10 Fun Things You May Not Know About Me

I know I have done get to know me posts in the past. We have a lot of new readers and I thought it would be fun to do something a little similar today. A short meet me post for all of the new people and you may find something new for those who have been here since the beginning.

10 Fun Things You May Not Know About Me

1. I wash my hands way more than I should. I have OCD which means if I even feel like my hands are dirty I wash them. It can be inconvenient sometimes but I carry wipes and hand sanitizer around to help with this. I try to appear as normal as possible but sometimes my OCD makes me look weirder than I am. Who am I kidding? I am as weird as they come. 
2. I went to high school and was in chorus with a country music star. I won’t name who but my sister in-law always gets a huge kick out watching old chorus concerts of us together. In fact, she had a magazine once that had a picture of the guy in a “Can You Guess” sort of thing. She said even if she didn’t recognize him she would have known who he was because I was sitting next to him at the picnic table. 
3. I like puzzles of all kinds. I am one of those weird people that does the New York Time crossword in ink. I like to put together puzzles and any sort of mystery game is right up my alley. I don’t know why but I have always been the kid that did the puzzles in the newspaper. Used to dive my dad up a wall that I would do them before he had a chance to even look at them.
4. I’m Southern but I hate most southern dishes. Things that every southern person enjoys like apple pie and fried green tomatoes I can’t stand. I like to make them but I don’t eat them ever. I am not a baked fruit kind of gal. It’s a texture thing for me.
5. I love my pizza pretty basic. I get either all cheese or pepperoni on it and that is it. It stems from growing up and my dad (god bless him) always ordering pizza with everything on it. I don’t like a lot of the things that come on those and I always had a little pile of uneaten stuff on my plate. I swore when I grew up I was only going to eat pizza my way.
6. I used to be a catechism teacher. If you aren’t Catholic then this is just a Sunday school teacher. I know it’s hard to believe but I was for many years. It was something I thought I would enjoy and I taught 3rd grade kids. I loved it and was sad when I stopped but we moved and my new church already had enough teachers.
7. I have a love/hate relationship with Instagram. I love to look at posts and follow plenty of people I enjoy but there are times I feel super judged or like my life is such a disaster compared to others. It is an ongoing battle.  That being said I love the things that make me laugh there like little kids. They make my day.
8. I gave myself salmonella once. It was awful! I thought I was dying. I worked at the grocery store and for some reason I didn’t wash my hands after ringing up some chicken. I thought I was dying. To make matters worse my brother dropped me off at the hospital and my dad was going to pick me up after I got done at the ER.  I got treated and went downstairs to wait for my dad in the employee outside break area. My mom (who worked at the hospital) found me asleep on the bathroom floor. I don’t know what they gave me but I couldn’t hold my head and at one point a lady asked if I needed to go to the ER. I told her I had already been.
9. I once had a job where I helped with animal autopsies for a state crime lab. It was awful! I would come home and cry every single day. One day I came home and told my dad I needed to quit. The pay was good but I just couldn’t do the job anymore. People were cruel and I felt like my heart was breaking every day. He said honestly I lasted longer than he thought I would. He didn’t think that was the job for me but wanted me to make that decision for myself.
10. I onced jumped out of a moving car on purpose. I was about thirteen or so and my older brother was driving up and down our road. He wouldn’t stop the car and I wanted out so I opened the door and got out. Not the smartest thing to do. I was lucky, I could have been hurt very badly. Luckily, I missed the tree and ended up landing on my knees. I couldn’t stand up straight for a few days and we told my parents I fell to get the mail and hit the side of the pavement. I still have the scars on both knees. Don’t worry our parents found out what really happened when our sister rated us out. The little snitch!

Want to know more? Then check out the 25 Days of Me that I did back in 2021. They are a great way to learn a lot of little things about me.