7 Things
Continuing the Facebook trend...
I've been given the number 7. Seven interesting and/or random things about me...
(This was really hard for me, because I talk about myself a lot, and I have no poker face, so if you know me, you pretty much know me.)
1. I was born 8 weeks early weighing 3.5 pounds. I dropped to below 3 pounds. My incubator had to be tilted so that I could not dig in my heels to get leverage for my long, skinny fingers to wrap about my tubes and pull them out. A nurse also knitted tiny drawstring mittens to help with this issue.
2. I have a minor in history. That doesn't really count for anything or mean anything, except that I find history interesting. Also, I forget it as soon as I "learn" it.
3. This small town girl has been to a few of the world's biggest cities including Paris, Cairo, and NYC. Cairo was uncomfortable; I'd go to the other two every year, or do extended vacations there, if I could.
4. I've held the bars to Nelson Mandela's cell, stood where JFK was shot, visited Napoleon's tomb, and remembered soldiers at the American Cemetery in Normandy.
5. I stink at swallowing pills. Really, I'm like a child, gagging and taking multiple tries to swallow the tiniest of pills.
6. I've received one "C" as a grade--in grade school, undergrad, and grad school. It was in Handwriting in second grade. My handwriting grades went up when we started cursive. Exhibit A:
I've been given the number 7. Seven interesting and/or random things about me...
(This was really hard for me, because I talk about myself a lot, and I have no poker face, so if you know me, you pretty much know me.)
1. I was born 8 weeks early weighing 3.5 pounds. I dropped to below 3 pounds. My incubator had to be tilted so that I could not dig in my heels to get leverage for my long, skinny fingers to wrap about my tubes and pull them out. A nurse also knitted tiny drawstring mittens to help with this issue.
2. I have a minor in history. That doesn't really count for anything or mean anything, except that I find history interesting. Also, I forget it as soon as I "learn" it.
3. This small town girl has been to a few of the world's biggest cities including Paris, Cairo, and NYC. Cairo was uncomfortable; I'd go to the other two every year, or do extended vacations there, if I could.
4. I've held the bars to Nelson Mandela's cell, stood where JFK was shot, visited Napoleon's tomb, and remembered soldiers at the American Cemetery in Normandy.
5. I stink at swallowing pills. Really, I'm like a child, gagging and taking multiple tries to swallow the tiniest of pills.
6. I've received one "C" as a grade--in grade school, undergrad, and grad school. It was in Handwriting in second grade. My handwriting grades went up when we started cursive. Exhibit A:
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| Have I ever mentioned I'm competitive?! |
7. Everybody knows I have an English degree, and I'll make two notes about that:
a. That doesn't mean I'm great at grammar. I do two things most every one in my culture does--I read, and I write--I just do them pretty well. I didn't have a grasp of grammar until college, and that was a rude awakening!
b. I did better in math and science than English and history for most of school. Choosing between a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science was agonizing. I chose a B.A. as the path of least resistance (my AP credits meant I didn't have to take any math or science in college), and I plunged head first into Humanities for undergrad and grad school.
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