Just 25 random things about me.
1. I am painfully shy when you first meet me. It generally takes me a
while to become comfortable with people. I do not at all like large
groups of people, no matter how well I know everyone.
2. I went to my first Angel game when I was 4 weeks old, and have been a huge fan ever since.
3. I got married in June of 2005, but my divorce will be final in February of 2009. He and I are still friends. I learned a lot from being married
and more from getting divorced. I am not ashamed of it.
4. I did not want to go to college immediately after high school, but
wasn’t given a choice by the parental units. Therefore, I was
“academically disqualified” from San Diego State in 1998. Which is the
fancy way of saying I failed out. I went back to a community college in
2001, and finally graduated from Cal Poly Pomona in 2007 with a B.A. in
B.S. Seriously.
5. I have great and amazing friends. I feel very lucky to have all of them.
6. I love to read. I’d rather read than watch TV or go out. I have
books with me wherever I go, just in case, and I’m always in the middle
of at least 3. I will read pretty much anything, though I have a
shameful love for Nora Roberts romance novels.
7. I have a completely irrational fear of E.T. I saw it when I had just
turned 3, and it scared me to my core. To this day, I have panic
attacks when I see it, and have been known to run from the room crying
if a commercial comes on. I have tried relentlessly to get past it,
knowing it’s completely irrational, but so far I’ve not overcome it.
It’s not something I’m proud of, and not something I can joke about.
8. I am a tomboy. I don’t like wearing skirts or dresses or doing stereotypical “girl” things.
9. My sister Jen is one of my closest friends. We didn’t get along so
well growing up, and it wasn’t until I moved out that we actually
started to like each other.
10. I always hated writing in school, but since I’ve started a blog, I
really enjoy it. It’s almost therapeutic for me, much like letter
writing is for other people. Because of the blog, I’ve also become
interested in a bit of web and graphic design. Just as a hobby.
11. I was born and raised in Buena Park, and moved out to Corona in 2003. I am still not very familiar with the Riverside/Corona area,
and often prefer to drive into Orange County to shop, since I know
where everything is.
12. My dad taught me to bowl when I was pretty young, but I didn’t
really get into it until I turned 18. I used it as anger management
therapy (you get to throw things! On purpose! And get points if you hit
stuff!) for a while until I started getting better at it. At one point,
I was bowling 6 nights a week, and was the highest woman average in 4
of the 6 leagues. I cut back to 1 night a week a few years ago, and
took this season off altogether. I plan on starting up again in the
summer.
13. When I was younger, I wanted to be an architect. At least until I
found out how much freaking math was involved (Sorry, Mr. Falk). After
that I decided to design houses as a hobby, using various design
software that did the math for me. I have about 175 “dream houses”
saved to an old hard drive, in case I get the opportunity to build my
own house someday.
14. I am my own worst critic. I am harder on myself than anyone else,
and constantly put myself down before other people can. This is
something I am trying to change.
15. I want to go to Ireland before I die. I have always been fascinated
with the country, and hope to visit in the next few years.
16. I love water. I can sit by the ocean or the river all day and feel
totally relaxed. I could swim before I could walk, and if not for an
unfortunate allergy to chlorine, I would have continued competitive
swimming after graduating high school and leaving the swim team. Now I
can only swim in chlorine free water, otherwise I will sneeze
constantly for days on end.
17. I was hit by a car in 8th grade. It was a hit and run, and I had to have knee surgery because of it years later.
18. I have a 5 1/2 year old pug named Mia, who I adore. She snores
loudly, and isn’t comfortable unless she’s laying down up against my
leg. She’s very fat and cuddly, and loves people.
19. I have worked for the same company for the last 6 years, and I was
with the company that my boss bought out for a year prior to that. I
love my job (most of the time) and truly like and respect the people I
work for and with.
20. I donated a kidney in March of 2008 to my friend Kelly. It was a stressful
experience, but I am so glad that I was able to do it. I have 5 scars
from the surgery: 4 on my stomach (that look like stab wounds) and a
4.5″ c-section-ish scar below my bikini line. When people ask me if I
feel any different, I often tell them that I feel a little lopsided.
21. I am not sarcastic. At all. No, really.
22.I want to have at least two children someday. If I had the choice,
I’d choose boys, but I know that I will be extremely happy with
whatever I get.
23. I have never had a dream in which I have children who can hear.
They are always deaf in my dreams, for reasons I cannot explain.
24. Last year I fell in love with a man who loves, respects, and
challenges me. He is, pardon the cliche, the greatest thing that ever
happened to me.
25. I want to be a better person when I grow up.