Run Forrest Run

Considering I spent a large amount of my childhood on a sports field listening to my Dad shout, "Take the safe off your back, you'll run faster!", I'm a little apprehensive about anything having to do with being "Tagged". I actually got tagged twice, first by Eudia-Mamia and then by The Nice One. Is there a possibility that this is a game of freeze tag, and I can just stand here not moving for a long long time? Standing and not moving was always my strongest contribution to 'tag'. But hell, apparently I'm "it" now so I'd better just get to it.

Here are 7 random things about me you may not (and probably don't want) to know:

1. I have delivered babies. No, not hamsters , or puppies or even hell demon spawns, but real human babies. I used to be a labor and delivery nurse (actually thinking about it now, if you read my bio, you'd know this. But what the hell, finding 7 interesting things about me is a stretch). I liked the babies who delivered themselves the best. You know, the kind where it's Mom's 4th or 5th kid and all she does is sneeze and the baby pops out. Then, I swoop in and take all the credit.

2. I have a phone-phobia. I freaking HATE talking on the phone. You can consider yourself one of the special 'chosen' ones if you've ever had more than a 4 second phone conversation with me. I will go to great lengths to avoid picking up the phone or making phone calls. This has given Lennie much grief over the years, especially when he has called 7 times and I don't answer and he is starting to wonder if I'm in the trunk of someone's car. But, he loves me anyway.

3. I have cankles. God knows I hate them. No matter what my weight is (it bounces around in a 25 lb range depending on how much I'm running, how old my latest baby is, and how much chocolate ice cream I'm in close proximity to) the fucking cankles endure. I ran 15 miles last year, that's a ONE in front of a FIVE, and still had two rectangles for legs. I'm Gumbi, dammit.

4. I have a college softball national championship ring. Granted it was division III. Granted, I wasn't a starter. In point of fact, I was the bullpen catcher (those cankles are good for something). But somehow, I lucked out enough to land on the right team at the right time. And did you know I'm a paradox? I played college softball and yet I maintained a relationship with a man. You know those softball girls can be a pretty, uh, close knit group.

5. I know the words to all the top 10 Billboard hits from every year from 1950-1960. I spent the other half of my childhood playing Nintendo with my friend Sue-Lyn and listening to her Dad's oldies but goodies.

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Sometimes when I am running low on ideas, I let Sayde write my blog for me. She likes to keep it simple and has a thing for cats.

7. I prefer the toilet paper to hang in the front. Sleep under the sheet, that's what it's there for (I'm talking to you, Lennie). The cheese goes on the top of the cracker. I put the milk back in the fridge even if there's only a teaspoon left. And, I refuse to make a sandwich with the beginning and end pieces of a loaf of bread. I save those for Connor because he doesn't care (yet).

I'll spare you the pressure of being tagged, but if you want to consider yourself, "it", I'd love to hear some random crap about you in my comment section. Any preferences about the toilet paper in your house?