1. K RISTAN P RICE Interviewed by: Kristan Price 1 st – 6 th Periods

2. W HAT CHORE DO YOU ABSOLUTELY HATE DOING ? Vacuuming I am allergic to everything including our 2 dogs and 2 cats I literally have to wear a gas mask when I vacuum or I will be miserable sneezing and not being able to breath for the rest of the day I think I am allergic to vacuuming too!

3. I F YOU HAD TO WORK ON ONLY ONE PROJECT FOR THE NEXT YEAR, WHAT WOULD IT BE ? Fixing all the stuff that is messed up in our house Kitchen floor Front and back decks Replace Windows Repainting Getting rid of the horrible orange and green walls in some rooms Why would anyone paint a small room DARK CHERRY RED?

4. I F YOU WON THE LOTTERY, WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU WOULD DO ? Pay off my all our student loans, credit cards, mortgage, and cars Then, I would buy a vacation club membership at Disney World

5. H AVE YOU EVER HAD SOMETHING HAPPEN TO YOU THAT YOU THOUGHT WAS BAD BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE FOR THE BEST ? My mother has suffered unknowingly from a mental illness since I was 11 years old That was really hard to deal with and I spent a long time being sort of angry about it But last March, I got a call from my best friend from high school whom I had not spoken to in a very long time She was diagnosed with the same thing my mom. Because I had learned how to deal with my mom and learned so much about the illness, I was one of the only people in her life that didn’t turn on her Since then, we have sort of re-connected and talk a lot

6. W HAT DO YOU MISS MOST ABOUT BEING A KID ? Playing Softball Traveling to tournaments in Atlanta, Chattanooga, Texas, and Ohio when I was in high school Pitching in college There is no place to adults to play fastpitch softball in Americus… or anywhere near here I hate slow-pitch softball

7. W HEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE NERVOUS ? I locked myself out of my house over the summer… had no hide-a-key… still don’t? My husband was out of town for the entire week I had to break an entire window and it took a sledge hammer and pick axe to get back in I was NERVOUS to find out how much it was going to cost us to fix the window in the back door… $155 

8. T HE BEST PART OF WAKING UP IS ? Getting to RUN before the sun comes up I USED to run 6 miles every morning before work… now I walk 3  but that’s all I can do

9. W HAT ’ S THE WORST GIFT YOU ’ VE EVER RECEIVED ? My mother-in-law gave me a “moo moo” Of course, that is not what she called it. She said it was a nightgown that was one-size fits all. She was all excited because she has one and it is SO comfortable It looked like a satin Snuggie and I have never work it… I put it in a yard sale Free Gifts My grandma used to give my cousin and I little ring boxes those free cubic zirconium “diamonds” as little gifts at Christmas… it even had a little tag inside that said “free gift” We knew they were fake and we always died laughing every time we unwrapped them. Grandma thought little girls would like “diamonds”

10. I F YOU COULD LEARN TO DO ANYTHING, WHAT WOULD IT BE ? Run a marathon I think it would be neat, but I never felt like sticking to the training program I still think it would be really neat to cross the finish line

11. I F YOU HAD TO CHANGE YOUR FIRST NAME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE IT TO ? Something with common spelling I just go ahead and spell my name anytime someone asks me because I know they will spell it wrong