Lindsey Van Niekerk gave me 13. So here are 13 random things about me. 1) My youngest kids left about 4 minutes ago to spend the weekend at Grandmas. I was very ready for the break. I miss them terribly already. 2) I have moved 26 times in 16 years. Im so very tired of relocating, and yet, always up for the adventure. Very, very hopeful that Ill be staying put for a few years this time around. 3) I am intensely introverted and yet deeply invested in communication. This gets tricky. 4) I despise talking on the phone, with a few exceptions, and mostly because Im often doing many things at once. I feel disjointed and anxious on the phone and like Im not accurately presenting myself, or able to listen with the focus you deserve, so I avoid the phone like the plague. If you have a hard time reaching me, realize...its not you; its me. 5) I deal with relentless physical pain due to fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis. It is more debilitating than I let on, or that I let myself accept, which generally means I keep pushing myself to act normal no matter how bad it hurts to do so. Im learning that as my body deteriorates, I cant continue like that forever, and am really starting to self-preserve by changing my expectations about my life, my house, and my accomplishments. Interestingly, I have felt much better since I started learning how to keep a manageable pace, even if that means letting a lot of things go. Imagine that. 6) Im stubborn and feisty and extremely resourceful. If you want something impossible done, Im generally the person to ask. However, if you want something reasonable done, ask a more organized person. 7) I am much more comfortable with doubt than with certainty, which gets me into some trouble in the spiritual communities I am involved with, primarily because unlike most people of faith, I find doubt, curiosity, and wonder to be essential and beautiful ways of experiencing the fullness of God. I also am really okay with resting in I dont know about some of the more complex matters of faith and life and prefer a scrutinized, careful, and quiet uncertainty to a loud, bold, and blind certainty. 8) I am afraid of failure but even more afraid of success, whatever that is. I am also afraid of commitment, but am ironically one of the most committed people you will ever meet to what is most important to me (my husband, children, friends, family, and creative passions/pursuits), and generally over-committed to other, less crucial things. 9) No is the most difficult word in my vocabulary. Likewise, I will go to insane lengths to avoid disappointing or upsetting the people I care about, even if it means being silenced. Im working on it. 10) If Im hanging out with you and I say I dont care where we go for lunch, or whether we go here or there first, or if your house is a mess, or whatever, it is absolutely, 100% true. I am very flexible. I also am very hard to offend if I know you personally. 11) Right now, I have on one sock and one bare foot. This is oddly reflective of my life in general, and I wouldnt have it any other way (except my bare foot is getting cold). 12) I get an intense amount of pleasure in creating something new but even more in redeeming something old or seemingly beyond repair. I find that cracks and splinters, chips and broken pieces all have stories of their own and that they are what makes a thing what they are. I feel this even more about people. We are all of us broken, and this is where we have so much redeemable beauty about us, I think. 13) I couldnt think of a 13th thing, so I asked Ryan. He said Im a dirty little pen chewer. :) Now its your turn. But I dont play by the rules. I will NOT give you a number if you like this status. I will, though, if you leave a comment. :D
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 02:18:44 +0000
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