7 Random Things about Me!

OK, apparently I’ve been tagged by the lovely Ally over at Life in the Cat Pad. 

I guess this means I post 7 random things about me.  OK here goes.  These are by no means in order of importance since I am writing whatever random thing pops into my mind.

1.  I played basketball from the time I was in 5th grade until high school.  My team won the State Championship my sophomore year and it was a really amazing experience.  And even though I wasn’t a starter on the team and certainly not one of the best players, it was still quite an accomplishment and I’m so glad I was able to be a part of it. 

2.  I am a total “hands on” girl.  I am not intimidated by tasks that guys typically perform or things that I don’t know how to do beforehand.  Therefore I have changed my own oil, changed my own brakes, done my own basic plumbing, put in a tile back-splash in my kitchen, worked with my husband to do all the electrical work from scratch in our complete home remodel and am pretty much willing to try anything.   Nothing scares me except maybe a project that could put me out a lot of money if I happen to do it poorly or just plain wrong!

3.  I am a total slob when it comes to my closet.  For some reason I cannot keep it clean.  It seriously looks like a tornado went through there all the time.  I cannot figure out why it is so torturous for me to hang up my clothes when I take them off.  This is especially tough when trying to find something to wear in the morning and usually involves digging through piles to find my belt, sock, that shirt I need, etc.

4.  I am a huge book worm.  I love to read and luckily I am a fast reader.  My most recent read that I just finished yesterday is called “Left to Tell” and is the true story of a girl who survived the Rwandan Holocaust.  It was soooooo good.  I highly recommend it.  I couldn’t put it down!

5.  I actually owned my own home for about 3 years before I got married.  After I graduated from college I got a job and lived with my parents for 8 months and saved up.  I then bought a tiny little house in Royal Oak, Michigan and I loved it!  I still miss it a little sometimes.  It was a big accomplishment for me and I loved the feeling of being a self sufficient single woman!  I sold it when I got married and moved in with my husband.  That also turned out to be a great way to save up for a wedding!  Appreciation is awesome!

6.  I was the “other woman” once (not with a married guy though).  I admit it, but it’s not something I’m proud of, obviously.  When I was in college, I had a really cute TA for one of my classes.  I had the biggest crush on him but he had a girlfriend.  My crush was really just all in fun but the guy started paying more attention to me which was extremely flattering and exciting.  Well, his girlfriend went away on a trip (she had just graduated) and he called me to meet up.  I figured his asking me out was his way of telling me things were over with his girlfriend so I agreed.  He admitted that night that they were not broken up, so I fully knew at that point what I was getting into.  But by then, I was hooked and thought I could convince him that I was the right girl for him (being that he always complained about his girlfriend).  the “relationship” was short lived, thankfully.   I couldn’t live with myself being with him knowing he was still with her.  We stopped seeing each other because he wouldn’t break it off.  Eventually he did come back to me about 4 months later after he finally broke up with his girlfriend.  Luckily for me I had just started dating M at that time and I knew that M was more the right guy for me so I told the other guy he was too late.  Anyway, the whole situation was a lot of heartache for nothing and I don’t recommend it.  But after going through it I can see why people get sucked into stuff like that.   (ok, that one was way longer than I intended)

7.  This one’s kinda funny and kinda weird.  For some reason when I sleep sometimes I rock myself.  I don’t know how to describe what I do but I do.  Anyways…when I was first married to Mike he must’ve woke up and found me doing that, so he asked me what I was doing.  I was barely coherent and said I don’t know.  He then proceeded to ask me if I was “having fun by myself” and I mumbled yes because I really wasn’t even fully awake.  The next morning he said “geez, I had no idea.”  I said …”what are you talking about?”  He explained what happened and I laughed, I couldn’t believe he thought I was doing ”that!”  Anyway…that’s probably about as random as they come!

I guess I will officially tag Emily, Learning Again, Courtney, Cindy, Jen, Rebecca, and Want to be a mom.  I hope you girls don’t mind!