100 Things

1. I heart Diet Cokes of the large McDonald’s variety.
2. I have been two Europe twice.
3. The first involved a trip with my grandma and Aunt Ern.
4. My mom insisted I have an easy to take care of haircut while visiting Turkey & Croatia.
5. The Turkish street vendors referred to me as “Your son” on more than one occasion.
6. The second trip was the summer before my senior year of college. I was all girl this time around.
7. I love my husband but would leave him in a heartbeat for John Cusack, Dave Matthews or Jeremy Piven. He’s lucky, I know, OR are they?
8. I think I could actually meet John Cusack or Jeremy Piven because they are from Chicago and so am I.
9. We don’t run in the same social circles.
10. I once asked my mom if naming my second child Jack was too white trash because then my children would be Daniel and Jack which is almost like Jack Daniels.
11. Everyone thinks I am nuts. See #10.
12. I worry that having two boys will prevent me from having someone to wipe my ass when I am old. You know because that is what girls do for their moms, right?
13. We (me and my mom) had to do that for my grandma.
14. I don’t who that was hardest for. I think my grandma.
15. I lived at home until the day I was married.
16. I sometimes wish I hadn’t.
17. My grandma was 90 when she died. I miss her more than I ever thought I would.
18. My mom and I are very close.
19. We average three phone calls a day close.
20. I am “Daddy’s Little Girl”.
21. I seek his approval in almost everything I do.
22. My parents are usually always right.
23. I hate that.
24. My older son has Asperger’s.
25. I don’t think this is fair to either of us.
26. There isn’t a day that goes by that I am not reminded of this.
27. I have been in love twice.
28. The first ended badly.
29. The second will never end.
30. I think if Jennifer Garner and I met we would be great friends.
31. I spend a lot of time obsessing.
32. I hate that I have passed this on to my older son.
33. I was raised Catholic, with all that it implies.
34. I hated to read as a child.
35. I was classified as a learning disabled child in elementary school.
36. I was also in creative thinking. We’ll call it even.
37. I am addicted to Free Cell.
38. Mah Jong if it weren’t for the fact that stupid Vista would run the damn game I paid for.
39. I could buy Windows XP but I like to bitch more about stupid effin’ Vista.
40. I majored in French in college.
41. Je ne jamais l’utiliser.
42. I used Google Translate to make sure I did #41 correctly.
43. I didn’t so I changed it.
44. I have an uncle nine years older than me and we are close.
45. When I was little we would put on Barry Manilow and sing together in my grandparents’ basement.
46. At 26 I was shocked when I found out he is gay.
47. We joke that I like his partner more than him.
48. My first concert was Air Supply.
49. My first concert with my friends was New Order/PIL/Sugar Cubes.
50. I would like to forget that I was at a Richard Marx concert.
51. I have been to 7 Dave Matthews Band concerts.
52. I was pregnant with my second child when I graduated from grad school.
53. Now I know what many of my female students feel like on graduation day.
54. I check my e-mail several times a day.
55. I would do anything for my friends.
56. I don’t have a tattoo but know exactly what I will get when I do.
57. I keep putting it off because I know it will upset my parents.
58. I care too much about what other people think of me.
59. I have only one brother.
60. There is a constant pissing match between the two of us when it comes to our parents.
61. I hate that I do everything for him.
62. I would hate it more if I didn’t have to.
63. I truly love my job.
64. We are done having children.
65. This makes me sad.
66. My husband and I met in college.
67. I always order the same thing when I go to restaurants I frequent.
68. The Banana Cream Pie Blizzard at Dairy Queen is my weakness.
69. I love a good club sandwich.
70. I hate that I am jealous of many people.
71. Pedicures make me smile.
72. I hope one day to get my doctorate in education.
73. I think I want to do this to please my father.
74. I love talking to people from foreign countries and learning about their culture.
75. I wish I could live in LA for a year to see what it’s like.
76. I have no friends I keep in contact from my childhood.
77. My oldest friend is from high school.
78. I never get bored talking to the people I work with.
79. I feel lucky to have met them.
80. I would love to be a foster parent to high school kids.
81. My husband says we have enough problems of our own.
82. One day I hope to have the bathroom and kitchen of my dreams.
83. I am what you might call anal retentive.
84. I can often relate a real life situation to any episode of Friends or Will & Grace.
85. Talbots is my favorite store.
86. Second only to Target.
87. I don’t think I have ever spent less than $75 at Target.
88. I got rid of my credit card from there because it was too much of a crutch.
89. Nothing gives me more pleasure than buying shoes.
90. When I was in college I had 15 different pairs of Keds.
91. My favorite ones were plaid.
92. I never get sick of eating at Panera.
93. I wish they would have Coke products instead of Pepsi.
94. I feel guilty that I work instead of being an at home mom.
95. I love watching reruns of Roseanne on Nick at Nite.
96. I have to sleep with a fan on.
97. This drives my husband nuts.
98. I love that my husband knows exactly when I need/want a Diet Coke.
99. I think Tivo is by far the best invention ever.
100. I wish I had more self-confidence.