100 Things About Me

It's your choice to read this or not. I make no promises you'll still be awake at the end.


100 Things About Me

1. I grew up as the second child in a two-kid family.
2. But I'm as responsible and bossy as a first-born.
3. I like to study people and then put them into boxes.
4. I'm stuck in the Melancholy-Choleric box, if that means anything to you.
   
5. If not, it just means I need a lot of time to think.
   
6. And that I get a lot of my self-worth from accomplishments.
   
7. That worked well in Corporate America.
8. But then I had kids.
9. I stay home with my kids. I'm blessed.
   
10. But I rarely, if ever, get my needs met.
11. Especially the needs for "neatness" and "order."
12. I haven't seen my carpet since 2006.
13. I plan to regain control of my house someday.
    
14. But by then, I won't be at home much anyway.
    
15. I'll be traveling the world.
16. I'll seek out the most educational and heart-wrenching stuff.
17. Because I'm a geek who enjoys pain.
18. So does my husband, which is why I'll be taking his camera and his creative self with me.
19. I tend to make plans for other people's lives.
20. We're going to Africa first.
    
21. I met my hubs in 1992 and we've been best friends ever since.
22. He has a dry, situational type of wit. That's what got me hooked.
    
23. If I don't laugh every now and then, I get really depressed.
    
24. Which is why I also enjoy a good cry.
25. I schedule that in about once a month.
    
26. Music has moved me in ways the spoken word never has.
27. I took piano lessons for twelve years.
28. That's a lot of money.
    
29. But I'm glad my parents did that versus filling my room full of stuff.
    
30. Accompanying is my favorite. It has all the joy of expression without all the attention.
31. I also played the sax.
32. But I wish I'd played the oboe. It's harder to play, more soulful in sound, and less flashy.
33. I'm weird like that.
34. Band and choir were my favorite classes.
35. There's something about playing music with others that is like nothing else in this world.
36. I miss that.
37. I've also played the cello and the accordion. I loved them both for vastly different reasons.
38. I also like to sing but I think the word "loud" best describes my style.
39. I like public speaking but not one-on-one.
40. If you laugh at my stories, you make my day.
    
41. But sometimes my humor is odd.
42. That stems from an overactive imagination.
    
43. I've perfected the art of steamrolling.
    
44. I tend to be a know-it-all.
45. Preferring tasks over people.
46. I don't get invited to parties.
    
47. But if you ever need an overbearing expert, I'm your gal.
48. I get bogged down with my weaknesses.
49. I spent my teens ignoring my faults.
50. And then my 20s drowning in them.
51. But my 30s have been a relief. I self-loathe only six days a week.
52. That tends to come out when I write.
    
53. I write to teach.
54. But mostly to make people laugh.
55. If I accomplish both those things, I feel like I've hit a home run.
56. I started tutoring my peers in second grade, and had to miss recess to do so.
57. I didn't mind.
    
58. I have a teacher flame in me that will. not. die.
59. That's why I homeschool my kids.
    
60. I plan to be a trainer some day.
61. I love to be up-front, entertaining and teaching a crowd.
    
62. Just don't come up and hug me when I'm done.
63. I got kissed in kindergarten by "Grody Jody."
64. There's another boy from that class who consistently pops up in my dreams.
65. I hate to go to bed.
    
66. I'd rather go to the library than shop at the mall.
    
67. I wish I didn't gag while eating fish.
    
68. I grew up on an 80-acre farm in Ohio.
    
69. I liked to stare out my bedroom window.
70. Especially when it rained.
71. Now I live in the urban Pacific Northwest.
    
72. And I love it.
73. There's something rather comforting about being (very closely) surrounded by people.
74. Even the weird ones.
75. Of whom I am Queen.
    
76. My favorite kind of music is country.
    
77. It takes me back to my roots.
78. Plus I love a good story.
    
79. I also love Jesus.
80. Though I often take over as Savior.
81. That's one reason I chose to adopt.
82. I thought I could save the world.
83. But I was given the world in return.
84. My girl is a delight.
85. But when she sleeps, I hold tight to her hand and cry.
86. I can't see her without seeing her mom.
    
87. I absorb the world's pain as my own.
    
88. That's why I don't watch the news.
89. But I read quite a bit.
    
90. My kids have taught me more than any book ever has.
91. I've got a son (8) who acts just like me.
    
92. And a boy (5) who's as sweet as pie.
    
93. My China girl (3) is a Party In A Box.
94. She has transformed me.
    
95. As did my trip to China.
    
96. I had a miscarriage in 2003.
    
97. Worst time in my life.
98. But I found out I have friends and family who support me.
99. And a God who won't leave me.
100. That means more than anything else I've put on this list.

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