Tagged...again

Sue, via Sharon, has tagged us again. It's the second time now, isn't it, Sue?

It's a worthy cause, so we don't mind. Here's the deal:

To help other writers by providing access to a repository of information, all drawn from personal experience, we are to list five things not commonly known about us. If our personal experiences prove interesting to writers out there, published or unpublished, they are free to contact us to draw from our vast wisdom.

So here we go...

First, Annie:

1. I work as a legal secretary.
2. I'm married to an air traffic controller/flight instructor/pilot (yes, all at the same time - well, I get bored easily).
3. I have a slipped disc.
4. I had a kidney removed at 21 (not brain surprisingly).
5. I'm a licensed athletics' coach.

India:

1. As part of my English Literature/Language degree I did a dissertation on Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath.
2. My second baby was a footling breech (i.e. her feet were the presenting part). I gave birth to her naturally — a practise which is now considered too high risk to be carried out by the NHS.
3. Last year my husband and I bought my childhood home. I am now bringing my children up in the same house in which I grew up.
4. At secondary school I played the bassoon.
5. I used to work for Laura Ashley, so despite being rubbish with numbers am surprisingly good at working out how much fabric you'll need for your curtains, madam.

Eva:

1. I am a technical writer.
2. I have lived in three different countries and visited another 20 (at least).
3. I am lactose intolerant and wheat-free (think no pizza, no cookies, no sandwiches, no ice cream, only goat cheese and ewe cheese, only some chocolate bars...yes, depressing!).
4. I had a car accident when I was eighteen and I only drive now when ABSOLUTELY necessary (i.e., the last time was five years ago).
5. Today is my birthday and I am...gulp...forty years old (no kidding!).

A note from Sharon, the creator of People Collection posts: "PLEASE LEAVE THE FOLLOWING IN ALL ‘PEOPLE COLLECTION’ POSTS:

Remember that it isn’t always the sensational stuff that writers are looking for, it can just as easily be something that you take for granted like having raised twins or knowing how to grow beetroot. Mind you, if you know how to fly a helicopter or have worked as a film extra, do feel free to let the rest of us know about it :-)"

We, in turn, tag Brown, Amanda, and Stacy Dawn...sorry, that's all we could come up with, Sue/Sharon.