Now that I have been tagged on FB about 25 times, I decided to join in. Plus I have thouroughly enjoyed reading everyone else's lists!
1. I went to three different colleges, 1 semester at Marquette University, 3 semesters at the University of Kentucky then 6 semesters at Vanderbilt University...for reasons that I now know were entirely silly!
2. I like brussel sprouts, quite a bit, actually.
3. I adore, admire and cherish my friends more than they know. And I'm fiercely protective of them and their feelings.
4. I feel guilty about everything, and blame that on my Catholic education/upbringing.
5. My kids are the center of my universe...they rock my world, each in their own unique way. And I would do anything and everything to protect them. I still check on them and tuck them in, kiss them,
and make sure that the boys go potty so they don't wet the bed and I have to change the sheets AGAIN, every night.
6. I admit to having an inner Martha Stewart...I love all things crafty.
7. I LOVE to bake, especially cookies and cupcakes/cakes.
8. I sometimes feel like I should be able to "do it all." But readily accept that it indeed takes a village to raise a child, and four villages to raise four children.
9. My mom is incredible and even though she works more than full time at the restaurant, she still comes to my house almost every single day to
help me through the witching hour see her precious grand kids. Once when Ella Kate was a baby and every single one of us had the stomach bug she came over even though it was past midnight and slept on the floor in the playroom with the twins so that she could catch their throw up. And that's not the first time that she has come over in the middle of the night to rescue me.
10. My cousin is the sister that I never had. She claims that I was mean to her when we were young, I don't remember such things! I think she was still in college when we became close. We talk several times a day and she lives about 10 minutes away. And I'm incredibly proud of her for accomplishing her goals, even though I don't think I have ever said those exact words. She said she wanted to be a pharmacist when she was like 10 years old and she made it through some tough years in school to get to where she is now.
11. Wow, this is taking longer than I thought it would. I ♥ photography with a passion...I have the same passion for paper and design. One day I will do something that combines the two in a way that makes me happy.
12. I have a degree in Elementary Education and History. But if I could do it over again, I would study Graphic Design.
13. My brother and I have never been really close, when I started high school, he graduated, same with college. And when we were younger I remember kicking him in the stomach so hard that it knocked the wind out of him. But, he did ask "when is she going back" when I was born...and he used to pinch me all of the time when my mom wasn't looking.
14. I wasn't athletic growing up, but I wish I was. I ran cross country for like a day (my kindergartner ran cross country this past year like a champ)! In college I began to run for exercise and really liked it. I completed a marathon with my now husband, key word being completed, it took me 4 hours 35minutes. Haven't done one since, it wreaked havoc on my hips. So I'm training for a half marathon now, Country Music Marathon and Jake, my oldest, is doing the Kids Marathon.
15. If you can't tell, or if you don't already know, I talk, a lot!
16. I hated my first year at SCA, to the point of crying a lot. The rest my time there was quite special. And of course now looking back, I wouldn't have done it any other way. If I had gone to a bigger school, I wouldn't have been able to "shine" so to speak.
17. I miss my friends that I don't see/talk to on a regular basis. But I still love them and am just as protective of them and their feelings as my friends I see all of the time.
18. I took ice skating lessons in junior high and high school, one day I fell hard while trying to jump, dislocated my left shoulder, and never did get back on that horse. That's okay it really really hurt my ankles every time I laced up those boots, so I don't know why I stuck with it as long as I did.
19. I started taking piano lessons in the second grade from Mrs. Valentini, our music teacher at St. Edwards. I used to ride home with her after school. I quit when I was a sophomore in high school. Mom said I would always regret it, she's right. But after my most favorite piano teacher Mrs. Mangum passed away, it was never the same.
20. In sixth grade I was put in in school suspension with Becky Thompson (Teasley). Before that and after that I never so much as got sent to the office. The next year I changed schools. It still amazes me, because I was one of those incredibly obedient children. I still see that teacher now, in fact her husband paid my late fees at the library one day.
21. I still have nightmares about being in an exam and realizing that I never attended class, or forgetting that I have a term paper due or something equally disastrous. Oh, my favorite is walking to class and not knowing my schedule or where I am supposed to go. I don't know why, I was a good student, always went to class, always did my work. I think it means that I'm overwhelmed with my current responsibilities.
22. Even though my dad is Thai and my mom is Filipino, I don't speak either language, but I wish I did.
23. I hate doing laundry but I hate the way other people do my laundry, so it's a catch 22.
24. I shower at night because I know by now that it may never happen the next day until it's night again.
25. I wish that I had travelled abroad in college, lived somewhere different, experienced a new culture, learned a new language.