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Name: Geraldine Margaret Sullivan

Nickname: Geri, Ger, Ger Bear, Gary, Mrs. S. Evil Midget (by JJ when he is angry with her)

Maiden Name: O'Leary

Age: 26

Birthday: October 16th 1980

Job: Special Education Teacher (High School Section) at Pleasant Port School

Working schedule:

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

Status: Married (John Sullivan)

Children: Daughter on the way - first child

Pets: Cat named Hobbit.

Religion: Lapsed Catholic - Agnostic with strong Atheist leanings.

Chronic diseases/Other Illness: None

Allergies: Penicillin

Smokes: No - did as a teen - quit when a grandfather died of lung cancer.

Drinks: Yes - in moderation.

Appearance:

Height: Five foot

Weight: 115lbs

Build: Plump/Average

Eyes: Green

Hair: Brown – slightly past her shoulders

Complexion: Pale

Glasses: For reading and computer work – Buddy Holly style

Scars: A few small ones from Chicken Pox and falls taken as a child.

Tattoos/Piercings: Claddagh on lower back, angel between shoulder blades. Ears pierced two in each lobe and one cartilage piercing in right ear.

Usually wears: For work Geri wears casual dress slacks, flat Doc Martins, and a fitted pull over style shirt or sweater. At home she is strickly a jeans and T kind of girl. She is very no fuss with her looks and always just wears her hair down and minimal cosmetics. She is really in love with her Birkensock sandals and wears them until JJ tell's her she is about to get frost bite on her toes. Geri wear her wedding ring set and a watch on her left hand and wrist and a different necklace everyday. She also wears, at JJ's instistance, a medical ID bracelet to show her allergy Penicillin.

Never wears: The last time she was in a dress it was the day she got married. She views them as impractical for her job. She also never wears her nails long.

History

Geraldine Margaret to Paul and Mary O’Leary was born in 1980 and was raised in the predominantly Irish neighborhood of “Southie” in Boston Massachusetts. She was the fourth of the couple’s five children with three brothers ahead of her and a sister to follow four years later.

When Geri was growing up most of her family lived in the same apartment building. This made it difficult to sneak in and out as she wanted but it also re-enforced her devotion to her family as a unit. When Geri was fifteen she took a job looking after a neighbors mentally challenged daughter; a girl called Melody. Over the next five years Geri and Mel became very close. Geri still keeps in contact with her and she was a bridesmaid at Geri’s wedding.

Geri did well in school even though she struggled with some classes’; she graduated with a respectable B average and also participated in Advanced Placement history and English courses. She also was a member of the Community Service Club, the History Club, and the Students for Change Club.

She got along reasonably well with her parents. Of course there were a few issues when she was growing up. Nothing terribly extreme though, the worst Geri really ever did was sneak out to meet a boyfriend or friends. Like most of her friends, Geri smoked in high school and that was a major issue for her parents. She did quit though, when her beloved grandfather died of lung cancer.

Geri and her siblings fought all the time. It was hard though, with so many people in a small apartment, fighting was to be expected. The kids are all closer now that they are adults with separate lives. Geri is surprisingly the closest to her older brother Andrew, who is priest in Boston. Geri has not religious beliefs what so ever and Andrew is…a priest.

Geri, in an effort to save money, attended a community college for two years and earned her Associates Degree there. After that she transferred to Syracuse University to earn her degree in Special Education. Even though this was a private school, Geri could live with an aunt who lived near the school and therefore not have to pay room and board or have a meal plan.

When Geri was nineteen she met twenty five year old medical student named John Sullivan at a party. JJ, as he was called by his friends, fell off the porch and Geri had gone to see if he was okay. He asked her out a few days later and Geri said no. He was persistent and cute in a dorky cuddly kind of way and they have been together about seven years and married for two.

Geri and JJ moved to Pleasant Port just before they got married so JJ could finish his training at the local ER and Geri could take a job as one of the Special Education teachers at Pleasant Port School.

Geri and JJ got married on the little beach next to the old Lighthouse. Her bridesmaids were her sister Kathleen, her friends Hannah O'Reilly, Melody Tynan, Janet Adair, her cousin from Syracuse Megan Fagan, and one of her friends from Pleasant Port Adela Martinez.

Currently Geri teaches the 3rd (High School) section of the Special Ed program. She just earned her Masters this year and is looking into a Doctorate program. She also teaches a few classes at the local Community College.

