My father soon bought a store in downtown Charleston, and we lived above the market on the second floor. My father and mother worked the store and my brother and I did our best to frustrate them! When I was about 3 my father sold the store, and we moved back to Mt. Pleasant. Here they bought a house behind the local elementary school, and this is where they still live today! Their house is a beautiful 1 story brick structure.
My brother and I loved the neighborhood and we met with many friends to play and generally wreak havoc. From an early age, I was always interested in plants and gardening. My father used to get so angry with me because he would grow tomatoes and I would always eat them all while they were still green. When my brother and I were old enough, we started our own garden and would cut neighbors grass for money. Growing up near the ocean was awesome. We would fish, shrimp, and crab all the time. Sometimes we would sell our extra catches to tourists or other people. We would always swim in the ocean and spend a lot of time in or near the water. I attended Mt. Pleasant Academy and First Baptist elementary schools for the first 5 years of my education. I then went on to Moultrie Middle school and was a very different person back then. I was very calm and collected and I was generally a good child. I played the flute and switched to the trombone about halfway through my schooling.
When I graduated middle school, I tried to get into the School of the Arts for singing. They rejected me and instead I was sent to the Academic Academy. This place is a school for the academically gifted or so they claimed. My parents sent me here thinking that it would keep me out of trouble, but most of the students there were pretty much party animals. This is where I made many friends, some I still hang out with today. I was not a very attentive student, and in my junior year I was asked to leave and not come back. Then I attended Wando High school for my last year of eductaion. Here I excelled in grades because the comparison between this school and my old one was ridiculous. When I graduated, I took a year off to work at a moving company. I had spent my time in high school working various jobs, mainly as a cook or line cook. The moving company was quite and experience. Working 16 hour absolutely brutal days. It makes any job that comes after it seem paltry by comparison. Eventually I went to college to study horticulture. I had always been interested in plants so I went to the local Technical College to get my degree in horticulture. During this time I worked landscaping for a whole variety of people
After getting my associates degree at the technical college, I decided to continue my education. So in January of 2006, I moved to Clemson University, and got a house up there. I have studied there for about a year and I have found it very interesting. I spent some time living in Moscow, and now I'm back!