8 Things

Emily tagged me. I don't really like to put much about me out on the Internet. So instead. I will post 8 things I know about Emily from when we were little and now that we have reconnected 23 years later.

Emily then...

1. Emily had the best multicolored sweater that I always wanted. Looking back now I know I could have never pulled it off what with my fair complexion and uncooperatively colored hair. Someday, I will find the picture of it and show her. Also, uncooperatively is not a word but I think it fits this sentence nicely.

2. Emily and I had 1 fight in all our 5 years of original friendship. We (her, me and many of our siblings) were sleeping in the living room at her house and for some reason Emily and I wanted to use the same blanket and fought over it. We were trying to kick it off of each other and instead decided to see how long we could kick it and keep it in the air. Thus, the end of the fight.

3. When Emily and I went to Rec School, the rumor is, we would not play with anyone else or participate in any activities. Not true, we just realized our awesomeness and knew we didn't need anyone else or their dumb songs. If they came up with an activity that was worthy of us, like finger painting with pudding, we gladly participated.

4. Emily's dad used to hook some kind of cart to the back of his motorcycle and we would ride in it for fun. I was afraid of this because I came from the house of mandatory seat belt checks and such things scared me. We might as well have jumped off the roof for all the damage that was about to be done. I wanted no part of the road rash that was a guarantee with that scariness. I was a firm believer that if you didn't wear a seat belt you would have no choice but to suffer in a horrible accident and likely die. Emily talked me into going because her dad never drove very fast and it turned out to be one of the most fun things I had done up to that age. Since then, I have bravely not worn a seat belt on a few occasions and lived to tell the tale. Don't worry Mom and Dad. It wasn't within 6 miles of my home so I had a better chance statistically.

Emily now...

5. Emily is afraid of animals. This is no surprise to anyone. But she was willing to risk that and care for Jack Jack, the most poorly behaved of all my animals, while AJ was at scout camp by herself. That is truly dedicated friendship.

6. Emily wrote a really long thesis that was full of all kinds of useful information that I can't currently remember. What I do remember is this... Rabbit Brain, Jittering and Diggle. Nothing can be all bad if it has those words in it. On my part, that is truly dedicated friendship.

7. Emily and my lives have had some odd similarities. I don't know if the fact that we both are fake math people or that we ended up in NC has anything to do with us being friends in our early years but there is something that I now secretly blame her for. I have mostly pink underwear. I used to think it was because nobody in the entire world would ever think that I would have pink underwear. It is not me at all. That was a little amusing to me. Now I believe it is because Emily loves pink enough that it left a lasting impression on my life that doesn't fit in with the rest of me so it had to be hidden...in my pants.

8. Emily has a dream analyzer on hand. Of all the consultants to just know, this one ranks pretty high on my list of what I wish I had. Especially now that I am hosting Leah.

I don't want to tag anyone. I don't think many people read this blog and the few who do were already tagged by the others that read this blog.