25

Yep, it's the Facebook 25 random things meme, I've been tagged often enough now that I figure it's time to do it.

1. I have one ear that sticks out further from my head than the other. When I was in my late teens a doctor suggested I might want to have surgery to "fix" it. I didn't think it was broken, after all I can hear just fine with it thank you.


2. When I was pregnant with David I really regretted calling the cat James. We may well have used the name for a child had it not been already taken.
   
   
   
   
   
3. I usually read books so quickly that, sometimes within days, I can barely recall any details of the plot. Re-reading is thus almost as much fun as the first time through.


4. I broke my right arm twice when I was in 1st grade. The first time was at school, I tripped over on the oval when being chased by a boy. He was chasing me because I had kissed him in class.


5. The second time was just a few weeks after the cast from the first time had been removed. I had gone to a friend's place for a play and her mum had taken us all out for a walk with their poodle (a little one, not one of those big ones). I asked to hold the lead, the dog started running and I tripped again. My friend's mum said to me "Are you sure it's broken?" I have a vivid memory of looking at my arm and thinking "Yes! It's not meant to bend there you know!" I'm not sure if I actually said that or not...


6. I once owned a mouse named Mrs Frisby.


7. I still have the photocopied Desiderata that was given to me by my 5th grade teacher in December 1981. It's on the corkboard above my kitchen bench.
   
   
   
   


8. When I was a kid I did ballet. I quit at age 12 when my teacher suggested it was time to start doing pointes classes.


9. I have never had so much as a single puff of a cigarette.


10. I am ridiculously fond of my ankles.


11. If I don't write things in my diary, or at least somewhere, I forget. To wit, note to self: I have an appointment with David's teacher after school tomorrow.


12. I am fascinated by the origins of words and the development of languages. I just googled "to wit" because I can't remember the last time I saw it written down and found this.
    


13. I snore.


14. I can drink strong coffee as I read in bed, turn the light out and be asleep within moments and not wake till the alarm goes off in the morning (or the dog gets up and comes and wags her tail at me).


15. Clara has the loudest wag I have ever encountered.


16. I have never plucked or otherwise altered my eyebrows.


17. My ideal day time temperature is 22°C


18. My house is very untidy. I am seriously considering employing a cleaner because then we would be forced to clean up the house for the cleaner.


19. I have swum with stingrays.
    
    
    


20. Last week David told me he thought my speech at Presentation Night last year was really good. I am inordinately pleased that he is apparently proud of me and not embarrassed that his mum was up there on stage.
    


21. I do not have my ears pierced.


22. When I was little I used to collect snails and keep them as pets. I loved watching their eye stalks unfolding and waving around. Snails are cool.


23. I have been working on the same cross stitch bookmark for more than 2 years. It has been in my handbag for nearly all that time. I will finish it one day.


24. My wedding dress is bundled up in a plastic supermarket bag on top of a bookshelf in my bedroom. I have never been able to feel remotely sentimental about it. I'm not even sure why I've kept it.


25. I can not remember my kindergarten teacher's name.