Getting To Know You..

I thought today I would post a note that I had done on Facebook for my 25th birthday. My thinking is that it will help anyone who is reading this to understand better who I am. It's a 25 things you may or may not know about me type thing I did just before I turned 25 then I updated it not to long ago. Enjoy!


1. I hate these kind of self reflective quiz, survey-y things. < still do but after reading some of my friends I have a better appriciation for them

2. I want to go to post secondary and get a degree, but i'm not sure if i have the motivation or self drive to succeed. i am fearful. < I'm doing it and it's not so bad I really enjoy school.I've also discovered that I have a nack for public speaking

3. I miss my friends, i feel alianated and alone...often... i know it's mostly my fault, but it saddens me to the core. < still do, but I've been meeting new people at school and it gets a little less hard all the time

4. I have been in pretty regular contact with my biological parents for the last yr or so.< still am :)

5. I'm simple. < lately things have not been so simple with me anymore. I live to much in my head

6. I hate peas < I'm a VERY picky eater

7. I thought i would be married by now... hint hint... < and have a kid. Now things are on hold indefinitely. Who knows what will happen in 4 years

8. I wonder if i've ever made a positive impact on somebody's life. < I'm starting to believe I have

9. I want to travel the world with all my heart, but spend my money on material things.... i know... < still have this problem but I'm working on it

10. I hate cats... but love mine < k I REALLY want a dog

11. I sometimes feel like i'm living in a bubble, looking outside at the world whizzing by me. < I may not always be in a bubble these days but I still feel detached from the rest of the world

12. I like discovering how catch phrases, and sayings came to be..... like "open seasme" was once "open says me" hehe

13. I indulge...

14. I have WAY to many shoes and purses and coats.... not enough jeans... to many skirts (especially since i don't wear them)

15. did i mention i hate these things? < let's change this one to I'm an aunty!!!!

16. I'm nothing like what I was 4 years ago....NOTHING!!!! < the distinction gets greater by the minute

17. I don't get out enough....

18. I feel un-interesting.... People talk over me ALLLLLL the time, i never get to finish a story or start a story. This is why I don't have any friends, i don't have time for people who won't listen to me. < I'm still trying to figure out how to remedie this

19. I have Crohn's Disease and I don't mind.< turns out I may or may not

20. I love the smell of babies....I'm lucky to work in a doctors office, i get to see babies all the time.< I now get hot flashes when I'm around babies I want one of my own someday. I really do.

21. I have my G.E.D. < I passed math 30 pure with no calculator. One of my greatest Achievements to date

22. At 25, i've made the hardest and biggest decision of my life, I moved back home with my parents and moved away from my best friend and love, to go back to school. <. Now i often feel I have lost both

23. I strongly dislike water, and can't touch paper with prune fingers.< i have become even more hypersensitive to textures and tastes

24. I don't like to talk on the phone, the product of to many telemarketing jobs. < still don't but I wish more People would text me

25. I'm a stoner. < something I'm working on taming

A beintot mes amours!!

Skokie C.