I realized it has basically been a year and a half since I shared one of those “a little bit about me things.” I really enjoy reading those on others and since I’ve been writing these up since I was 16, I like to look back at them and laugh. I find it crazy how much different I look and how many changes I’ve made and experiences I’ve had even from when I started this blog up until now.
- I took it upon myself to stop wearing colors that Devin can’t see since he is colorblind when we became married. I have no idea why because colors mean a lot more to me than they do Devin? I stopped within the last year or two, which is great, because I really love the color green a lot.
- I really love walking with people and just talking. I walk with people several times a week right now and have for a few months. It keeps me from being inflamed with my autoimmune junk .
- My love language is quality time + words of affirmation.
- Every counselor I have had has told me I’m one of the most intuitive/perceptive people they have ever met. They’ve also told me that I would be a good counselor which I find as a very nice compliment.
- People are very surprised at how uninhibited I am when I teach ESL. People who have observed me after knowing me for a while always tell me they are shocked at how energetic, animated, and crazy I am while teaching.
- I get really addicted to phone games like Angry Birds and apparently now, Rodeo Stampede. I have to keep them off my phone and I actively avoid learning about them.
- When I start really laughing, I can’t stop. I have been known to have asthma attacks from laughing too hard.
- I still don’t have Facebook on my phone post-election. I got tired of all of the negativity on all sides and unfollowed a lot of people.
- I have a really hard time identifying with music being happily married and with a good life. That being said, it used to have a huge part of my life and I constantly listen to music even though I have a hard time connecting to it.
- I have to work at not being “in my head” so much. I often didn’t see my friends wave as they passed me in grad school and they would often approach me later and ask if they had offended me or something; I felt pretty bad about that.
- I joke that scientists are going to clone my bladder someday. It is pretty awesome for road trips.
- I have a really low tolerance for temperature extremes. I’m blessed with almost exclusively sweating on my face and scalp so I either look like I’ve been rained on or I’m absolutely freezing. Right now, I am absolutely freezing.
- I’d rather eat the cheese ball with crackers at a holiday party than go to the dessert table. Every time.
- I hate the smell of peanut butter. I often can smell when someone has had a peanut butter treat when they walk into a room and it makes my head swim.
- We basically only have had two boy names for kids we’ve liked our whole marriage. The last two kids born at church had these names. They aren’t even very common names!!!
- My parents offered us our wedding money to elope. We decided to accept; they declined.
- I worked tech support for several years during and a little after college. I always go out of my way to be very kind to waitresses and customer support now because I know how big of jerks people can be; I often get asked how long I waitressed because of my behavior (I haven’t ever done it).
- I’m a dump chef. I love trying out lots of different combinations of things.
- Most of the guys I have dated thought the dimple below my mouth was a scar.
- I love a lot of different genres of books: biographies, self-help, fantasy, young adult, religious, science fiction, poetry, …and I’m sure there are more I can add to this list.
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