The Request for 25 Random Things has been flying around Facebook lately and everyone is doing it, like a bad chain letter. Though it has turned out to be quite fun and very insightful. I thought I would post mine here.
1. I love telling the story of my conception. It’s all drama, love, romance, war, and Christmas.
2. I have severe claustrophobia resulting from an operation that I had when I was 4. They were still using ether in the back woods of New Hampshire and I remember screaming and being held down on the table by the nurses as the mask went over my mouth. It’s so bad I will walk up 10 flights of stairs before ever stepping in an elevator.
3. I started taking piano lessons when I was 4, I played french horn in High School and College, and I taught myself how to play guitar in 12th grade.
4. I didn’t blossom until I was 20. Living in France for 6 months, I took care of myself, lost weight, learned to be strong on my own, and gained self esteem.
5. I have always wanted an all girl band called Brazen Hussy. The closest I came was playing in a band in Denver for seven years called Ed Fingers. I wrote songs, played guitar, sang, recorded an album, and shared the stage with three great guys.
6. I really enjoy getting dressed up on Halloween and have been Wonder Woman no less than 6 times, the first being 1974.
7. I met my husband on Match.com. Our 3rd date we saw 311 at Red Rocks, the next week we took a road trip to a wedding in Omaha, NE, and the following month he moved in with his wiener dog.
8. My husband proposed to me with carolers at our annual holiday party. To the tune of “We Wish you a Merry Christmas”, they sang “Will You Marry Me Christy Allbee”. Watching the video still makes me cry.
9. I loved being pregnant so much that I would do it everyday.
10. The single worst moment of my life was a 48 hour stretch in April 2008 when my 4 month old baby girl contracted botulism (1 of 72 kids per year in this country). For two days I watched her wither away to a rag doll in my arms while they were trying to figure out what was wrong and I thought she was going to die. For two weeks we lived in the PICU at Children’s Hospital where she was intubated for a week and had a feeding tube. She is 100% now and the strongest most precious girl I’ve ever met.
11. I enjoy cooking and making new recipes. The Moosewood Cookbook is my favorite of all time, though I’ve never been in the restaurant in Ithaca, NY.
12. I get so excited to take road trips. There are only 6 states in the US I have never been to (MT, ID, LA, ND, AL, MI).
13. I have seen every episode of every season of the Gilmore Girls and Charmed.
14. My favorite color is apple green, as seen in my wedding colors and Hadley’s room.
15. During the summer, when I’ve had a few too many drinks, I have been known to grab a sleeping bag and sleep under the stars in the backyard. Yet I rarely actually go camping.
16. I am uber organized. Everything in my house has a place. I have every tax file, bill, and paycheck stub, back 7 years. Every January, I shred all of my files older than 7 years. You say anal, I say project manager.
17. My favorite summer time drink is a Bees Knees.
18. I am a sweater. Little miss sweaty. Hands dripping, dinner plates under my armpits, unattractive sweater. I’ve rusted guitar strings after being on stage, and in the summer I can only wear black or white, no colors. Seriously, it’s not pretty.
19. In the dead of night, I am a crazy sleep walker/talker/dreamer. In my younger years, my family has caught me before falling down stairs, found me in a closet, and stopped me from running out of a hotel room. David has caught me standing on the bed and scratching in a corner. I hate being woken up too. When my daughter was born, I had a recurring nightmare sometimes 3x’s a night for ten months that she was suffocating in our comforter cover. Even if I wake up and turn the light on, I still believe it is real.
20. There is nothing like going to Vegas with the ladies, drinking bloody mary’s, playing black jack all night long, hanging in the Keno lounge, and betting on horses. I hope those days aren’t over.
21. My biggest regret in life is missing my brother's wedding last year in South Korea. My 2nd biggest regret is never having gone to visit him in the 8 years he has lived there. I am the worst sister EVER.
22. I do not regret waiting so long to settle down, because my 20’s and early 30’s are full of amazing times with my bitches.
23. I tend to hibernate in the winter. No really, I stop going out, go to bed early, and put on weight for warmth.
24. I am completely gullible. Wool over my eyes gullible. I believe too much in the goodness of people.
25. I don’t want to pass on any of my own food issues or phobias to my daughter. But I’m not sure how not to.
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Believe me, I know it sounds odd. Seriously, the Rare Disease people need to get a PR person to spin this in a better way. That said, I was recently contacted by the California Department of Public Health Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program announcing February 28 as Rare Disease Day.
