8 random things

as i have been prompted by farah to tell you 8 random facts about me, here goes:

1. i can move my eyes independently of each other. it's totally useless as you really don't see much different than being cross-eyed, but it does freak people out at parties.

2. i am a giant dork. my dorkiness goes far beyond killing at jeopardy (which i totally do) to the realm of getting awards for good attendance during school. i am proud that i am intelligent & dedicated. i take it in stride that that includes a penchant for being prompt, for knowing an obscure answer when no one else even cares about the question. i'm proud that i got awards for best foreign language student in college (for japanese no less).

3. i only have one kidney. some may know some may not. it was taken last august after almost developing septicemia (sp) from a congenital defect that was missed for 26 years. i worry that if (when) i do get pregnant that my child will have this same defect. fortunately for him-her, it is now diagnosed in the womb via ultrasound and can be corrected as soon as 6 months old. i still wouldn't want to have to see my child go through surgery.

4. my husband & i are high school sweethearts. we dated for a month when i was 14. yup-14. we broke up & it broke my heart. when we got back together i knew it was for good. we broke up 4 years later, but we found each other yet again in 7 months. we've been together ever since. we were engaged on our 8 year anniversary & married for almost 3. that's 11 years total being together. in just 5 more years we will have been together for over half my life. oh- and he's the only man i have ever slept with. ever.

5. my hair has been every shade of the rainbow except for platinum, blue or black. i've had green, orange, purple , red, and even hot pink the first half of my senior year of college- that was my favorite & i rocked it good! i miss having the freedom to do that, but now that my hair is back to natural & healthy i am going to leave it. even though i am seeing more grays every day. i'm just going to let it go.

6. obsessive compulsive or anxiety disorders may run in my family. my dad definitely has some sort of compulsion to save everything, my sister's sleep disorder is most likely in the anxiety disorder family, and i have to separate my m&m's, or other such multi-colored candy that comes in packages, by color & eat them in a specific order. not quite a diagnosis, but a little weird. i also get very anxious in certain situations- confrontation, discipline, or being in a thrift store on the wrong day. i'm sure that if i went to see a psychiatrist i could easily get a prescription.

7. i don't believe in medicine. not in the science is evil & medicine is not needed, prayer, vitamin's & cold showers can cure you scientol.ogy definition. but i don't like to take antibiotics if i just have a cold, i suffer through a headache rather than take aspirin, a sore throat has to be pretty bad to take some nyqui.l. i will take something on the first day of af if the cramps are bad, but that's really it. i don't get sick too often, especially now that i don't smoke anymore. i used to get bronchitis every year, but since i quit (2 years next months) nothing. i just don't like to take medication unless i really know what it's doing.

8. in case it hasn't become blatantly obvious- i am an over planner. i like to plan everything. when tom & i decided to start trying to have kids it was 2 weeks before thanksgiving. by the drive back from turkey day with the fam, we had names picked out. over the course of a year the girl's name has changed a little, but the boy's stays the same. i know what the nursery might look like- the bedding i want, the colors since i think we might not be finding out what we're having (but i might be too much of an over planner NOT to know!) i knew what my wedding would be like about a month after i got asked. i love to plan. i love to think through what could be before it even happens. but i hate having to wait for what i've planned to happen. it can get dissapointing to have thought about something in such detail for so long & it's still not there yet. but i'm sure you all already know this.


well- there are 8 random things about me. this definitely did keep me occupied for a bit.