Okay, so I've been tagged by my mom. This is the first time I've been so honored, probably because only about 5 people know I have this site! And I looked at my cousin's blog, who was the one who tagged Mom, and I can't tell if it's supposed to be facts about ME or just random facts. So, I think I'll do a combination of both. Anyway, here are seven weird or random facts:
One - I have some of the worst vision of anyone I know. My contact lens prescription reads -4.75 and -5.00. One website I looked at said that anything over about a 2.00 is considered legally blind. Um, yeah, that would make me about twice the legally blind limit. I literally need to hold the alarm clock so that it touches my nose if I don't have my contacts in or glasses on. It's really fun when I'm trying to find a lost pacifier at 3 am for my daughter.
Two - I am one of the most insecure people I know. I exude confidence but, I swear, it's a cover-up. I figure if I LOOK confident people will think I actually AM confident. I was a team leader for a while at one of the schools I worked for. I was given the job because the previous team leader was extremely 'dysfunctional' and I was the one to fix the broken. I had to be a leader for a year to a team that didn't like me and let me know. I survived, but only with the help of my therapist and the local spa. I would almost throw up before every team meeting that I had to hold. I made it. And I'll never do it again.
Three - Rubbing a combination of Maalox (the antacid), Aquaphor (the skin cream), and Neosporin (the antibacterial stuff) on diaper rash cures it in one night. The combo of medicines neutralizes acid, soothes bumpy, ouchie skin and keeps things from getting infected. Seriously. Try it. Not on yourself, silly. On your little one's behind!
Four - I want to write a book on the realities of mommy-hood. Really. I enjoy making things funny and I've had people ask me to tell the same baby stories over again. How my husband caught my daughter peeing on the floor so thought it'd be a great idea to take her into our bathroom and get a towel. Then my daughter slips and falls in her own pee and is having a blast rolling around in it. So he puts her in our tub to contain her while he cleans up pee-pee all while I'm trying to call from work. Or how silicone pacifiers bounce into the next universe and every parent must, by law, have at least 41 of these on hand at all times. Oh - but if you leave them behind the couch too long, they mate and multiply. I could go on. See me in 10 years when my book comes out. I'll send you an advance copy.
Five - My cat, Jiggy, is the meanest thing in the feline world and she sleeps on my chest every night - and purrs. She has attacked many friends, biting them on the ankles and drawing blood, chasing them down the hall, once even out of the apartment and she freezes people in their tracks with a growl. She's got a HUGE red marker "CAUTION - BITES" on her folder at the vet and has to be put to sleep to do just about anything. She's terrible. And I love her to death. She curls up on me and doesn't mind when I kick her off the bed. She just jumps back up and finds her new spot. She brings me her toys and leaves me 'gifts' of toys in my shoes almost every morning. I like her. I just wish she was nicer to the people I love.
Six - I'm addicted, quite literally, to a game called Text Twirl on Facebook. It gives you six letters and you have two minutes to create as many 3-6 letter words as possible. The only way to advance to the next level to use all 6 letters to create a word. It's great. Who knew that 'r a v d e c' (craved) could create 31 other possible words. Try it. You'll like it.
Seven - I'm a closet reggaeton music fan. I could seriously marry Sean Paul or Daddy Yankee. They're speaking a language I don't know anything about and I really, really like it. Maybe that's why I like it. I had little exposure to any music other than straight pop growing up. This has such a different feel, a different beat. I had the BEST time in Jamaica listening to some local bands play a similar style of music. I feel silly when I've forgotten to turn down my stereo as I pull in to a gas station. People must have to pick their jaws up off the ground when I, little white-girl, get out of my car with the bass thumping. I could blow speakers if you let me.
And now to complete my tagging assignment, I'm tagging my friendsDana and Dawn. I don't really know if they'll do this, but I hope they do.
1. On your post, link back to the person who tagged you - that would be me, in this case.
2. Post your assignment on your blog - seven weird or random facts.
3. Post these rules on your blog.
4. Post links to the bloggers that you will be tagging.
5. Go to those blogs and give them a comment on their blog to let them know that you have tagged them.
