- I can still do a cartwheel and a handstand at age 38. All those years of gymnastics make me impressive to my five year old daughter.
- My parents brain-washed me as a kid and I have a vast and frightening knowledge of old country and western lyrics. To this day, I know all the words to "Mama, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys", "Reuben James", "She Stopped Loving Me Today", and "I Believe in You."
- When I travel, I always visit a local grocery store and spend at least an hour looking at all the different items.
- As a kid I had to go to a speech therapist for slurring and I stuttered when I spoke publicly through college. The stuttering just stopped in law school.
- I think living without a change of season and mountains is soul destroying.
- I chew on pens. It helps me think.
- My middle name is Angela; the derivative of the name being Angel; I think my parents understood the use of sarcasm.
Now, according to the rules, I must now tag three other. Here are the rules which you must abide by if you are tagged.
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself: some random, some weird.
3. Tag 3 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them).
4. Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment at their blogs.
I will tag: Expat Travels, Merisi, Sunshine, and anyone else who wants to join in.
Job update: I have given notice and will stop teaching in January. I can only make two observations about this most recent experience (1) January is still a long ways off and (2) this period will not be pleasant.
7 comments:
I'm glad you quit. You seemed miserable.
Hey, you need to email me again, I can't find that email from last week (I'm having one of THOSE days).
A tag....UGH! I might be able to squeeze 'er in!
Congrats on giving notice. It can't have been an easy thing to do; not a lot of support out there in the wider world for "not working" ("not-working stay-at-home mom" would be a good definition for the phrase, "contradiction in terms"). So good luck!
Lovely list..
I'm very curious to know about your studdering. Do you ever do it now? P still does..
http://expatraveler.blogspot.com/2007/11/seven-random-things-meme.html
You can still do a cartwheel - well done! The last time I tried, I felt like I'd ripped both legs off.
Sunshine – I too am glad I resigned. It is now very awkward so I’ll be glad to done. Don’t worry about the tag; I’m sure you are just as busy as I am with Thanksgiving next week.
Elizabeth – Thanks for the congratulations. I’ll be glad to have some time to spend with my own children for a change.
Expat Travels – Sorry I missed your response to the same tag – work interferes with my blog reading ;) As far as the stuttering, I no longer do it. Sometimes, I have difficulty with pronunciation of certain words and my speech becomes more deliberate, but no stuttering. I don’t really have an answer – it just happened.
Mountain Dweller – I tried a backbend about two years ago and thought I had ripped every muscle in my stomach and back. As I was a gymnast for over ten years, I measure my age by my ability to cartwheel ;)
First, congratulations on giving your notice! That is a big step and I admire it.
Although, I chew pens sometimes, I have moved onto straws. I had pen explode in my mouth a few years ago and gave up the habit.
Claire - I should have been more specific - as I tend to only chew on pen caps. I too had the ink explode before - YUCK.
Thanks for the congrats. Right now it's hell (and the students do not even know yet!) but I am looking forward to a different life.
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