Random Things: Part One

I am about 2 years behind everyone (technologically speaking).  I have gotten tagged on Facebook about 77 times to do the 25 Random Things post.  I haven’t done it, partly due to my technological tardiness, and partly because I am not sure that I can think of 25 things that are worth my typing and your reading.  I have decided that it would be worth giving it a go.  It may end up being 7 random things about me but, hey, our motto around here is “you get what you get and you don’t throw a fit.”  This is purely an exercise in self awareness.  You can stop reading right now if you’d like.  I won’t be offended.  Promise. 

  1.  I want to be a midwife when I grow up. 

2.  I hate the smell of food cooking in my home. Last night we had BLTs and I attempted to cook the bacon on the grill on foil.  After the fire department left (not really but I am surprised that they weren’t called on account of the billows of black smoke pouring from our back yard). We changed our dinner plans. We still had BLTs but we used the turkey bacon that I had in the freezer and not the yummy Apple Smoked Nitrite/Nitrate free yumminess from Trader Joes.  It was cooked in the back yard on the griddle.  The toast was also prepared in the back yard.  Two rounds of stinky bacon and 3 rounds of bread toasting and the house still smelled lavendary fresh. 

3.  I sometimes shower on my tippy toes just to see how my balance and coordination are holding up. I usually end the shower determined to do some core strengthening exercises.

4.  The core (not my weak unbalanced and uncoordinated core, but my emotional core) of who I am is very shy.  I was put in tutoring when I was in first grade because they weren’t sure if I was “slow” or way too shy for my own good.  It was the latter and I won every single contest in tutoring class.  Take that.  It is still a struggle to make myself attend large group functions. I’m working on it.

5.  I hate the word “shy”.

6.  I have well over 100 college credits.  I don’t even have an associates degree.  Nor am I sure if associates degree should be capitalized or have an apostrophe. 

7.  I am living my dream life.  Amazing husband, great kids, wonderful friends, etc… and finding that even dream lives are really, really challenging.  Did I say really, really?  I meant really, really, really.

8.  I get goose bumps really easily.  It just takes Zach making one winning shot on Saved By the Bell and I get all goose bumpy.  Ryan makes fun of me for this endearing trait. (p.s. i hate saved by the bell)

9.  I don’t like animal movies.  Air Bud?  Come on. 

10.  I am always 6 months ahead in my brain.  For example:  I am already feeling like (this coming) summer is over because we have a. b. and c. in March.  c. d. and e. in April, f.g. and h. in May. June will hold in store j. k. and l.  July makes my heart palpitate because I need to get ready for m. n. and o.  Then school starts again, which brings me to p. q. r. s. and t.  It’s no wonder that I forget every month that preschool tuition is due. “Live in the now, Natalie.  Live in the now.”  Yet another of my “weak things” (again, not referring to my physical core, or my emotional core, but my spiritual core) that I am trying to strengthen.

Well, that's all for today.  I know, tomorrow can't come soon enough.  I am riveting.

p.s. i don't know why my text is all screwy.  i've tried.  Emily?