Getting to Know You – 37 Things You (probably) Didn’t Know
About Me (or care to know, whatever)
1.
I have a Master’s Degree in Forensic Science.
Don’t get too impressed, I work in an office right now, no degree required.
2.
I have one son who turns 2 in August.
3.
I have one husband who turns 40 in August.
4.
I was not born in August.
5.
I have two dogs – a Labrador and a Corgi. The
shedding at my house is endless. Lucy, my Corgi, thinks that hell has crashed
down upon her in the form of my toddler, who loves to hug and squeeze and sit
on her. Sam, our Lab, thinks that heaven
has visited our house in the form of my toddler who loves to feed him Cheerios,
goldfish, and half of everything else he eats.
6.
I live in Florida, but happiness for me is found
in the mountains, I can’t live in this flat humid swamp forever.
7.
Spiders should all die. I logically know they serve
a purpose in our ecosystem, circle of life, etc., but I hate them! Charlotte
from Charlotte’s Web is the notable exception here, and she was not real.
8.
Despite my girly hatred of spiders, I find a lot
of insects very fascinating. I am pretty nerdy sometimes, hopefully this will
be a benefit when P gets older and also likes insects (please, please not
spiders though). Technically spiders aren’t insects anyway.
9.
I have been involved with horses and ridden
hunters/jumpers almost my whole life. However,
I am decently at peace with selling my horse and just taking lessons
occasionally. There isn’t enough time in my world to be passionate about
parenting and horses, they are both a major time and money suck if you want to
do them properly (in my opinion).
10.
I did gymnastics for about 5 years in my early
teens. I had a love/hate relationship
with the sport. I knew it was time to leave when I was contemplating the many
ways I could get hurt when I was learning new skills.
11.
I was hyper-competitive as a child. My poor
parents. Thankfully I have learned to be a fun-having participant and a good
sport as I have gotten older. Holy moly though, I hope I can find a balance
with P between wanting him to have that drive to be the best and succeed, but also
enjoy the activity FOR the activity and be happy for the accomplishments of
others too.
12.
I enjoyed indoor rock-climbing when I was in
college. There was a great gym near
campus and it was a relatively inexpensive way to stay fit. Ironically, outdoor
rock climbing does not appeal to me as much. Go figure.
13.
I HATE working out at a traditional gym. Gym
memberships are wasted on me. I like
staying fit through activities, but doing 10 sets of whatever and running on a
treadmill are the equivalent of torture by boredom to me.
14.
When I was 16 I spent ten days backpacking on
the Appalachian Trail with a group from my high school. I cried about grape
juice, ate instant oatmeal dry and went to the bathroom in the woods. It was
awesome.
15.
I wish I knew how to cook! I want my family to
eat healthier food and I know that home cooked meals would go a long way
towards that goal, but I am not a natural ‘throw ingredients together’ person
in the kitchen.
16.
I wish I had more mommy friends. Making mommy
friends is a lot like dating, and I wasn’t particularly good at that either.
17.
I definitely have an introverted
personality. I am not totally socially
dysfunctional, but I do hope P gets some of his daddy’s more outgoing social
skills.
18.
If I could be a professional student I
would! I love learning.
19.
I often feel disconnected from ‘popular culture’
and I don’t understand the reality TV craze of celebrating people who act like
awful human beings or who contribute nothing useful to society. It is alarming as a parent that these are
some of the societal hurdles we will have to navigate around as P gets older.
When is it too soon to teach them ‘smart is sexy’?
20.
I was born in Ohio and I lived about an hour
away from Chicago when I was kid. I have
a child’s memory of living where it snows, but I miss it sometimes.
21.
I love gummy bears. I want to eat better and cut
out high-fructose everything and scary artificial colors….but every once in a
while I NEED gummy bears!
22.
I can touch the tip of my nose with my tongue.
My mom used to tease me when I was little by doing it (but remember I was ultra-competitive)
until I spent an entire week practicing so I could do it too. Then it became
our random mother-daughter talent. Be jealous.
23.
When I was a little girl I wanted to be a
veterinarian (original, I know). I discovered I have not the strongest of
stomachs when it comes to gory-type stuff….so now when I grow up (whenever that
happens, I'll let you know) I want to work in a microbiology lab. Someday.
24.
I love sleep, but I also love staying up late
(more that I can’t fall asleep then a ‘love’ of being up late). I actually had
a small mourning period when I finished college and realized I would never
again have regularly scheduled vacation/sleep time like when I was in
school…then parenthood happened and I realized that I was being a total wuss
about sleep and free time up to this point in my life!
25.
I played
the flute in middle school and part of high school. Nothing happened at band camp.
26.
I was Valedictorian of my high school class. In
hind sight, I would have preferred to have graduated third. No speech to give,
but probably the same scholarships.
27.
I still have my pony that I got when I was 8
years old. She is a very opinionated old
lady.
28.
J and I honeymooned in Quebec. Sort of random,
but it was an awesome vacation (and the origination of the term ‘MoFoo’). We
did not like the poutine.
29.
My favorite color is probably blue, but my
favorite color palette is autumn/fall colors.
30.
I wish I was more knowledgeable about make-up. I
am pretty clueless about anything aside from the light-cover natural look. It
would be nice if I could attend a wedding or other formal event and not have to
pay to have my make-up done (and roll the dice on looking like a hooker). The
same goes for hair…and fashion (I suck at being a pretty girl, sorry J).
31.
I dream of being debt-free. J dreams of all the
expensive toys he wants to acquire over his lifetime….and I dream of not having
payments, ever, on any toys. I will probably never have my dream.
32.
My ‘bucket-list’ vacation is a cruise to Alaska.
There are a lot of places I want to go, but that one is a must.
33.
I enjoy parenthood much more than I originally
thought I would. I also love seeing P’s personality grow. I thought I would
love the ‘baby’ stage and not love the ‘little kid’ stage, but I am pleasantly
surprised to find that I am enjoying different parts of all his stages so far.
34.
I wish I had prettier handwriting. I could never
be a teacher.
35.
If I could have one superpower, it would be
mindreading. A little creepy, I know, but people so rarely say what they mean,
and I prefer to just know the facts and not have to dig through the subterfuge.
36.
Margaritas on the rocks with salt are my
favorite drink, but I don’t drink very often.
37.
I am pretty sure this list is going to be 37
things, not 100….100 is a lot!
