100 random things about me (only 1/3 complete):
- I consider myself a Mississippi girl, though I’m stuck in Texas right now.
- I’m married to a sweet man, who takes good care of me and our kids.
- I have two children – Brianna is three and Benjamin is one and a half.
- I work for Halliburton, doing usability and interface/interaction design.
- I kind of love my job.
- Chad’s job is way cooler than mine, though (he trains astronauts. I know, right?).
- My commute, for Houston natives, isn’t that bad, but I kind of hate it. I spend 2+ hours in the car, every single day.
- I went to Mississippi State University, and would move back there in an instant if I could.
- I changed majors twice, but still managed to graduate in 5 years.
- And then I decided to go to more school, and got a Masters.
- I attended Rice for a year, and started a PhD program.
- I’m not actually intending on going back for a PhD, ever, at this point. (well, maybe someday).
- I love almost all kinds of music.
- A great deal of my music is not entirely kid-appropriate. Which I’m discovering more every day.
- To combat this, I listen to KSBJ (the local Christian station) a lot. I kind of love it, too.
- Chad and I have a Temperpedic bed, and I love it.
- I hate sleeping alone.
- I spend a lot of time tired.
- I have no idea how normal people keep house. I just kind of fake it and hope it’s good enough (sometimes it is, sometimes no).
- Some days, I fantasize about running away to Mexico and not telling anyone. Or maybe just Chad.
- I drive a hybrid Ford Escape, but I call it the Ess-Cahp-Aye! Because that’s more fun.
- I am really the last person I expected to drive a hybrid, but I love the gas savings. And that I’m finally (almost) as big as the other cars on the road in Texas.
- Despite setting out to avoid white cars the last two times I went car shopping, I am now driving my third white vehicle. In a row. This bugged me when I was on white car #2, but now it’s just funny.
- I base far too many parenting decisions on the fact that I don’t want to be THAT mom.
- I was home schooled for 12 years.
- I am not choosing to home school my own children (although I’m supportive of people who do choose that, and open to the idea if our situation changes).
- I’m kind of terrified of elementary school teachers/schools.
- My kids are in daycare, but elementary school seems so much bigger and scarier to me.
- Chad has forbidden me from teaching out children that zebras say “Crack-a-lack-in!” per Madagascar.
- I am always looking for the one thing (product, system, etc) that will make me organized and make my life easy.
- I haven’t found it yet.
- I’ve spent a ton of money at Ikea and Target trying to find it, though.
- Chad has also forbidden me from teaching the children that electrons are blue and wear red shorts, per my dad.