1. TRUE, I have flown an airplane. For prom my junior year we were flown to dinner by my dates coworker. On the way back he let me fly the plane (side note: my sister-in-law was the other girl on the double date)
2. TRUE, I mowed my in-laws lawn. My parent's home has never had a lawn. We didn't have much in our yard besides dirt until I was 13. I did do plenty of raking and weed pulling.
3. TRUE, I wet my pants. In college I was in a performing group. One of the acts was The Cinderelli song. Four of us were dressed up as the mice, 2 males and 2 females. We each sat on a cube with a hole cut out of the top for our bum and wheels on the bottom so we could propel ourselves around the stage. Our stupid costumes were so big that frequently our dresses got caught under the wheels During a performance my partner and I both got stuck and laughed so hard we wet our pants. She emptied her bladder in her make shift toilet so much that the stage crew had to dump it out. I just had to change my undies.
4. FALSE, The truth comes out.
Three weeks before she was born I went to the OB for a check-up. Each time I reminded my doctor that I didn't want to know the gender of the baby (per his request). At the end of that appointment he referred to my baby as a she. I said "she?" and he said "oh, you know, he, she, the baby." Well, I really wanted to believe he was referring to our "it" as a "she" just like a boat or a car is referred to as a "she," but I knew he slipped (he had just done an ultrasound). I burst out in tears as soon as I got into my car and I cried the whole way home. My ultimate surprise was ruined. I was really disappointed, but decided to keep it my little secret hoping it really was a mistake. It was still a surprise for everyone else. I didn't even tell my husband until 8 months later.
5. TRUE, I love surprises, obviously.
6. TRUE, I was on 15 high school teams. I did swimming and cross country at the same time. My junior year the swim team and the x-country team each won sections (I really had nothing to do with it, I just happened to be on the teams with an incredible athlete, my cousin).
Did you know I have a hard time determining my right from my left? I've never been good at it, my dad's not good at it either. We might be driving in the car and I will tell him to turn left and he will turn right, the direction I wanted him to turn anyway. Works for us. One time I was on the right side of a bus and someone said to look out the windows on the right. I quickly looked out to the left and then saw everyone looking towards at me, oops. Well, this is one of my traits she didn't acquire. She knows her right from her left. Amazing. While taking these picture I asked her to raise the appropriate hand. I had to stop and second and think if she was correct. Of course she was, she's good at it. Much better than her directionally challenged mom.
