Noke Bio: Sunshine - The Really Freakin Brilliant One

This is me.



I'm Sunshine. My team calls me the Brilliant One. Or sometimes they call me Hot Stuff (but that's mostly Ercilia). Once I think I heard Zahner call me Genius. My kids call me Beautiful Princess Mother of All Knowledge. (Sometimes Queen Mother, but then I start feeling old and they go back to just Princess Mother.) But you get the gist. Everyone agrees that I'm pretty awesome.

Zahner may be the evil mastermind behind all of this, but I'm the brains of the operation.

I'm the one keeping us on track at our meetings with well-constructed agendas (because someone is going to be just pretending to pay attention and training the others how to look focused while thinking about what outfit she's wearing tomorrow or what she had for lunch last Tuesday...it's Kim that does that in case you don't know). I'm the one that makes sure we have enough pens (because Zahner is going to end up throwing them at people...probably Ercilia). And I'm the one that makes sure we have the supplies we need for meetings (because what are you going to do if you run out of beer and Doritos? Seriously. It could get ugly).

There's probably not a whole lot else that you need to know about me. I didn't have the distraction of siblings growing up, so my parents were able to place all of their focus and adoration solely on me, where it should be. I'm also a Leo, so I'm super stoked about my birthmonth starting in a few days. (I like beer, Doritos, coffee, and chocolate.)

I've got a couple of pretty amazing sons. I mean, really amazing. And also unreasonably handsome. I am really good at the making people thing, so you're welcome, world.

I also have a cat or two. Maybe a dog. It's possible that I lost count at some point. Animal fostering, though, you know? You know. I know you know.

I run. So, I'm a runner. I don't recall clearly how I ended up involved in this race. But I know me. I'm very susceptible to peer pressure and the power of suggestion. So, I figure someone said something and I said me, too and it all kind of fell apart from there.

I am very excited about supporting another Girls on the Run program (which you could and should donate to by clicking on the bold, underlined, purple name). I am a Girls on the Run Coach and Solemate and I know how much good this program does for our community.

So that's me. Your Van One Co-Dictator. Van One, y'all. The best van.


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