25 Random Things

So, I put this up on my facebook page, but many of my readers don't have facebook, or may not even be my friend on facebook (you should friend me though if you're not because I would love to know who my fan base is, also I don't bite, I promise)


25 Random Things

My reasons for doing this are three-fold:
1) I am bored, an 1.5 hour left at work and my charge is happily playing with her books
2) I enjoy talking about myself :)
3) Gives you insight into my world

So, here goes:

1) I realized the other day while I was showering that I have to use both soap and shower gel. The soap makes me feel clean, the shower gel makes me smell pretty. One without the other is like not even getting a shower at all. And, I realize shower gel does clean one's body, but in my brain it doesn't.

2) I used to live in Asia (Korea) and Europe (Germany). While growing up I sometimes hated being out of the country, but now it makes me feel cultured. In fact, I still sometimes think I AM German.

3) When I was little, I forced my parents to say "Good night, I love you, see you in the morning" about 10 times (for serious) before tucking me in at night. I thought that if they didn't say it, they would die in their sleep. Don't believe me? Just ask the siblings.

4) My dad told me that Jesus was coming back to the earth, for some reason, in my seven year old mind, that meant that he would look the same way coming as he did going (bloody and gross). I also stubbornly believed that he would come when I was in the shower, and I would be the only one who knew of his return. Thus, I showered like any self respecting 2nd grader would shower...with the curtain open.

5) Weight Watchers effectively changed my life around for the better, but has subsequently ruined it as well. By that I mean, I can no longer look at food without thinking of "points". It used to be fun trying to figure out how I was going to fit my meals into my points for the day. Now, it's pretty much sucking my will to live.

6) I cannot wear anything without smudging, tearing, dripping, smearing, or getting something on it...within the first 24 hours. It's a mathmatical improbablity. As hard as I try I will never look as polished as the people in the J Crew catalogue.

7) I get a medium cinnamon iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts every morning before work. I add one tablespoon of sugar-free hazlenut cream to it. It costs $2.01. The workers see me pull up to the store and begin making my drink before I am even in the building. (This would be cool if it weren't for the fact that there are many other customers they do this with).

8) I have a fish I named Dunkin (see Number 7) that has become very important to me. I may cry when he goes belly up.

9) I am addicted to Splenda. I keep a stash in various places. My car, my pocket, my kitchen, my purse, my dresser drawer. When I lived with my brother and his family, my sister-in-law actually had to HIDE her Splenda so that I wouldn't use hers.

10) I went to college secretly to get my MRS degree. I did not get one.

11) My best friend Tori and I share a brain. Quite literally, we have thought the same thought, at the same moment, even when we are hours apart. We normally find out later that we had the same idea at the same moment in time. It is no longer cool. It's just normal.

12) Speaking of Tori, I love to go to Williamsburg with her and her family. Mostly cause I get my own room with my own bathroom. I have never actually had my own bathroom (I have always shared one) so I love that I can wake up and shower without disturbing the rest of the house. It makes me feel like a princess.

13) I desire to live an extraordinary life, but have found that I get stuck in the midst of a mundane existence most days. Therefore, I try to make the most normal of situations, completely fun, random, memorable and out of this world. Just ask anyone close to me.

14) In college, Tori and I would pretend that we were from England and walk around the video store talking in our best British accents.

15) I love popcorn. I eat it every day. 1

16) My boyfriend Dan is the most charming, wonderful, kind man I have ever known.

17) I have a terrible fear of clowns. Because my reaction to them is so dramatic sometimes, people think I am faking.

18) I think I have ADHD, OCD, and various other diseases and disorders.

19) My commute causes me to feel anger like I have never known. Words escape my mouth that I would never think to say in a million years.

20) I learned the importance of flossing and visiting the dentist regularly when my wisdom teeth started breaking in my mouth. Ouch.

21) I missed college and my college friends so much after we graduated, I actually fell into a mild depression afterwards.

22) I love to run. Even if it's raining or 30 degrees outside, I will run. Now that I belong to the gym, the elements don't matter, but I enjoy it. I wish I had more time to committ to it.

23) I love to bake and cook. Decorate and shop. Eat and sleep. Run and veg.

24) I want to own my own bakery called "All About Sprinkles".

25) You think this is random... I have a blog that I created a few months ago that I would like to believe will one day become internationally known. It goes into greater detail about how random my life really is...www.jennybsocalledlife.blogspot.com

Clearly you already knew about the last one, but that's what I wrote on my facebook page, so I kept it as is. Alright. Hope that give you more insight into my head.