Things About Me

This is in response to a meme asking for a list of things that would help people know you better. I’m an over-achiever, :o) so after some soul searching, here are fourteen facts unique to me.

When I was born, the doctors told my parents I had only a fifty percent chance to survive. Happily for me, I did!

I was once badly bitten by an unfamiliar large black dog in a mall parking lot. Because the dog just suddenly appeared, viciously attacked me, and couldn’t be found afterwards, the police thought it might be rabid, and I was required to undergo a series of preventative shots.

When I read a book, I always read the first chapter and then read the last chapter before I read the book through. I enjoy the book more if I know how it ends and can watch events develop throughout the story.

I very much dislike background music, like in stores or on the telephone. It interferes with my thoughts.

I am definitely a morning person. I like to get up around five in the morning, especially in the summer when I can go outside to work in the garden.

I have never won anything except a box of chocolates when I was five years old, and I wasn’t allowed to keep it. Because I was the smallest child at the gathering, I was chosen to pick the name from the hat. I picked my own name, and my mother was so embarassed, she insisted that another name be chosen.

I have a serious back problem. Living with chronic pain affects every part of my life.

Honesty is extremely important to me. I cannot stand pretention or injustice. I like things to be fair.

My husband and I once fell to the floor unconscious in a freak accident when the metal tape measure we both were holding somehow made contact with an exposed live electrical connection.

I love heavy snowstorms. They make me feel happy and excited. I think it’s because when I was a little girl, a really heavy storm would usually mean no school.

Black shoes make me feel like I’m going to stumble. I know, I can’t explain it either!

I often don’t remember faces, especially if I see the person in an unfamiliar setting. This can be, and has been, very embarassing. I do, however, ALWAYS remember a voice.

I once walked straight into a bear in the dark when I was walking around outside our house without a flashlight. I had my hands outstretched in front of me so I wouldn’t walk into some trees that are there. Suddenly my hands went into thick, coarse fur. There was a startled grunt, then tremendous crashing sounds of bushes breaking. I suspect the bear had been quietly standing upright waiting for me to pass by. It would be a toss-up which of us was more surprised!

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