Education

• Associate's Degree in Liberal Art's from Bunker Hill Community College
• Bachelor's Degree in Special Education from Syracuse University
• Master's Degree (MEd) in Education from University of Connecticut

Facts

• Geri started smoking when she was fifteen and stopped when she was eighteen.
• Geri took so many history classes in school she could have had a duel degree.
• Geri is a hard core Liberal.
• Geri is a distant relative of Michael Collins. Very very distant.

Personality

Growing up in a large city gives a person a more assertive personality and that may not always translate well into a more rural setting. Geri, at first glance, can come across as very abrasive and overly loud at times. This comes from living in a rough area and growing up in large family. She had to be loud to be heard.

Despite coming across as loud and abrasive, once someone get’s to know her, she is actually very sweet and kind. She is very loyal to her friends and likes nothing better than to be surrounded by those she loves. She also likes alone time when she can just relax and read a good book or watch mindless TV.

Geri is considering going back for her Doctorate because there are times she feels like a glorified babysitter. She love’s her job and would do anything for those kids, but she is starting to want more. She really enjoys teaching at the Community College and can see herself teaching other people how to be Special Ed. teachers someday.

Geri, like everyone else, is not perfect and has a bad side. She can be very nasty and if she think’s you’ve said something stupid she has no problem getting on your case about it. She also has no issue telling someone she does not like…just that.

Geri is like most people on the planet. A good person with just a bit of bad mixed it.

"Colorgenics Personality"

At this time in your life you feel like 'giving up'. For every time you have tried to build up your hopes and dreams something has come along to burst the balloon. You may feel that, at this particular moment in your life, there seems to be no chance of fulfilling these dreams but you are so wrong. You are the sort of person that can influence any situation, that is - If you don't give up. So consciously make the effort... You have that inherent power to succeed.

You are a very warm and emotional individual but unfortunately in the past too many people have taken advantage of this sensitive trait. You need aesthetic surroundings, or an equally sensitive and understanding partner with whom to share a warm understanding.

You are feeling under considerable pressure and you are being forced to make concessions. You are not particularly happy with this state of affairs but you feel that you have no alternative. If you were to force issues you would be left out or completely ignored by one and all.

All the distress and agitation is the result of attempting to avoid any form of stimulation or excitement. The situation in which you find yourself at this time is one of hostility and therefore you are under considerable pressure. You are very irritable and prone to angry outbursts. You are in a mental quandary and you could be experiencing physical problems.You are very distressed by the apparent hostility of everyone around you and you feel coerced and subjected to intolerable pressures. You are resentful of what you regard as unreasonable demands on you but the situation is such that you feel powerless to control it and at this time you just don't know 'which way to turn'.

You are worn out and lack both physical and mental energy. This lack of vitality has created an intolerance for any further excitement and you feel that you just cannot carry on; but you have been like that many times before and the situation passed. You again need to get away from it all - even if it is only for a little while. A relaxed body cannot contain a destructive emotion and the secret for you is to just relax.

Five Adjectives

• Kind
• Loud
• Abrasive
• Protective
• Loving

Living Situation

Address: 6 Sunset Creek Drive

Lives in town since: Two years. Moved to Pleasant Port just before she married local JJ Sullivan.

Transportation

Grey Chevrolet Malibu

Family

Father: Paul Sr. (58) – Housepainter – Boston

Mother: Mary (59) – Hairdresser – Boston

Brother: Paul (32) – Teacher (Math) – Boston

Brother: Andrew (30) – Priest – Boston

Brother: James (28) – Cop – Boston

Sister: Kathleen (22) – Earning Art Degree at Boston College

Relationship with other characters

Close Friends and Family

Married to John Sullivan

Adela Martinez - JJ and Adela were friends in high school and when he brought Geri for visits they became close. Adela was one of Geri's bridesmaids at her wedding. (More will be added)

Camille McGhee - Geri considers Camille a very good friend. They met through JJ and Camille did the flowers for their wedding.

Travis Collins - Geri adores Travis because she knows how much JJ cares about the younger man. She also likes him because he is so kind and helpful and even took her class on a tour of the photoshop a few months ago. She liked having Travis and considers him a good friend. She looks at him as her little brother.

