How did you end up where you are now?

[NikiQ]

Born a fifth generation St. Louis, Missourian, then as a child was moved to Ogallala, Nebraska, then Minnesota. I returned to Missouri to go to college, then after graduation, started my career teaching in a little town in the Ozarks. A friend of mine from school helped me move to Texas, where I met my non-car obsessed husband who supports my habit. I realize I am a Texan, I just wasn't born here.

[09CTSV]

Born in Bay City MI, lived in Belleville MI, Lake Orion MI until 81 when I joined the Navy and moved to VA Beach. Spent 22 years in the Navy all stationed in Norfolk. Left VA Beach in 04 for a job in the great state of Indiana. Currently we reside outside a small town called Boonville which is attempting a hostile take over of our small part of the county.

[thegreenman]

Originally Posted by 09CTSV

Born in Bay City MI, lived in Belleville MI, Lake Orion MI until 81 when I joined the Navy and moved to VA Beach. Spent 22 years in the Navy all stationed in Norfolk. Left VA Beach in 04 for a job in the great state of Indiana. Currently we reside outside a small town called Boonville which is attempting a hostile take over of our small part of the county.

I am assuming you joined the Nave when 18, not 81.

[Skia]

Carolinan buy birth and southern by the brace of Gawd.

Parents moved from Hickory NC when I was 2 to the little burg in BFE Piedmont area of The tarheel state. I was never smart enough to leave.

[Cobra4B]

Originally Posted by thegreenman

I am assuming you joined the Nave when 18, not 81.

I think he meant 1981.

[thegreenman]

Originally Posted by Cobra4B

I think he meant 1981.

That would make sense also.

[zz4vetteguy]

Born and Raised right here in Virginia Beach, as was my father. Went to the same HS that my father went to...and had some of the same teachers my father had (and my father said they were old when he was there)

Went to ODU to study Instrumental Music Education, then changed my major to Computer Science, then Mass Communication, then Vocal Music Education, the a duel major in Vocal & Instrumental Music Education...until I noticed that the number of performance classes I was taking was FAR out numbering my educational classes (my last semester I was taking 19 hours worth of performing ensembles and no "regular" classes), and decided to bow out gracefully and stopped before I spent a fortune paying to do something that I could get paid to be doing.

So here I am, still living in Virginia Beach, working in Chesapeake, leaving my mark on a lot of roads in Hampton Roads.

[DropTheTop]

Originally Posted by zz4vetteguy

Born and Raised right here in Virginia Beach, as was my father. Went to the same HS that my father went to...and had some of the same teachers my father had (and my father said they were old when he was there)

Went to ODU to study Instrumental Music Education, then changed my major to Computer Science, then Mass Communication, then Vocal Music Education, the a duel major in Vocal & Instrumental Music Education...until I noticed that the number of performance classes I was taking was FAR out numbering my educational classes (my last semester I was taking 19 hours worth of performing ensembles and no "regular" classes), and decided to bow out gracefully and stopped before I spent a fortune paying to do something that I could get paid to be doing.

So here I am, still living in Virginia Beach, working in Chesapeake, leaving my mark on a lot of roads in Hampton Roads.

But how does your day job fit in to all of that?

[zz4vetteguy]

Originally Posted by DropTheTop

But how does your day job fit in to all of that?

With all the military bases here and the Military School Of Music based out of Little Creek, it is hard to find a regular paying music gig without a teaching degree.

I used to be a Collections and Repo Manager before the company I worked for outsourced it and cut my department, and I knew NOTHING about transportation before I started, but 14 months later, here I am a department head...

[Munch]

Thanks everyone for the cool storys. Nice to know a bit about you all.