The Game of Tag

10 years ago:
I was living in Venezuela as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I think I had just been called to serve as the financial secretary so that would have put me in Maracaibo. Behind me were the student riots in Mérida. Ahh, the memories of a cloud of tear gas racing our way. Behind me were the nights of traveling on a crowded bus only to be interupted by a patrol unit stopping us and asking us to calmly exit the bus with machine guns in our face. Behind me was the scene taken straight out of Independence Day. We were traveling in a taxi van that could comfortably seat 8 (I think I was the 14th passenger with two others hanging out the door) when we heard a BOOM! I had never seen so many people running away from a single direction. We never did find out what exploded. Behind me was the experience of having an entire brigade of soldiers rush a bank as my companion and I were exiting. Working in the office now afforded me the right and well-earned privilege of enjoying some homemade American food prepared by our wonderful Mission President's wife. Life was good. :)

5 things on my To Do list today:
1) Play Jots and Tittles with the kids...they're really excited so i have to hurry
2) Have our FEC (family executive committee...karen and i are the executives :))
3) It's Sunday after church so there's not much of a to do list

Snacks I enjoy:
Cashews, pistachios, almonds, that trail mix with Indian spices, ice cold milk, cheese, hawaiian rolls, graham crackers with cream cheese icing

If I were a billionaire:
I'd buy out George Soros and rid ourselves of his global tyranny

3 of my bad habits
1) Procrastination
2) Over eating (when no one is looking, of course)
3) Denial of any other bad habits

Places I have visited:
Branson, Niagara Falls, San Diego, Gettysburg, Nauvoo, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum (a MUST see), Boston, Yellowstone, The Monticello, and I could see the lights of Aruba every night from my apartment in the last area of my mission...how cruel was that?

Jobs I have had:
Dairy Queen
Bank Teller
Car Dealership Wash/Detail Boy
Underwriter
Business Analyst

5 things people don't know about me:
1) I'm an Avril Lavigne fan.
2) I was alone in our minivan with 6 Beehives on a temple trip last year and sang along to all the songs on the radio. And apparently a really cute boy in a brown station wagon passed us so I sped up so they could see him again.
3) I raced "Mobey Dick" against a Camaro on the way to school from seminary and won...Dad - that car had power...even off-road.
4) I feel awkward in most social settings now that I'm an adult.
5) I play Risk ( a 6 player game) all by myself.

So that's david. Apparently, the rules of the game is that I tag 5 people. I don't know that many people who blog yet (who haven't already done this tag thing) so the buck stops here. Those who know us and have not been tagged before...you can thank me later. :)