Firsts Meme

Ok, I’m stealing this meme from David.  It looks fun (and I loved several of his answers, but especially #17).

1. Who was your first prom date? My first brother-in-law.  Nah, it wasn’t as weird as it may sound.  It was my 8th grade prom and my good friend G had asked me to go, but then he was forced into a family commitment (which I found out years later involved abuse) and couldn’t go.  I was devistated.  My bro-in-law, who was a very cool and good-looking guy and was drooled over by more than one of my friends at various times, said, “Why don’t I take you to the prom?”  It was very sweet and he took me out for a brownie sundae afterwards.

2. Do you still talk to your first love? No, but I have been doing a lot of talking about my first love lately, doing a lot of processing about unresolved stuff.

3. What was your first alcoholic drink? Wine.  Or if this question refers to a mixed drink, it was probably an Amaretto Sour.

4. What was your first job? Fast food restaurant employee

5. What was your first car? It was a 1966 Plymouth Belvedere that my sister bought from a coworker for $50.  It needed a lot of work, which I paid for in stages with my babysitting money until it was road-ready.

6. Who was the first person to text you today? I haven’t received a text in a long time.

7. Who is the first person you thought of this morning? Either my cat, my first love (see #2), my therapist, or one of two friends I have been talking to a lot lately – I don’t remember my first thought.  It may have been about all of them at once, kind of a flooding of “I’m awake and thinking now”.

8. Who was your first grade teacher? Miss . . . um . . . You know, I knew this for a long time.  For some reason, Miss Hall seems right.

9. Where did you go on your first flight in a plane? I think it was from PA to FL.  No, wait, I think my family flew from TX to PA when I was around 3.

10. Who was your first best friend and do you still talk? I think my first best friend was Heidi, and I haven’t seen her since we were kids.  Wait!  My first best friend was my sister, and yes, we are still best friends and talk daily.

11. Where was your first sleepover? It was probably at my cousin’s house when I was about 6 and we lived in PA.

12. Who was the first person you talked to today? My mom

13. Whose wedding were you in for the first time? A girl named Janet who I went to high school with.  No, actually, I was the Maid of Honor when my parents renewed their vows for their 25 anniversary when I was 17.

14. What was the first thing you did this morning? Woke up.  Then got up, showered, dressed, called Mom, and went to work.

15. What was the first concert you went to? LOL – Bobby Sherman, in around 1969.  My sister was in love with him.  He was so dreamy.  Or so I heard.  I don’t remember anything but standing on my chair like the “big kids” did.

16. First tattoo? I don’t have one, but haven’t ruled out getting one some day.

17. First piercing? My ears, when I was about 15.  I believe I passed out.

18. First foreign country you went to? Mexico

19. First movie you remember seeing? True Grit.  I was 5.  I cried because it was so loud.  Or, wait, it might have been The Sound of Music.  My dad took my sister and me to see it.

20. What state did you first live in? Montana

21. Who was your first room-mate? My sister,when we shared a bedroom when I was 6 and she was 13.  Or, as a grownup, I rented a room from a friend I worked with when I was 32.

22. When was your first detention? I wasn’t ever sent to detention.

23. If you had one wish, what would it be? To win the lotto and be able to help several people and causes I care about (and retire young)

24. What is one thing you would learn, given the chance? How to build and maintain a database-driven web site

25. Who will be the next person to post this? I don’t know. . . maybe Kerro?