Hey! Jess here to give you some background as to why I turned out to be the wonderful gem I am today.

Daughter of a Navy man and a caring mother, I was born on a base in Puerto Rico. But, most of my life I have lived in South Carolina...where my family is stuck while I am in Florida going to college! MUAHAHAHA!!!

I went to Berkeley High School where I was Cadet Group Commander of South Carolina's 63rd AFJROTC Group, The #1 AFJROTC Group Rated in the World : ) My AP History teacher, Mr. Burges, more of an AP History referee, introduced me to SCUBA diving where I found a new world, a new hobby, and a new love. I am currently an advanced diver but have the opportunity to go rescue this summer...(Reed is so jealous!) I have been to the Florida Keys many times, including a great Easter weekend with Reed's family, Ponce de Leon, Florida, and Devils Fork State park in SC at Lake Jocassee.

I have been to almost all 50 states traveling with my GRAND-parents (get it? GRAND!...they are GR-R-R-REAT!) and kid sister Shelley. She's boring, I'm not going to talk about her.

I am now spending the Air Force's money and going to the prestigious Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University where I am majoring in...well...Rocket Science! I am learning how they create those wonderful machines that will one day put me up in space. That's right. I am planning on...correction...I am going to be a shuttle commander (and Reed might not know it yet, but he's going to be my pilot...hehe...I will out-rank him!)

So sometime in the near future, go outside at night, look up at the stars, and wave. There, up in that mass of darkness with bright speckles, there I will be, waving back...