Five More Things

I realize I was tagged several days ago by Bihari over at Iowadrift, but I had to finish two enormo freelance jobs this past week first, which necessitated a loss of sleep so massive that I went to bed at 9 p.m. on Friday night.  Now that you have my full attention, here are Five Things About Me You May Not Already Know (Not, I Repeat, Not, Six Things About Me I Have Never Before Revealed on This Blog):

1.  I have not one but TWO station wagons, and no children.

2.  B and I met in high school and stayed together despite living in different time zones for five years (he in California; I in Missouri and then Pennsylvania).  Three years ago we did it again when I was teaching in Northern Michigan for a year.  We've been together for 19 years this month, and married for 12.

3.  We never fight.  Ever.  It's really freaky.

4.  When I was 16 I was in a state beauty pageant (don't laugh! I can hear you laughing!) and won the Speech trophy and a hundred bucks for a one-minute speech I wrote in the car on the drive there.

5.  I once--because I couldn't bear to tell the school basket case to quit calling the house and bugging myself, my younger sisters, and even (at one point) my mother--invented an imaginary older sister for myself.  If I picked up the phone and it was this particular kid, I would pretend to be "Vanessa," the older sister who was already in college but conveniently home whenever he called.  Three years ago, he tracked me down through Classmates and left a message for me on the home machine and asked how "Vanessa" was.  B called me in Northern Michigan and wanted to know what the hell kind of strange man was leaving messages for me, and who the hell was Vanessa, anyway?

Now that we've passed the TMI threshold, I would like to tag, if it's not too irritating, BabelBabe at Behind the Stove, B at Circle Jerk, and Adorable Girlfriend at Republic of Dogs.  Go to it, kids!

Comments

[Adorable Girlfriend]

You never fight? You're so lucky!

This one is much harder than the others. I am going to have to spend a bit of time on it.

[churlita]

I love you when you're Vanessa - you are such a take charge girl then.

I know, I know, you were just in the pageant for the scholarships...That's what they all say.

[teh l4m3]

Is it wrong for me to assume that if it's a beauty pageant, you probably could have written the speech with your left foot while high on Robitussin and you still would have won?

[tlb]

Are you impuning my writing abilities, teh, or my looks?

Either way, you're right.

[babelbabe]

I am honored. Also stumped : ) Give me some time.