25 random things

I did this on my facebook page, so I thought I would add it to my blog, just for fun and for those of you not on FB. I tag anyone who hasn't done this yet who wants to!

1. I have very small ears. I have a hard time wearing headphones, hands free Bluetooth things, etc.
2. I find windshield wipers very distracting while I’m driving, so I only use them when I absolutely have to and on the lowest setting I can get away with.
3. I hate the sound of friction. The worst is when people drag their feet across carpet.
4. I love kids, adore and spoil my nieces, and have basically made a career out of taking care of children, but sometimes I wonder if I’ll ever want kids of my own because I worry I won’t be a good mother.
5. I have 2 cats, even though I’m allergic to them.
6. I’m allergic to everything: animals, dust, pollen, trees, sagebrush, grass, pollution, etc. I’ve just learned to deal with it.
7. When I was elected as the Arts and Lectures VP at USU, I accomplished a goal I had set in Jr. High…I just never had to guts to run for anything before then.
8. My sisters are my best friends, even though we are so very different.
9. I lived in the same house growing up for 21 years, but I’ve moved more than 10 times in the last 3.5 years.
10. I really love video games. My current love is Guitar Hero, of course.
11. My favorite band is Counting Crows. I’ve loved them since 1994 when I Anna had a cassette tape of “August and Everything After.” I’ve seen them in concert 5 times and I used to be a super nerd fan and posted to the newsgroup on their old website…we had t-shirts and everything.
12. My oldest friend is Steve. We met on the swim team sophomore year; we weren’t friends Jr. year, and then we were dance partners in Hello, Dolly! Sr. year and we’ve been close friends ever since. He’s my only friend who knew me “then” who still knows me “now.”
13. I love Broadway musicals. I’ve seen Aida, 42^nd Street, and Chicago in NYC and will hopefully see something new this summer.
14. I have very little singing ability…but one time I sang with a group of girlfriends on a stage, into a microphone, with a large audience. We had rehearsed for about a month before and Nat made me cry when she made me sing by myself to see if I could hit the right notes without Sarah to blend with. But we rocked.
15. I spent one year living outside D.C. in No. Virginia. One of the best years of my life; I grew up a lot that year and learned a lot about myself. I was there on 9/11 and during the 2002 Olympics, so I gained one valuable experience and missed out on a really cool one.
16. Contrary to popular Utah culture, I think I’m too young to get married so please stop asking me when I’m going to.
17. I grew up in Utah, but I didn’t start skiing until college. I heart cross-country and telemark skiing. I’ve never caught on to snowboarding though and don’t care much for Alpine skiing.
18. It’s harder to think of 25 random things about myself than I thought it would be.
19. I’m a little OCD when it comes balancing my check book/bank account. If I buy anything, I have to balance my account that day or I will be bothered until I do. Don’t confuse this with being responsible with my money though.
20. My first car was a 1971 convertible VW bug. And it was yellow. I loved that car. His name was Sherman.
21. I consider myself a social person, but in my “old age” I’ve come to appreciate solitude a lot more. I’m ok going places by myself and it’s not uncommon for me to stay home on a weekend night.
22. I am not very girly, but I love to get dressed up for special occasions.
23. I started wearing glasses in kindergarten (now I wear contacts).
24. John and I grew up in the same town and even went to the same high school…but we didn’t know each other because I was in 8^th grade when he was a senior.
25. I had never been to Lake Powell before I moved there for a job last summer. Now it’s one of my favorite places and I hope to go back every year now.