Just for fun, here's some random things most people... even close friends... probably don't know about me. I copied most of it from an old blog post from 2010.
- Even though I gave up caffeine about 18 years ago, I love my Starbucks. I know there's some caffeine in decaf, but it's evidently not enough to be affecting my heart which is why I gave up caffeine in the first place. Decaf soy latte please. And no, I do not want a cookie or some pumpkin bread to go with that. However, I will slam a few squares of Lindt's Dark Chocolate with Coconut in my gut while I drink it.
- I shook President Clinton's hand in Park City, when we were there for a family ski trip back in '99 I think? We were just walking around shopping & all of a sudden a crowd formed around him. My mom refused to shake his hand. I did though. And while I did not vote for him, I will say I was a bit star struck. He's much shorter than I thought he'd be & was actually more handsome in person. No wonder he got in so much trouble with the ladies.
- One time in my mid 20's when I was out with my friend Sally & her friend Bob (not MY Bob), we ended up at a local bar where they had karaoke. I'd never done it before, but had just enough "liquid courage" to get me up there. I sang "Top of the World" by the Carpenters (ridiculous, right?) & I was so nervous that I sat on a chair while I sang. Evidently people liked it though, because the person in charge of the karaoke machine hit "replay" & played the song back again while announcing to everyone that it was my first time. Bob said to Sally, "I didn't know your friend could sing?" She said, "I didn't know either!!"
- I sometimes talk, yell, laugh, cry & kick in my sleep. My husband loves it... especially the kicking. Most of the time I don't even remember doing it.
- When I was growing up I had a handful of nicknames... one of which was Weiner. Like Deaner Weiner. For whatever reason, my grandma always called me Weiner Head. You know, one of those things that starts out as a child, but really isn't that cool anymore once, say, you're in college. So, I was working at a grocery store one night when I was home for the summer (I was a checker) & in walks my tipsy (ok, drunk) grandma, aunt & mom. My grandma yelled, "Weiner Head!" as loud as she could when she saw me. My bagger at the end of my lane, who was a high school boy, said "What did she just call you?" Ummm, huh? I have know idea what you're talking about.
- I ran over our first family dog. It was awful. She chased cars. One day as my sister Kaysy & I were heading out of the subdivision, we felt a big bump. I looked in the rear-view mirror only to see our dog laying there in the road. We stopped, left the car sitting in the middle of the road, scooped up the dog & ran back to our house. The dog died shortly thereafter. My younger sister, Marci, still accuses me to THIS DAY of driving over the dog on purpose. I mean, seriously, who would do that?? She's nuts. Plus, we had plans that night & didn't have time for dead dogs. Duh.
- I am a neat freak, but I really do not enjoy cleaning the house. It always LOOKS clean, though, & that's all that really matters to me. Laundry is BORING, too. Worse yet, I dislike putting the clothes away once they're folded. I'm fairly sure it drives Bob nuts that I leave folded laundry sitting on the dryer for days at a time. He's more anal than I am.
- Someone broke into my first apartment while I was out one night. They stole my entire collection of 100 cassette tapes AND my entire drawer full of underwear, which I wouldn't realize until the next day when I got out of the shower. Suffice it to say, I had to go commando to buy new ones that day, AFTER calling to make an addendum to the police report. Also in that same apartment, the idiot who lived above me shot a gun into his couch making such a loud noise, I literally jumped off my kitchen floor when I heard it. Didn't realize what the noise was though, until the police knocked on my door to ask if I was ok. Really? I lived about 10 minutes away from where I grew up. It was not a bad part of town. I got the hint though & moved out shortly after that. You can try to shoot me, but please don't take my Victoria's Secret undies. Them's fightin' words.
- Bryn was breech, so my doctor strongly suggested I come in for a Version to see if he could externally turn her upside down with his hands. Worst pain ever. And I have a high tolerance for pain. It was like he was trying to move one of my organs, like my liver, onto the other side of my body. And I kept thinking if this hurts me like this, what is my poor unassuming child minding her own business thinking right now? Probably... "What the hell is going on?" Needless to say, she's as stubborn as her mother & didn't budge. So he said I could schedule a C-section up to 10 days prior to my due date. I said, "I'll take that date thank-you-very-much."
- Speaking of pregnancy, I gained 45 lbs while I was pregnant & weighed 10 lbs more than I do now pre-pregnancy. Bryn weighed 6 lbs, 6 oz. I said, "That's it? I was really hoping for a 30 pound baby so I didn't have so much weight to lose." Forced my expanded ass to make some lifestyle changes.
- I had Lasik surgery in 2003. It was absolutely incredible & amazing to be able to wake up & see clearly after wearing glasses and/or contacts since I'd been in 4th grade & was so blind I couldn't read the clock next to the bed. Totally life-changing. My distance vision has changed slightly in the last few years, but it only requires me to wear glasses while driving at night. Still no need for bi-focals. Whew.
- I played the flute for 8 years & can no longer read music at all. In fact when I had to learn to play Bryn's clarinet for that silly parent concert last year, she kept yelling at me... "Mom! EGBDF! Every good boy does fine!" Ohhhhh yeah. Now can you write each of those letters over the correct notes for me so I can play this dumb thing. Thank you.
- I REALLY don't like snakes. My dad once told me I'd make a great actress in a horror film when he heard me scream when I saw one. He doesn't like them either.
- I changed my major 3 times before finally settling on & graduating with a degree in Marketing. During my sophomore year, I decided I wanted to be an ART major after not having any art classes since 6th grade. One of my classes involved drawing the nude models who were in our classroom every week. One of them was a lady who had to be in her late 70's. Wonder what makes someone decide to take that job in their old age. Was she thinking, "I stillll got it!" I wish I had continued on with art or some kind of design degree, as it's really my true love.
- I got carded when ordering wine at dinner in Denver with my family. I laughed & said, "Seriously?" He said, "Yes. I have to card everyone 30 & under." I said, "I'm going to stand up & hug you right now." Bryn said, "Mom, that's so embarrassing. Why did you say that? Don't do that." I said, "Hey, when you're 45 & get carded, you'll stand up & hug that person too." I stillll got it! LMAO
Happy Friday!
I am soooooooooo #7 and #13!!! I will leave the laundry (folded of course -- my anal-ness cannot have it UNFOLDED and has to be in proper piles too! HA!!) on the dryer for the ENTIRE week until Brian is tired of me bitching about running out of undies (ummmm because you left them in the laundry room Julie!!) ... and he puts it away for me! HA! Gotta love that man :)
And once when I was married to Adam's dad ... we were at the lake camping with a bunch of friends ... and I was sitting on someone's tailgate ... and I was asking about snakes (like, "there aren't any snakes out here is there????????????? IS THERE????") ... and I kid you not ... as soon as those words were out of my mouth -- a snake came slithering towards us!!!!!!!!! Freaked out!!!!!
PS ... 14 weeks yesterday :)
Posted by: Julie Tucker-Wolek | April 26, 2014 at 12:22 AM