6 Random Things About Me

My friend Christianne tagged me with a meme that asks that I tell 6 random things about myself that most people don’t know. Here is my list:

1. I used to suck my thumb like Christianne. We won’t discuss for how long though.

2. When I was about eight, I found an abandoned duck egg in my grandparent’s hay loft. I noticed that it was surrounded by remnants of hatched egg shells. I also noticed that there was a small crack in the egg. So I peeled back a little shell and saw a wet duckling curled up in there. I fell asleep next to the egg in the warm straw. When I awakened, there was a fluffy little duckling pressed up under my chin. It thought I was its parent. I was amazed.

3. I ate this divine cheese on a flight to Italy one year via Air Dolomiti. I wished I had saved the wrapper because I have never tasted a cheese that wonderful since. And for the life of me, I can’t uncover what variety it was. If any of you have a guess, please, for the love of all that is good and holy, let me know.

4. The year my fourth-grade teacher retired (my favorite teacher of all time, by the way), I led a student conspiracy to throw her a party. We broke into the kindergarten classroom during recesses and pilfered a bunch of supplies to make her a huge banner and other things. My grandmother had helped me bake her a cake the night before. It was a sophisticated plot that astonished a couple of teachers that eventually caught us that day. They were so taken aback that they helped carry out our little scheme. We had party materials and everything. They tricked her into coming to the cafeteria where my whole fourth-grade class pounced on her with the surprise. She sobbed uncontrollably. She still has the banner hanging above her fireplace mantle.

5. I used to climb trees – any and all trees – without regard to life or limb (mine or the tree’s). I would often lock my legs between limbs and hang upside down for the thrill of it. I was a fearless/stupid kid.

6. I am completely enamored by music. It used to consume a large portion of my life. And I will often be singing a song in my head while I’m doing a number of other things, including holding a conversation with someone who is completely unaware of what is going on. Is that rude?

I tag Clayton, Andrea, Terri, Dave, and Shriyaa.