Memes?

I was tagged by my friend Jennifer to participate in a Q&A blog game, which is apparently known as a "meme". Okay, so it is a generally accepted fact that I tend to lean towards the geeky side. Knowing this, one might imagine that I would know the majority of blogging terms, but alas, I do not. So upon reading the word "meme", I turned to ask a (mostly) trusted resource, Wikipedia. Now I feel like I have a clue and can proceed with my life. :-) On to the questions...

10 Years Ago:
I was a freshman in high school. I was dating my first long-term boyfriend, Kevin, who my parents were not very happy about due to the fact he was a senior. (That relationship lasted over 4 years, and we are still friends, but only talk once in a blue moon.) I was a band geek, and an academic nerd, and most of my friends were in band, too. I played flute, Kevin played trombone. Another good friend, Joe, also played trombone. My dad repeatedly told me that trombone players were trouble, but I ignored his warnings. (My dad also plays the trombone.) My stand partner and future college roomate for a semester, Becky, partnered with me to complain about the evil junior flute players who hated us. (There were no senior flutes that year, and the juniors were mean. I'm happy to report that during my sophomore year, when we got a chance to try out for chairs, I beat out the meanest of the bunch for first chair. Needless to say, she was not happy and became even more mean.)

My biggest bummer of that time was that I missed out on a trip to Ireland that the band took for St. Patrick's Day. To this day, I am still sad about that. My best friend, Dawn, and I were probably not on speaking terms at this point - or had we made up by then? Side note: Dawn was my maid-of-honor and to this day is still my friend. And she played the saxophone.

There really isn't that much else interesting about this time of my life... It was a typically freshman year... Oh - I did get my permit ~10 years ago. That was fun... spinning out in parking lots in a rusty, brown Chevy S-10. Anyway, college was much more fun...

Things on my To-Do List Today:

• Help at MOPS (check)
• Wrap presents for Allison (check)
• Clean my house (I got the office and spare room done, does that count?)
• Clean the litter box (Ummm...still need to do that)
• Blog (in progress)
• Exercise (Hey, I worked up a sweat cleaning that office! - check)
• Make job search phone calls/send emails (check)
• Eat (check - I have forgotten this one before)
• Go to girls' night (check)

Three of my Bad Habits:

1. Slouching. My mom used to poke me while I practiced piano. It didn't help.
2. Staying up late. I can't help it, I just function better after 10 PM.
3. Not drinking enough water. I think that's why I get so many headaches. Thank goodness for Excedrin! It gets me through until I can drink more water.

If I Suddenly Became a Billionaire:
Travel, travel, travel. First stop, Ireland. Second stop - Australia? I've been thinking about that one lately. I like English speaking countries.

I would also love to pay off the house and remodel our kitchen. I really don't want more house to maintain, but I would maybe add on a dedicated office instead of using one of the bedrooms. I could also buy a comparable house with a better layout... Either way, I would want the house function a little more smoothly. No more sticking doors or hard to clean, easy to stain carpeting! Although, we would have to invest most of the money, knowing Matt.

5 Jobs I've Had:

1. McDonalds Crew Member
2. Sales clerk at my uncle's teachers' supplies store
3. Lawnmower/Babysitter
4. Paper Girl
5. Electrical Engineer

5 Things People Don't Know About Me:

1. I have never balanced my checkbook. Ever.
2. I frequently have (and remember) very vivid dreams, and they are usually very odd.
3. I took my best loved stuffed animal from my childhood with me to college. I teared up when, after marriage, I realized I had lost said stuffed animal.
4. I have never lived alone, and also have never had to regularly cook for myself. Thank goodness for that, because according to one of my previous roommates, Soma, I may have starved to death had I lived alone. Let's hope I go before Matt does...
5. I have a fear of ponds/lakes/oceans where you can't see the bottom. There's too much unknown about what lies below the area that can be seen. Who wants to go where they can't see what's near their feet? Very scary.

Okay, so #5 in that last question took me a long time... I tend to be an open book, so hopefully those met the criteria for being things that are unknown to most.

Anyway, I would love to tag everyone on my friends list, but that may leave others with no choice for who they can tag. So, since Allison and Dustin are most likely to read this sooner than everyone else, I will tag the two of you. Happy typing!