random things about me

This meme "25 random things about me" has been making the rounds on Facebook, and I finally did mine. It was actually kind of fun, so I thought I'd put it up here too. Mine is more like 25 random memories/confessions than really "things about me" but oh well!!

1. The tooth fairy gave me a half-dollar for every tooth I lost. I still have all of those half-dollars. Apparently I am a saver…

2. I have been in romantic relationships basically non-stop since I was 13 or 14 years old. And I married my high school sweetheart.

3. I’m about to finish a master’s in ecological economics, and I’m not sure I’ve really learned that much. But some of my professors have been true mentors for me, and I feel like it has changed the way I think about and see the world, and for that it was completely worth it.

4. I love our life in Albany. I think a lot of our friends are eager to go, but I will really miss living here.

5. I broke my wrist snowboarding when I was a senior in college. I then hiked down the mountain and drove myself 45 minutes to the hospital. I don’t know what I was thinking…

6. I have a temper.

7. I was a total band geek in high school and I played the TROMBONE (gah!). But I absolutely loved it and I was pretty good at it too. I auditioned for and held first chair in the top student orchestra in the state, and even auditioned for and made it into a national summer program that took only 6 people across the country.

8. When I was a freshman in college, I had my wisdom teeth removed and the doctor cut a nerve, leaving me with a permanently numb bottom lip. I’ve basically never played the trombone since. I really, really, really miss playing in orchestras.

9. I think I might be happiest in my kitchen.

10. Apparently I was a total brat as a little kid. Or so I’ve been told.

11. I’ve traveled to Belgium, France, Canada, the Czech Republic, and Kenya for my job.

12. As a kid, I used to dress my little sister up in ridiculous outfits and make her parade up and down the street like a lost child. See #10.

13. My childhood bedroom has now been converted into my mother’s yoga room-slash-weaving studio. I’m pretty sure she doesn’t do yoga or weave in there.

14. I vomited in my hand in the hallway of the Hilton Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. But I didn’t get malaria!

15. On Christmas morning, my dad makes us line up at the top of the stairs, youngest to oldest, and march downstairs singing “we wish you a merry Christmas” while he videotapes it. WE STILL DO THIS.

16. I am so proud of how Dan has done in medical school – I think he will be an incredible doctor.

17. I have had a total of two pedicures in my life. One for my wedding, and one for Laura’s.

18. I spent two days completely solo in Paris in April 2007. Traveling alone was amazingly liberating.

19. In the past few years, I feel like my brother and sister and I have all started to get to know each other as adults, and have grown close. This makes me incredibly happy.

20. I think I may be incapable of sitting normally in a chair. My legs are almost always crossed Indian-style or curled up under me.

21. When I was a kid, my dad worked a lot and often didn’t get home until I was already in bed. I kept a notebook on my bedside table and at night before I went to sleep I’d write him a letter. When I woke up in the morning, he’d have written back. I also remember waking up and finding a long letter on my bed about the virtue of charitable giving, urging us to donate parts of our allowance to those less fortunate. I’m inspired by what a great father he is.

22. I have a very distinct memory of, as a child, hearing my mother say “shit” after she bumped her head on a shelf. That was a bad word. Ha!

23. I wore a cast for the first few months of my life.

24. I’ve never dyed my hair, and I doubt I ever will, but I do miss being more blonde.

25. Dan and I own two cars, affectionately called Denty (the dented one) and the Go-Cart (the tinier one, if that’s possible).