Silligirl says I owe her

And I do. Been meaning to update on our birthday and such, and answer her question about whether I’m excited about this new year. The answer is yes… I think. I feel strongly that my life is about to change or transform on some level, I’m just not entirely sure how and my one fear is whether I’ll have the courage to embrace it. But it’s time and I’m ready.

All that aside, I’ve been tagged. I’m supposed to tell five unusual things about myself. I feel like I’ve shared all the unusual things there are about myself at one point or another here, but hopefully something here will be original…

1. I have unusual allergies, including horses and sunshine. I know, its freakish.

2. My house was hit by a tornado when I was five. My strongest memories of it are of thinking it was cool my dad was carrying me around and of thinking it was weird all our neighbors came over with flashlights to examine our feet.

3. When I was in high school I studied Russian for a year in preparation for an exchange student trip. I discovered that my handwriting in Russian is better than my handwriting in English.

4. I live on the second floor of a house, in an “in law apartment” of sorts.

5. I have a kick-ass long-term memory. Can’t remember where I put my keys most of the time, but I remember things people said and did at various places 10, 15, 20 years ago…

Wow I just talked about something being 20 years ago. THAT makes me feel old.