place only trucks could get to.
*Playing clarinet/viola in 6th & 5th grades - "devil went down to Georgia" song.
*getting to be crossing guard/hall monitor - orange belts "safety patrol"
*getting to do the play props for 5th grade play - palm trees & being lead actress
*getting a valentines day card & a sugar-free chocolate bar from mom
*library shared w/cafeteria - "weekly reader" book reports
*reading groups - little reading circles
*learning a bit of German - Mrs. Rhodes
*Getting a handwriting award - cursive
*Using the front break on my ten-speed - flipping and glasses flew
*losing glasses in pond @ Braden park after crashing w/Neil
*Kindergarten "don't touch anything" Ruler-incident
*Staring at step-dad David's crotch (I wasn't) and getting in trouble for it
*Lamp haunted - ceramic rocking horse lamp - ended up on other end of room
*"marching men" - double ear infections ("hands-on healing")
*running w/tongue out - run up porch, jump off end - bit thru tongue
*ice chunks thrown @ me
*phillip white - liked him in 5th grade.  Garage sale near church - didn't get out because I'd missed a spot shaving legs and was afraid he'd see.  I missed that opportunity because of self-doubt
*Burbank - Halloween - coneys & cake walk w/my parents.
*julie - therapist - mom & andrews therapist
*allllll over sunburn from nudist camp
*summer church camp - evil pamplets, against rock music.  Family of skunks.  Table tennis & 25 cent colas.  Horse fart; deer you could almost walk up to; mandatory "quiet time" assignments.
*cabbage patch songs/playscript
*another christmas.  pop-up camper, lights, I got them presents - wrapped (my neighbor friends)
*duplex - pool across street.  Bike almost got stolen by boy in park.  Girl who wrote all over her walls in her room - had Christmas lights up, etc.  Boy down street (same boy who stole/almost stole my bike? - transformers toys.  Little duplex before that one - lots of bugs - my room was a closet.
*volunteered for Katrina relief
*been on tv twice (married & on the news)