As a new addition to the Odyssey scene, I would like to properly introduce myself by sharing a few odd facts about who I am. Consider this an exclusive, because most of my friends at the University of Louisville don’t know these things about me simply due to the fact that this isn’t the kind of information to come up in everyday conversation. So this is me! Enjoy!

1. Future Agriculture Educator

Okay, this fact is a bit obvious. I talk about the National FFA Organization every chance I get so it only makes sense that I would want to teach agriculture.

2. I attempt to be a waitress

I recently started working as a waitress at Bob Evans. Fortunately for myself and my customers, I have yet to drop food on anyone, but I won’t say that it can’t potentially happen.

3. I've totaled a car

Back in September of 2017 I was on my way home from the University of Louisville and I hydroplaned into a cable fence. The car honestly didn’t look that bad, but it would have cost way too much to restore it to drivable conditions.

4. I love to bicycle

Biking with my family is one of my favorite pastimes. Bonus fun fact: before I crashed my car, I got two bikes stolen within the same week from University of Louisville’s campus.

5. I have not one, but two giant dogs

One day, out of the blue, my older brother showed up at my house with two dogs and said, “Mom doesn’t know, but I got them for her.” Since that fateful day, I have been the happy dog mom of a Anatolian Shepherd and a Great Pyrenees.

6. American Sign Language student

Something about being able to talk without using words has always interested me. I learned small signs as I grew up, but it wasn’t until I took an American Sign Language class at the University of Louisville in the Spring 2018 semester that I earned enough to communicate on a basic level with members of the Deaf community.

7. Yellow belt in Judo

I started Judo two years ago because of a friend I met while taking an American Sign Language class. After going on and off since then, I finally took a belt test and recently became a yellow belt.

8. I work at a pumpkin patch

I’ve always been a pumpkin girl. I was born in October and my family has owned Mink and Walters’ Pumpkin Patch since 2002. Fall is my all-time favorite season, but corn mazes and jack-o-lanterns makes it even better!

9. I collect oil lamps

While I haven’t counted in a long time, I know I have over 60 oil lamps in my collection. Antique stores have become my weakness because I have grown to love hunting for a new, unique lamp to add to my collection.

10. I aspire to be a novelist

I started my first novel when I was in eighth grade when I was inspired by stories from the Sandy Hook school shooting. I’ll spare you the details because I could talk for days about my ideas for that book. As a an avid reader, I enjoy the escape that fiction allows. My goal is to create a world that I can share with others through my writing.