25 Things about Me (New and Improved)

If you have a facebook account, you're probably well aware of the 25 Random Things About Me phenomenon going on over there. I jumped on that bandwagon rather early and have (true to my nature) since then wished I'd waited a little bit. Because, after reading everyone else's 25 things.. I've thought of some additions. They are as follows...

1. I am a recovering chapstick addict. There was a time when I would actually break into a sweaty panic if I realized I had left home without my chapstick.
2. Due to anxiety, I didn't get my driver's license until I was 19. I didn't drive on the highway (alone) until I was 20. Yet, I drove from FL to PA alone when I was 23.
3. My brother and I used to play a game where we would lock each other out of our house, and we'd have to find a way to get back in. One time I locked him out of the house when we weren't playing the game; he found his way inside that time by kicking the door down.
4. My sister once slapped me in the face with her jeans at the dinner table. She also once convinced me that my barbies came alive at night and murdered people.
5. I love my brother and sister more than you will ever know.
6. It's really easy for me to forgive and forget. This is not always a positive thing.
7. I write and eat with my left hand but do everything else with my right.
8. People often confide in me... sometimes people I don't know very well. I, on the other hand, confide in very few people. Even if you think you're one of my best friends, I probably don't tell you too much about what I'm feeling.
9. For some reason, though, I'm comfortable writing the majority of my feelings on the world wide web for all to see.
10. This might sound really stupid, but I think that part of the reason why I have so much indecision about my career life is because in the long run I know that my true happiness comes from my family. Therefore, I believe that my job is what I'm doing temporarily until I'm ready to start my own family with my husband.
11. I know that I have led an extremely blessed life. Because of this, I am constantly waiting for something really horrible to happen.
12. When my husband is deployed, I regularly go over the scenerio of his death in my mind. I imagine exactly how I would respond and what I would do. I thought I was crazy until I read other military wife blogs and found out this is completely normal; it's called anticipatory grief.
13. Despite #'s 11& 12, I am actually an extremely happy person 99% of the time.
14. One thing that I feel certain every single one of my students would say about me is that I love to joke around with them.
15. I enjoy being alone and have spent entire weekends at home by myself.. completely content.
16. My dad and I share affection by teasing each other. (See #14 and make the connection)
17. My dad is also the only father I knew growing up who went grocery shopping, packed his kids' lunches, made dinners, washed dishes, did laundry. My dad also always made it very clear to me that he trusted me to make good choices for myself. My friends were (are) all so jealous of me for having such an amazing dad.
18. I obsess over food. I absolutely have to know what I'm going to eat and when. For example: I already know what I will be eating for breakfast, lunch, and dinner tomorrow.
19. I drastically change my hair color on a regular basis but have (basically) had the same hair style since 6th grade.
20. My brother calls my husband and me Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. I actually agree that this is a fairly accurate description of us together.
21. I HATE: bowling, playing pool, skiing, and go-carting. I can attribute each of those activities to a traumatic experience in my life.
22. I journaled pretty much every day from 3rd grade until my freshman year in college. Because of this, I have an extraordinarily amazing memory of my yester-years. I often go back and read my journals and never cease to find them entertaining.
23. When I was in 8th grade I fully believed that my mission in life was to be a spiritual advisor to death row inmates. Somehow, reality and being a teenager got in the way of my dream.
24. The worst arguments I've ever had were with my mother... I'm talking all out screaming/crying battles of will.
25. I really do not think I have the ability to adequately describe in words how much my mother means to me. When she had breast cancer I never believed anything other than that she would be healthy again - I couldn't believe anything other than that.