Tidbits

I am copying again. I liked a list that my friend Elise included a month or so ago, and since I have no other inspiration to write anything I am going to write my list. Here are some little known tidbits about me.

1. I envisioned myself as a mother being like Donna Reed, June Cleaver, and Marion Cunningham. I still aspire to wear a shirt dress every day and have cookies and milk for my kids when they get home from school.
2. I don't always wash my face before bed. I used to do this religiously and then I had children.
3. Along the same vein, I have a new habit of wearing the same outfit twice in a row. It really helps that decision of what to wear in the morning if you already decided the day before.
4. I rarely fix my own plate of breakfast or lunch. I just nibble off my kid's plates. It is to the point where I have to sneak a bite before John notices and yells at me.
5. I once believed living the life of Daisy from The Great Gatsby was more suited to me than living in a tent in the desert (which was what I was doing at the time).
6. I am in denial that my hair is actually dark. I was blond when I was 6.
7. I was a Thespian in High School.
8. I bite my children. I can't help it, I have to nibble their cheeks and now Kitty asks to bite mine.
9. I once thought falling off the top bunk and breaking my arm would be a better alternative than taking the final test in my Fencing class (I didn't do it).
10. I always dreaded Field Day, especially any relay races. I had serious anxiety about it.
11. I am an NPR junkie. I look forward to "Wait, wait, don't tell me" and "This American Life" every week. In a different life I would be a contributor on both programs and I would be best friends with Ira Glass, Sarah Vowel, and Moe Rocca.
12. The Jerky Boys crack me up every time.
13. In high school I scored a basket for the other team.
14. As a child I thought beige VW beetles were the same color as chewed Trident gum.
15. I was a thumb sucker until just before 4th grade.
16. I tried to learn how to spit like a boy, thank heavens I couldn't figure it out.
17. My recurring dream involves a man in a top hat flushing me down the toilet.