Tagged

I was tagged by my friend Emily to do a post of 10 honest things about myself. Why do these always make people look super weird and OCD?

1. I am obsessed with names and why people name their children, pets, etc. what they do. I used to read phone books and directories, just for fun. This is why I think it will be quite hard to choose names for my own children (not to mention there's another person that has to be consulted...how inconvenient!), which brings me to #2...

2. I am about 12.5 weeks pregnant. That's probably a cop-out honest thing since I just posted about it and most of you already know, but just in case you didn't read the previous post, you may like to know!

3. I have this weird thing where my sandwiches/hamburgers must be in the correct proportion. I will take off meat if there is too much, I will tear off bread if extends beyond the sandwich fillings, and I don't really like to eat the last bite of sandwiches. The ratio is off. Chad says I must stop doing this so I don't give our kids some weird eating thing. That, I guess, brings me to the next one...

4. One of my big fears about rearing children (of the petty fears, not the serious ones) is that my children will be picky eaters. I know I am jinxing myself. They will probably have bad grammar too, and that will drive me crazy. I have observed multiple children with the same parents who have completely different eating habits, so I am sure there's not much I can do about it...is there? Someone whose kids eat well help me please.

5. I hate confrontation. As a teacher I have to confront people quite a bit, mostly students and parents, and mostly with negative information (i.e. your kid stole a camera and you have to pay for it).

6. I don't like for people to be mad at me or think I'm incompetent. I guess I am a people-pleaser. Sometimes I think when people say they don't care what other people think about them, that's not really true.

7. Ever since I was a cook in 2001 at CBH, I have hated the smell and taste of scrambled eggs.

8. I am a bit obsessive about checking my email. I hate having emails stay in my inbox, so I either reply right away or move it to a different folder so I don't have stuff just hanging out in there.

Okay, I thought of two more since the last time...why do these make me sound so crazy? Don't answer that.

9. When I fly, I am obsessed with getting to the airport really early because I hate the idea of missing a flight or being stressed out about getting to the gate on time. When we lived in Arizona it was especially bad, because we lived 2 hours away from the Phoenix airport, and I would insist on leaving really early. Plus, the Phoenix airport is one of the worst to just hang out in. I received this trait directly from my mom. Now even in Lubbock, I usually arrive at the airport (which is just 15 minutes away from our house) way too early. This little quirk about me just happens to drive my husband crazy.

10. Although my parents are both scientists, they never helped me with my science projects in elementary school. I'm pretty sure my mom thought the idea of kids doing science projects was stupid. Anyway, because the little kid had to come up with her own project ideas, I did things like "What will my cat eat?" (not much, since I just gave her a grape, some cheese, and a piece of iceberg lettuce) and "Are childproof bottles really childproof?" (They weren't.)