Random Things About Me

It's my last day of work before I'm off for 10 days.  4pm.  Want. To. Go. Home.

I have changed my voicemail greeting.  I have changed my out of office assistant on outlook.

I have replied to all of my emails.  Completed my "to do" list.  Had lunch with the majority of the staff.  Had one meeting.  I think everyone is just watching the clock tick down to 5pm.

So, here are some random things about me that you probably couldn't care less about.

1) Most of my friends already know this, but I can't stand the word "moist".  At. All.  Like, it's even hard for me to type it.

2) I have never broken a bone.

3) I have a very deep fear of enclosed spaces and I need to be sedated when getting an MRI or PET scan.

4) I have to sleep with a white noise machine or fan.  I panic slightly if I'm sleeping somewhere like a hotel or someone else's house.  Jimm will never forget when we were staying in a hotel and I discovered a box fan in the closet & acted like I found a suitcase full of money.

5) I pick at the skin around my fingernails on my thumbs until they bleed.  Stress= very bad habit, I know.  I'm a therapist, remember?

6) I have traveled to about 13 different countries...maybe more.  Not sure, I lost count somewhere along the way.  But I also haven't been back out of the country since my honeymoon over six years ago.  That's what kids will do to ya :-)

7) Canada and Mexico are not part of the 13 different countries I have been to.

8) I have never read nor watched Twilight or Harry Potter and nor do I care to.  Zero interest.

9) I did not grow up playing any card game except for Uno, so if I play a card game I have to pay serious attention because I get confused about the ranking/order of the face cards.

10) I can usually recall where I have seen an actor or actress before but if I can't I rely on IMDB to refresh my memory and then I have an "aha" moment.

11) I don't really swim.  I have a great fear of deep water...meaning over 5 feet deep. :-)  But I have tried to water ski, I have been tubing several times and I have also gone parasailing.  I will also go in boats as long as I have a life jacket on or nearby.  Oh, I also went snorkeling....sort of.  I didn't venture out too far. 

12) I only like white Christmas lights.  Nothing against the multi-colored lights, I just like the look of the white, with green garland and red bows. 

13) Diet Pepsi.

14) Jimm and I do not officially have a "freebie" list but if we did I would probably put Bradley Cooper and Adam Levine at the top of the list.  And my husband knows this. He actually will let me know when one of them is on TV and let's me gawk.  But he also knows that he is the only love of my life ....which is why I think he is actually laughing at me as I gawk at them :-)

15) I can't stand when people say "eX-specially" instead of eSpecially.  Or eXpresso instead of eSpresso.  It sometimes affects my opinion about their intelligence. 

16) If I see guacamole or avocado on a menu I will usually order the meal that it is a part of. 

17) I don't like steak.

18) I am a music geek.  I have played the piano since I was in first grade and actually took lessons at a conservatory for quite some time.

19) I am a sap at heart and love cheesy romantic comedies.  Much to Jimm's dismay. 

20) But I also love quirky, bloody, violent movies such as The Usual Suspects and The Departed.

There you go.  It's almost time to go home!  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!