10 Things

I've been "tagged" by Andrea

I'm having a hard time coming up with ten things about myself but here it goes...

Here are the rules for the Honest Scrap Award:

A) first list 10 honest things about yourself-and make it interesting even if you have to dig deep

B) pass it on

1. I think that no one remembers me but I remember everyone. I remember a little boy named Nathan Sharp from first grade, but if I ever ran into him I would absolutely never say hello because why on earth would he remember me? I remember people I have never been introduced to, and remember random things about them. I don't like to say hi to these people if I ever see them again because I don't want to freak them out. However, if they do remember me, and I am in my "I don't want to freak you out by appearing too friendly and remembering you too much" mode I look like a jerk.

2. I really like Christian music. Especially Christian Rock. There is this Time Life special with this christian rock concert CD special that I have been wanting to buying for probably 7 years. Someday I'll break down.

3. I hate laundry. If I could assign a task in my life for someone else to do, aside from working, it would be my laundry.

4. I miss living in this crazy old house I used to live in with a weird cat. The house was kind of falling apart, but it had character, it had a yard, the cat liked me, and I had a fireplace. It was cozy.

5. I am so excited to move.

6. I love getting together with the girls. They know who they are. It doesn't happen as often as it should but when it does, We have a blast. There is something so amazing about getting to be with those people who have known you since you were nine and so silly. They mean the world to me.

7. I wish that I could pull off brown hair. I have tried it several times. Every time I try it, at the beginning I like it, and then pretty much I end up thinking, yep, that's not for you. Go blonde. I just have to face it. I look better as a blonde. Try as I may, am not suited for the brown hair, though I desperately want it.

8. I hate having to list my hobbies for whatever is asking. I feel like I have either no hobbies or lame hobbies. I love to read, but I think reading doesn't sound super cool. I also like to sing and play the piano, but now that lumps me in a the category of Miss Mormon UT Sweet 17. So to not appear dull, I have to reach back and think of hobbies that I formerly had. . . let's see. Soccer. I used to play soccer. That will fill up one blank. I don't mind saying politics because that's something I'm interested in, but oftentimes people want to get into a big debate or discuss Rush Limbaugh, both of which don't lead to a night of fun. . .

9. I thought Twilight, in movie form, absolutely blew. I'm sorry. If you loved it, that's totally cool with me. It was to angst-y for me. I couldn't handle it. John and I decided to save our money and see it at the dollar theater instead of the regular priced ones. We should have saved it and seen it at. . . wait. . . we should have never seen it. We actually walked out. Not offended, mind you. I thought the books were pretty good for young adult fiction. B grade. The movie just was not doing it for me. I know Edward was a vampire and all but the creepiness was just bizarre. And not in a hot vampire-y way. Oh well. I am not a teenage girl. The movie was not made for me.

10. I hate tomatoes. I hate 'em.

it's going to be an adventure.

sara has convinced me into going to hip hop hustle with her tonight. i'm not sure how it will go. i'm willing to be a yes man. i've been listening to some pump me up music and i've got my game face on.

You ordered the pizza to where?

Maxalt is not good for me. I have figured this out.

I have had a lot of headaches. They run in my family and they suck. Also, before you suggest that maybe I should eat healthy, try drinking Mt. Dew, get a good night's sleep or something else logical, I should tell you all these things have been tried. So- in the last few weeks I've had an MRI, (seriously, what's with all the banging!), IV therapy and have tried out some medication to try to make it so I don't have headaches for 95% of my waking hours. Since I have migraine and tension headaches I get to try to figure out which kind of freak headache it is and then, if I guess right, take the right drug, I might be right and my headache might go away. Wednesday after work I had a headache and decided to try out a migraine medication sample since I was pretty sure it was that. Due to the events that occurred because of me taking this crazy drug I have no idea what kind of headache it was or if the headache even went away.

After I took it I got tired. Made some soup. Took a small nap. Couldn't wake up. Thereby, burning an entire pot of soup. John was a good sport, said hey let's get some pizza. I figured that since I burnt and ENTIRE pot of soup somehow, I could be in charge of ordering pizza. I called ordered pizza. Got ready to pick it up and was so strangely dizzy I almost fell over. So we decided that john was the DD for the pizza run. John called from the pizza place to ask where I had ordered the pizza. Well, normal people order pizza to the location nearest their house. People on bad medication order pizza 15-20 miles away. Luckily the people were nice enough and had our stuff ready in a few more minutes. It was a strange night. I went to bed at 7:20, vowing to never take Maxalt again since it made me a stupid dizzy weirdo. And that's what I told the Dr. the next day.

TIME

I could write about the fact that I found a dead fly in my semi-stolen breakfast cereal.
I could write about how we are freezing up here in the cold north.
I could also mention what a terrible blogger I am even with the new addition of a laptop and wireless Internet.

But instead, I will say that Christmas was great, we took a long drive down to Phoenix where the weather is absolutely fantastic this time of year, I still have my crazy job, and John has joined me as a USU alumni. With this new found alumni status comes the need for a job. Cross the fingers.

We have been enjoying the public library and the fact that it is a free activity in this freaking economic mess. The BBC's Planet Earth is a recent borrowing. I love it. I could watch nature shows for hours. I've also revisited a few novels I haven't read since Jr. High; say "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok. Let's just say I didn't really know how to say his name til several years ago. I've also been reading some good trash books. Now by trash, I don't mean "trashy" or "seedy". I really just mean mystery, suspense\thriller books that I can read in a day and a half, be totally into, finish, and never think of again.

Aside from our books, I got a subscription to TIME magazine for Christmas. I love it. It is definitely the best thing I get in the mail. I think I especially like it since I'm not in school and we don't have cable. It makes me feel as though I actually have some idea of what's going on. Not saying that reading a magazine makes me an expert on international affairs, but it's a start. I've really missed taking classes and having the opportunity to learn, pose questions and think analytically. I am looking forward to when I can work with the political science part of my degree.

My job right now is challenging and I enjoy it, but not mentally challenging in the way other things I enjoy are. I think that is one of the things that scares me a little bit about being a mother. The possibility of less mental stimulation in certain things. Not saying that you're not using your brain, but in different ways. Secretly I'm a little nervous. Talking to people with kids they always assure you that it's worth it. Of course. I won't debate that.I'm not saying that moms of young kids don't have anything important to think about. The focus is different. But it still doesn't change the fact that I'm a little worried of my head turning slightly mushy and feeling out of the loop someday.

Reading TIME as a bedtime story could work, right? ;)

Finally. . .

Graduation Day!