Alexander Stone - They are both teachers at the local school and Alex and JJ are best friends. Geri likes Alex very much and they spend their lunch bell together sometimes. She in very interested in Ireland and feels that Alex is a good influence on her husband.

Adrian Brinkeroff - JJ's cousin. Geri and Adrian got along though his loud and outgoing manner does get on her nerves at times. (More will be added)

Friends

Delilah Cabbot - Geri knows Delilah mostly through Travis. She knew of her before because Delilah is the sister of one of JJ's good friends. At first she was a little bit worried about Travis and her being a couple but now, after spending some time with her, she is very happy.

Emily Gray - Neighbors and friends. Geri and Emily are staples of "girls night." (More will be added)

Ben Sutton - Geri knows Ben through her many trips to the bookstore and through her husband. She really likes him and thinks he is "just a doll."

Christopher Miller - Geri likes Chris a lot. She thinks he's a good friend and she JJ like to do things with Chris and his wife Charlotte. Geri and Chris have some common ground in their mild discomfort with the fact that JJ and Charlotte (who dated in high school) still do things together.

Charlotte Miller - Geri thinks she is a really nice woman and likes doing things with her. It does make Geri a little nervous though, when JJ and Charlotte go and do things alone together.

Elizabeth Hall - Geri knows Lily through JJ and through the fact that Lily's son, Zach is a helper and tutor in her classroom. Geri really likes Lily and they tag team on JJ once in a while. Geri sees a lot of promise in Zach and feels confident that he would make an amazing teacher himself.

Nicolette Collins - Geri thinks she is just about the nicest lady in the world and really enjoys her company. She has a lot of empathy for her because her partner walked out on her and really admires her for raising three kids all by herself.

Acquaintances

Kyra Henry - Geri and Kyra both teach at the local Community College. She had no problem with Kyra until she felt Kyra talked down to and insulted her. While Geri MAY have misunderstood what Kyra was saying she now really has no desire for any relationship with her at the current moment. (could change in the future)

Brian Miller - Geri has only met Brian once but thinks he seems like a nice enough guys. He's really funny actually. Geri knows him as JJ's ex girlfriends husbands step -brother.

Liam McBride- Father McBride married JJ and Geri two years ago. As a lapsed Catholic Geri has very little contact with him but thinks he is a nice guy if old fashioned.

School

Norah Parker - Norah is in Geri's Child Development class at the Community College. She thinks she is a very nice girl despite who her father is. Despite the trouble her father gives Geri's husband, she is always fair with Norah.

Zachary Hall - Zach works as a peer tutor in Geri's classroom. He is a big help and Geri see's promise in him as a teacher himself.

Dislikes

Riley Collins - Geri really has no use for the girl. She puts up with her for JJ and Travis' sake but given her own, she would just tell Riley how she really felt about her. Geri thinks that Riley dislikes her as much as she herself dislikes Riley.

Life

Activities: Reading Sci-Fi and horror novels, watching old movies, having coffee with friends, shopping.

Likes: Music, baking, traveling (as long as she is not driving), her students, her house, she is learning to like Pleasant Port, her neighborhood, animals (minus small yappy type dogs)

Dislikes: Small yappy type dogs, driving, flying, morning and afternoon traffic, rude people ( her definition of rude appears to be slightly different than other people)

Favorite film: Boondock Saints

Favorite song: She says it’s “Kiss my Irish Ass” by Flogging Molly but it really is “Dancing Queen” by ABBA

Favorite quote: “It’s choice – not chance – that determines your destiny.” – Jean Nidetch

Favorite food: Baked potato with lots of butter

Favorite color: Green

Favorite book: The Shining

Favorite actor/actress: Willem Dafoe/Kate Winslet

Other Characters Talk About Geri

Travis Collins: "Geri is such a great match for JJ. She's a great friend who is extremely giving and always urges me to stick up for myself."

Norah Parker: "Geri's a great professor. She doesn't see daddy when she looks at me. She sees me."

Elizabeth Hall: "I adore Geri. She's a riot to shop with (especially if it's for JJ), and I love what she's able to do with her special ed class. I can't express how much I appreciate what she does for Zach in the class, he's learned so much."

Christopher Miller: "Initially, we were bonded by the fact that our spouses are exes. However, now that I've gotten to know her, there are plenty of reasons that I like her."

Celebrity used: Christina Ricci