Midwestern Mommy

Memed

Posted on April 17, 2006
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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.

Comments

14 Responses to “Memed”

jennster on April 18th, 2006 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 April 18th, 2006 9:34 am

Great list but no fun on the Migraines or the scarring incident!! OUCH
Mega Mom on April 18th, 2006 11:50 am

OOWWW. On so many fronts. OW!
Jenn on April 18th, 2006 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 April 18th, 2006 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 April 18th, 2006 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 April 18th, 2006 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 April 18th, 2006 5:59 pm

Oh, what I wouldn’t do for double-jointed arms, sooo many itches to scratch!
Michelle on April 18th, 2006 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 April 18th, 2006 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 April 18th, 2006 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 April 18th, 2006 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 April 19th, 2006 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 April 19th, 2006 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