Below are 10 random facts - both personal and professional - about Tree Toad.

Professional

When I started my career I wanted to be the Cruise Director on the Love Boat (or similar cruise ship). My first post-secondary focus was Recreation Therapy.

I have worked in health-related fields my entire career – not for profit, for profit and the public sector.

I earned my MBA at Queen’s University. On a not so professional note, I had a Q shaved in my head as part of a dare.

I am a certified Myers Briggs Type practitioner. For those familiar with the MBTI methodology I am an ISTJ.

Being a generalist in my career is one of the few conscious career planning choices I have ever made.

Personal

Tree Toad is named after my son whose nickname is Toadie.

I am a hunt-and-peck typist and there are several words that I cannot type correctly the first time – change, initiative, efficient.

I laugh uncontrollably every single time Toad wiggles his ears.

I love lists and schedules – my personal life includes lists of groceries and weekend chores and schedules and project plans for work around the house.

Toadie has two stuffies I had when I was a kid – Cheesie (a big pink mouse) and Bartholomew (an oversized teddy bear).