28.5 Things About Me

Okay, so I just realized that my cousin Natalie tagged me on May 7. Anyway, I'll be the first to admit that I don't have a lot of interesting facts about myself, but I'll try my best to come up with 28.5.

1. I am the biggest worrywart you will ever meet and have been since I was little. When I was little I always thought my younger siblings could get kidnapped. I used to follow my little sister, Brooke, around the block when she would ride her bike because I thought she would get kidnapped.

2. I have a fear of drowning because I'm not a good swimmer. I like to swim in pools, but it freaks me out to swim in the ocean especially if I can't touch.

3. I love to read US Weekly and In Touch Weekly. I hate buying them because I'll read it from cover to cover in about 5 minutes, so whenever TG and I are in line to buy our groceries, I stay back and try to read the entire magazine before he finishes checking out. When I'm by myself, I'll purposely choose the longest line so I can read the entire magazine. I know, I'm pathetic.

4. I hate, hate, hate the cold!

5. I absolutely love to watch sports, especially football and basketball.

6. I used to play the clarinet and the bassoon in junior high and high school.

7. Wow, this is really hard. I always keep my nails short. Before I got married I always had natural long nails, but they would constantly get caught on things and eventually rip off. I got so sick of them breaking that I have kept them short for the last three years.

8. I love to plan, so calendars are my best friend. I have had my 2007-2008 school calendar memorized before school started. I know the date for every day we have off, every professional development day, every holiday, etc.

9. Because I'm such a planner, I hate it when things don't go according to my plan. It's really hard for me to adjust. The funny thing is that it only applies to my personal life because when it comes to teaching, things constantly come up that are unplanned and I am really flexible and adaptable.

10. I am extremely claustrophobic. When I was 10, my siblings locked me in my room. I freaked out and tried to get out by climbing out my window.

11. I'm a night owl. I have the hardest time going to bed before midnight. I know that might change once I have children, but for now I love to stay up. There have been times when I try to go to bed at 10, but I just toss and turn.

12. I love doing laundry. It's really strange, but I love everything about it.

13. I've always wished I could live in the the 18th or 19th century, that is why I am obsessed with Jane Austen novels.

14. I absolutely hate conflict and try to avoid it as much as possible.

15. I had a kidney stone about 5 years ago and it was the worst pain I've ever felt.

16. One of my favorite things to do is read. There have been times when I haven't left my room for a whole day because I wanted to finish a book.

17. I eventually want to go back and get a Master's degree in Reading and Literacy. I would also love to get a Ph.D and teach at a University.

18. I have recently become a huge Utah State basketball fan (mostly because my brother-in-law, Tai, plays for them). Next year when they play BYU, I will be wearing my Aggie blue and cheering loudly for Utah State, even though I am a BYU alumni.

19. I am a very emotional person and it gets worse the older I get. I sometimes catch myself crying over the most ridiculous things on tv. If I see someone crying, even if I don't know them, without fail it makes me cry.

20. I love budgeting, so of course, I'm in charge of our finances.

21. I absolutely love math and numbers. If I wasn't a teacher I would be an accountant.

22. I love the feeling I get after I have just worked out, it's the best!

23. I'm a homebody. One of my favorite things to do is to stay home and watch a movie with my hubby.

24. I've never been to a concert, but I would love to go to one.

25. When I was in junior high I only wore one contact because my right eye was the only one that was bad. I now wear contacts in both eyes because my left eye has gone bad.

26. I am addicted to ice cream. It is my weakness. If I could have it my way, I would eat ice cream for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. My favorite place to get ice cream is Cold Stone, of course.

27. I would love to be a world traveler one day. Some places I want to visit are: England, France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Samoa, New Zealand, Tahiti, Puerto Rico, and Prince Edward Island.

28. I have been to Hawaii 3 times in the last 15 months. This is only because TG's parents live there and we've gotten good deals on tickets.

28.5 My favorite color is green.

That was hard. I really had to rack my brain to come up with that many things about me.