16 Random Facts about me
January 15th, 2009 § 1 Comment
Sandra Ruttan tagged me a few days ago and this is my first chance to respond.
1. I didn’t see my natural hair colour for 16 years. The first time I died my hair was when I was 13 and I grew out my natural hair colour at 29. After a couple of years I’ve decided that natural is way overrated and I’m back to dyeing my hair blonde.
2. I will never again show off my midriff after stretchmarks from pregnancy have written their story on my stomach.
3. I can’t sleep at night without my baby. I never wanted to be one of those mothers that’s constantly attached to their kids but now find I can’t fight biology. I literally can’t sleep if she’s not in the bed with me and this started from the first day of her birth.
4. Reading is an addiction, not a hobby.
5. I love to eat fruit and eat an apple a day.
6. I got a tattoo when I was 21. While most people say that you will regret getting a tattoo as you get older I don’t. It was part of my journey to self-expression and led to where I am today.
7. I had my navel pierced when I was 22 and after falling pregnant had it taken out. I will not be re-piercing. Read number 2.
8. I have had three surgeries in my life. The first when I was 2 years old to repair two holes in my heart, the second when I was 5 to repair a hernia and the third when I was 16 on my nose.
9. Everyone says that my daughter Sofia has my nose, which is weird because I had a nose job.
10. I got married when I was 19 years old. Most people say that’s too young, but I was never young so that was a moot point.
11. I regret not getting better marks in high school. I was capable of a lot more, but I took the easy way out and my end of year score still bugs me.
12. I want to complete a Masters. This goes back to coming from a non-English speaking background and having a chip on my shoulder about this. I thought completing a degree would stop this, but it’s still there.
13. I have three cats.
14. I always wanted a dog, but am put off by how time intensive they are.
15. I want to write a crime series one day.
16. I find it hard to spend money on clothes, but always have money for books.
My sister had the kids in bed as babies as well. It’s a lot more convenient for middle-of-the-night feeds, and I think enabled her to get more sleep (not fully wake up during those sessions) which meant she could function a bit better during the day. It’s definitely one of those things were you can’t let anyone tell you what’s right or wrong, just go with what works for you.
I do find these 16 things fascinating. Ten years down the road you’ll be saying you want to get your doctorate…