Both Lindsay and Anne (and several people on Facebook) posted 25 Random things about themselves this week and since their posts were quite enjoyable, I thought it would be fun to post 25 random things about myself that I have probably not already divulged in my last 1,030 blog posts.
1. I was born on February 11th, 1977, one month premature. My dad didn't believe that my mom was in labor, so they barely made it to the hospital before I was born.
2. I went to Montessorri for pre-school and learned to read at the age of 4. I could also do fractions and count in bases other than 10.
3. When I was 3 or 4 years old, I fell off the bed while jumping and put my tooth right through my lip. I have an ugly scar to prove it.
4. Speaking of lips, I have had no feeling in my lower lip or in my chin since I was 15 years old due to a severed nerve from my mandibular osteotomy. That's a fancy name for jaw surgery. The surgery took 8 hours and I have 6 titanium screws in my lower jaw. Food on my face or chewing through my lip are common occurences.
5. I used to be a scrapbooker and LOVED it but have lost all desire to do it anymore. I have only scrapped twice in the past year and don't know if/when I'll ever want to do it again.
6. My favorite past-time is reading. I have read thousands of books in my lifetime and hope to read thousands more. I'd read over watching TV 95% of the time.
7. I believe in angels. My guardian angel saved my life back in 1994 when I was in a bad car accident, hit by a drunk driver. I am VERY anti drinking and driving.
8. The two longest friendships I have had have been since I was three years old (almost 29 years!), with Bradie and Leslie. They are both very dear to me and I still talk to each on a regular basis :)
9. I never got to meet my paternal grandparents, they both died before I was born.
10. I have ear and hearing problems. I am slightly hard of hearing and also have auditory discrimination problem and an auditory processing delay. I can hear vowels but can't always make out the word, so it sometimes takes me awhile to decipher what a person is saying. If words are mumbled, I will not be able to understand them. If there is noise in the foreground, I cannot hear anything in the background. It is extremely frustrating. I also have a lot of pain in my left ear that has been nagging at me for 2 1/2 years and has been associated with my severe jaw problems (TMJ).
11. I have magically lost a bunch of weight in the past year. (All I really did was quit drinking soda and switched my BCP). I weigh significantly less than I did at my biggest weight, which was in 2006 after my knee surgery. I do not feel any smaller but all my clothes are way too big on me. It would be great if I magically lose another 40 lbs!
12. My lifelong career aspiration was to be a Dr. one day. Like an M.D. That changed when I was 17 and discovered that my true calling was to become a teacher. I am happy with my decision (for the most part) but would surely love to trade my salary for that of an M.D. any day!!
13. I have been to Mexico 20 times. Some of the places I have visited (some multiple times!) include: Nogales, Puerto Penasco, Puerta Vallarta, Acapulco, Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Cozumel, Mexico City, Taxco, Guadalajara, Tijuana.
14. I watched the movie House Bunny a few nights ago and thought it was pretty funny. I can't remember the name of the actress (she is also in the Scary Movie series), but she is hilarious!!!
15. I don't watch much TV at all but if I do, I love watching Travel Channel, Discovery and History. You will probably never catch me watching Prime Time Reality TV, it just isn't my thing.
16. I have 900+ albums on my iTunes but I have never had an iPod. What's wrong with that picture??!
17. This is weird, but I have HUGE sinuses. Three times the size of normal. One ENT Dr. even told me I have the biggest sinuses he has ever seen. I am not prone to infections but have chronic stuffiness (for which I need to take meds). I suffered from major headaches for years and always thought it was my sinuses, turns out it was my jaw.
18. Growing up, I hated seafood or rather I thought I hated it because the smell was so strong. My parents are Catholic and eat seafood every Friday during Lent. It wasn't until I was 20 years old and came home from college for Easter that I finally tried seafood. On Good Friday of that year I had crab legs and sword fish and have loved seafood ever since! I was really mad at myself for not trying it sooner.
19. Speaking of food, I am obsessed. I love to eat. I had major stomach issues and never ate anything fatty or spicy until I quit smoking cigarettes in the year 2000. Once I quit, all of my stomach problems went away and I started to eat all the delicious things I could never eat before. Hence all the weight gain (a lot of which I have since lost...see #11 above).
20. I have one of the worst singing voices you'll ever hear! Seriously. I think its because singing high notes is foreign to me....I can only sing low (and even that sounds terrible). I try not to sing out loud unless I am by myself and even then I can barely tolerate to hear myself! LOL
21. I do not consume any products with aspartame because it gives me the worst headaches. I have also been 99% caffeine free for the past 10 years. The 1% is an occasional piece of chocolate or cup of cocoa.
22. I am allergic to bee stings. I have been stung three times in my life, each time with much worse symptoms. Its been 16 years since I was last stung and I am supposd to carry an epi-pen during bee season, but it has been about 5 years since I last had it refilled.
23. I lived and did my student teaching on the Tohono O'Odham Indian Nation in southern AZ ten years ago. The school I taught at was in a village less than 15 miles from the Mexican border. This experience was similar to living in a foreign country.
24. Speaking of foreign countries, I got a passport two years ago and have not yet had a chance to use it. I have never been overseas but would love to visit many places. Top of my list includes Spain, Costa Rica, Japan, Brazil, Italy, but I would travel almost anywhere as long as it is safe. I love to learn about people and places around the world.
25. I don't ever take naps. The only times in my life that I have taken naps is when I was in college (too many late nights of partying) or when I was really sick. I like to sleep but often see it as a waste of time. I usually function on 5-6 hours of sleep per night.
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