May 17, 2007
Tagged!
Well thanks to Sal I've been well and truly tagged. My brain is not working on full capacity at the moment and I'm surprised I'm even posting, I should be in some floatation tank somewhere, listening to whale music and drinking champagne (can you drink champagne in a floatiation tank..hmmm?) after the day I've had with my two little testing, screaming, demanding monkies! Enough of the rant and on to this tagging business...
The rules of the tag are: 1. Start with 7 random facts/habits about yourself 2. Then write them on your blog 3. Then choose another 7 people to get tagged and list their names. So here are my 7 random facts:
1. I am totally addicted to tea. When I say addicted I mean I just can't do without it and will go completely insane at the mere thought of not having any teabags in the house (in fact one such mad morning I knocked on 3 of my neighbours doors looking for a teabag, before locating one across the road). I think I would hyperventilate at the thought of not being able to have a cup of tea in the morning and I am known to make the tea in other peoples houses as well as my own. The mugs I have for my tea are the hugest ones I can find, in order to have as much in one go. I do however now drink decaf and have done for some time, after realising my tea/caffeine consumption was leaving me lethargic and with headaches!
2. I can't get enough of stripes or spots whenever I seem something with these patterns I instantly want it. One time, a while ago I really had to have stripey socks, but could i find any? I searched high and low until I found some. I love those socks.
3. I love reading. At the moment it is the one place I can totally escape from the world and I love to totally immerse myself in my book. Although I only ever read in bed, just before I sleep. It is such a habit that no matter how tired I am (or drunk! and thats not often), I still insist on reading at least a page before I sleep. Reading for me is almost like meditation.
4. I have a botched up tattoo on the top of arm that I got when I was about 18. I don't regret getting it but I do regret the fact that its not great. I often think about going and somehow seeing if I can add to it to make it better, but I'm too much of a scaredy cat these days.
5. As much as I love my house I can't stay in. If I stay in, even for a short while over the duration of the week, you can be sure that I will crack. In fact I think thats what happened today! I am always out, either round someone elses house or out and about doing something. I don't know why I am like this and sometimes I wish I could be more contented, but its just me. I think this probably contributes to my lack of success with my housework.
6. I have quite a big crazy family, with one brother, one step brother, three step sisters and two half brothers. The additional family came when my dad remarried. Also you should not that my step dad is only 41 and takes great pride in announcing me as his daughter! My mom married ten years younger and my brother married 10 years older so Nige, my step dad is the same age as my brothers wife! Our wedding plans were very interesting indeed and also very confusing for my husbands family who are a lot less complicated!
7. I am a roamer in life. Not lazy, just not focussed. Throughout my life,even at school I have never really known what I want to do or what I want to be as a 'grown-up'. Nothing as changed. All I knew back then and now is that I wanted creativity in my life and that, although money is very important in a lot of ways, I have never been driven to further my career or get a promotion. This is probably why it has been so easy for me to give up work in favour of childcare. I have always envied people who knew exactly what they wanted and just went for it, followed their chosen path in life. I feel I am bit of a nomad and drift from one thing to the next, with maybe a subtle connectivity between things but never enough to make me super successful or super rich. I often wonder if I will find my true path or if I will spend my life with a myriad of things going on.
Well I never knew I would end up feeling so philosophical! Now the business of who to tag..its a tricky one but I think its going to have to be...
Karen, Donna, Marilyn, Caroline, Susan (come on and get blogging again!!), Darren ( I know you're out there!), Sara. Hope you all don't mind being tagged!
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