The Thing Is ...

There has been a Facebook note circulating of late called "25 Things About Me." So, I thought that as a kickoff to this here New Year in Maundering, I'd offer up some things about myself that you may or may not know (and may or may not care about). It's been kind of fun doing this and seeing how much of the "inside" me I'm actually willing to put out there. So, feel free to stop here or read on if you've nothing better to do or want to feel better about your own "things" ;)

1) I don’t work as much as I could, and I’m OK with that for now

2) My parents are the greatest people I know and I could never even begin to repay them for their kindness, compassion and support

3) I’m 30 and still don’t know if I want to have a child (though I did feel my uterus jump the other day when I passed by a super cute car seat)

4) I could eat hummus & soy sausage every single day

5) Sometimes I drink out of the carton when no one is around

6) My boss has known me since I was 14 and takes care of me like he does his own kids

7) I don’t consider myself very girly, though I’m not sure others think the same way

8) I do not have a Plan B in the event that I lose my job

9) I have big pores on my legs and don’t show them often

10) I wish I had paid more attention in college

11) The farthest I’ve traveled from home is Salt Lake City, but I plan on going much farther one day

12) I haven’t been on a real vacation in about 10 years

13) Sometimes I really think that I’d like to be a librarian

14) I work on the 5th floor of the ugliest (and tallest) building in Asheville. I call it the Big, Brown & Ugly (BB&U)

15) I pray every day … though sometimes I get too caught up in my own world and forget or fall asleep before I’m done. I know God still loves me though.

16) Sometimes I can be quite cold to people (mostly co-workers) though I don’t mean to be (most of the time)

17) Though it has taken most of my life, I have finally come to love my body (well, for the most part at least)

18) I am constantly working on having more patience

19) My savings account is laughably small

20) I cry all the time about all kinds of things … it’s who I am and I like it

21) I once misspelled “penny” in an elementary school Spelling Bee and it still makes me blush to think about it

22) If I had my way, I would sleep at least 9 or 10 hours every night

23) I have the greatest dog ever

24) I don’t have a plan for the next 5 or 10 years … in fact, I don’t have a plan for this year

25) I think that air travel is unnatural, but I do it anyway

26) I can forgive people quite easily, but it’s hard for me to forget sometimes

27) I only like tomatoes when they are diced up into little pieces

28) The older I get, the more I really believe that things happen for a reason (whether I understand the reasons or not)

29) I have eaten so much cake before that I literally got sick (Guinness Chocolate Cake and it was totally worth it)

30) I have spent every day of the past month with an absolutely wonderful Scottish boy ... and he is precisely what I've been waiting for :)