Memed
I’ve been tagged. (This is for you, mommy@home and Jenn of Maniacal Days.) If you didn’t realize how big of a dork I am, you will in a few minutes. Also if you want to play along, please do and let me know!
6 Wierd/interesting things about me:
1.) My arms are double-jointed. This does not make sex kinkier but it does help me scratch the hard-to-reach places on my back.
2.) I have always had a thing for really, really smart guys. Even in grade school. But unfortunately, the really, really smart guys? Were too smart to want anything to do with me — until Marc came along. He’s extremely smart. I spent most of our courtship convinced that at any moment, he’d realize what a moron I truly was and dump me.
3.) I sleep in long-sleeved shirts, long pants and socks every night. I also use a comforter and a very thick, heavy blanket — even in the summer. Now that its getting warmer, I wake up each morning in wet clothes because I’ve sweated through everything.
4.) I used to be a fanatic about working out. I LOVED to sweat and push my body to see how fast/far I could run or how strong I could get. (I’m not the type that gets all muscle-y so I never looked that way or anything.) I was running 6.5 miles 4-5 days a week. But I had to stop because I was getting migraines. Now the “fun” and challenge is out of the mix, I have a hard time making workouts a priority.
5.) Every few years, I’ll get nine to twelve months of chronic migraines — as in 20-25 A MONTH. To say that this sucks is a gross understatement. And then I am put on heavy migraine meds, anti-anxiety drugs (to help me sleep because bouts of insomnia are one of my triggers) and I feel like a zombie. Over time, I figure out my “triggers” and then come off the meds. Right now I have about 9 triggers. And I only get about 4-5 migraines a month now — even trying to avoid all of my triggers. The migraines are inherited and have been traced back four generations. And I can’t wait until I turn 40 because my dad said that’s when his started decreasing in duration, frequency and intensity. Only 6 1/2 more years!
6.) I have a few scars on my chin and two near my nose. When I was 14, while at Carlyle Lake, I dove off of a buoy. I dove too deep and my face hit a big rock. I remember hitting it — felt like someone took a rake and clawed at my face. And when I emerged from the water, my first thought was, “Oh good. I can see.” I seriously thought I lost my left eye. I didn’t want to go to the hospital. So my parents didn’t take me. I still have bits of dirt and sand trapped in the scars by my nose. My face was bruised and swollen. I had scabs all over the bridge of my nose and the left side of my face. It happened two weeks before I was to start my freshman year of high school.
Ok. Not all that interesting. But then again, I’m not all that interesting either. ![]()






jennster on 18 Apr 2006 at 4:55 am #
freaking OUUUUUUUUUUUCH about the rock and suck ass about the migraines!!!
now do another 6 things.. and this time make them all fun and positive. you know, like puppies and rainbows.
sunshine scribe on 18 Apr 2006 at 9:34 am #
Great list but no fun on the Migraines or the scarring incident!! OUCH
Mega Mom on 18 Apr 2006 at 11:50 am #
OOWWW. On so many fronts. OW!
Jenn on 18 Apr 2006 at 1:47 pm #
Greeeeaaaaatttt just when you want to have scabs all over your face….when your about to start HS!
I get migranes too…not NEARLY as much though. *knocks on every piece of wood around to make sure I didn’t just trigger one* THEY SUCK!
Stephanie A. on 18 Apr 2006 at 2:14 pm #
I am with you on the really, really smart guys. Instead of being attracted to physical features, I first have to be drawn to a man’s intellect.
Damn that Carlyle Lake! Poor you. But I tend to think that scars give one character. I never had anything that traumatic happen to me at Carlyle, though. However, there was a snake scare one year and (the way I remember it) my dad saved a woman from a snake in the lake.
Anonymous on 18 Apr 2006 at 5:07 pm #
Ugh… so sorry about the migraines. Migraines AND insomnia? That’s hell. Hope they do start to go away, SOON!
I scar easily, I would look like the Phantom of the Opera if that swimming incident had happened to me! I have scars everwhere — including one under my left eye, where I was hit in the face with… a frisbee. That little accident got me out of gym class for the rest of my high school career.
Jennifer on 18 Apr 2006 at 5:09 pm #
I wasn’t trying to be anonymous, the comments thing was just being weird. I AM NOT ASHAMED OF MY FRISBEE SCAR.
Bridgermama on 18 Apr 2006 at 5:59 pm #
Oh, what I wouldn’t do for double-jointed arms, sooo many itches to scratch!
Michelle on 18 Apr 2006 at 6:24 pm #
Thanks! Wow, you’ve had a hard time. That would scare the crap out of me to hit my face on a rock- I guess that shows I am too superficial
Next time we need to make of a list of happy things.
Emily on 18 Apr 2006 at 7:11 pm #
Oh man I can’t imagine having migraines that often. I have only had them a few times but they are just horrible! I feel for you.
Kristen on 18 Apr 2006 at 7:49 pm #
Migraines?! ACK. I get one every now and then and they are just plain awful. I feel your pain (on a very very minor level)…
Romancing Simplicity on 18 Apr 2006 at 9:15 pm #
My mom and my sister have the same sort of migraine relationship that you do. That’s so strange because I always thought my family was just bizarre somehow. I know my sister’s looking forward to the 40-year mark as well though. That’s about when my mom’s started decreasing, between 40 and 42 they took a drastic dive. Tons of family members have them too. Not quite in the same volume that you do. They usually have about two migraines a week, and some of them get those painless ones that cause them to lose their vision for a few hours, but I’ve never heard of 20-25 a month! I don’t know, I’ve never had one, but they sounds painful and difficult.
Okay that was a long pointless story, but I really wish you the best with those migraines. I can’t even imagine how hard it is to deal with that…
Mom101 on 19 Apr 2006 at 12:39 am #
Oh I’m with you on the smart guys. Smart nerds, smart cool guys, smart pretentious types…I liked ‘em all. Sometimes more.
Praying for your Prodigal on 19 Apr 2006 at 3:02 am #
Migraines! Ouch! I, too, suffer frequent migraines…but have been much better since I discovered Imitrix. Do you know about Imitrix? If not–check it out with your Dr. It makes a huge difference in the number of non-functioning hours a month–a week–each day!
I love your six interesting facts about your-very-interesting self! I’ve been tagged…so I’m just doing some research…which may indicate one of my more frustrating/interesting things–can’t be spontaneous! Have to research all avenues before I commit. How did THAT happen? Where is that young girl of old-who would jump into a lake fully dressed–throwing caution to the wind! Now, I worry about whether or not everything must be dry-cleaned (heaven forbid I should get dry clean only clothes soaking wet!) Not to mention–getting arrested for indecent exposure–as how indecent would it be for a middle-aged mom taking the plunge!
:0) Diane