I’m smart enough to understand that there’s no way I can get away with posting anything not baby related this close to my due date – and this far from the last time I posted. So: I’m still pregnant and baby is doing fine, I’m still on bedrest (and typing while laying down still sucks), I’m still surrounded by half open boxes from the move (the only room in the house entirely unpacked and put away is the bathroom – perhaps that shows where my priorities are), I’m still behind on all my homework, and I still have zero attention span so instead of a real post, I’m putting up a meme that requires a whole lot less concentration and mental acuity.
1. Who was your FIRST prom date?
Ben Pollen, Junior Year
2. Do you still talk to your FIRST love?
I completely lost track of him. He was a nice guy, I hope he’s having a good life.
3. What was your FIRST alcoholic drink?
Champagne, of course – at New Years and at my cousin’s wedding but I’m not sure which came first
4. What was your FIRST job?
A little kitchen shop in Palmer, AK, called Kitchen’s N Things. Sold kitchen gear, of course, and antiques, but the real bread and butter was selling gourmet whole coffee beans – and this was long before anyone had heard of Starbucks.
5. What was your FIRST car?
a copper and plum colored Oldsmobile Omega – great little car till I drove it off the side of Lazy Mountain.
6. Who was the FIRST person to text you today?
Don’t text much – doesn’t work well with my calling plan
7. Who is the FIRST person you thought of this morning?
the baby – I woke up having to pee and having a contraction at the same time. The two were fueling each other in a cruel circus of intensity and urgency, but the contraction made it difficult to get out of bed.
8. Who was your FIRST grade teacher?
I went to a horrid little private christian school that had 1st through 12th grade all in the same room. Instead of being taught lessons, we had little workbooks we worked in (yes all the way up through high school did workbooks) and instead of teachers we had monitors to make sure we kept our heads down and our eyes on our workbooks. I have no idea what the names of any of the monitors were, but the Principle was Mrs. Stokes (I know that because I was always in trouble) and she wore a scary amount of makeup that looked like a mask and had helmet hair that didn’t move even when she touched it.
9. Where did you go on your FIRST ride on an airplane?
I was a baby, less than a year old. I think we were going to my grandparent’s place in Alaska.
10. Who was your FIRST best friend & do you still talk?
her name was Christy or Crissy and we lived on Kodiak Island. This was pre-kindergarten and her birthday was the day before mine, but unlike me, she also got to celebrate her half-birthday and got presents for that too. We lost track when I moved to the mainland to live with Grandma and Grandpa and go to Kindergarten.
11. Where was your FIRST sleep over?
I suspect the first was at Marie Von Gunten’s when they still had the bunkbeds downstairs while they were building the house.
12. Who was the FIRST person you talked to today?
My husband
13. Whose wedding were you in the FIRST time?
Not sure which came first, but I think it might have been my brother’s wedding.
14. What was the FIRST thing you did this morning?
Get out of bed and waddle to the bathroom. You have no idea what an accomplishment that was.
15. What was the FIRST concert you ever went to?
Bon Jovi
16. FIRST tattoo?
no tats
17. FIRST piercing?
Ears – when I was 13
18. FIRST foreign country you visited?
Canada. I have no idea how many times I’ve been to Canada, but when it comes between the state you live in and the rest of the country, you tend to make your way through it a time or two.
19. FIRST movie you remember seeing?
We didn’t watch movies in theaters much when I was a kid, but I remember in the late 70s or early 80s we got a VCR and the three movies we watched over and over (and over) again were The Sound of Music, South Pacific, and CONDORMAN. I still love all three.
20. When was your FIRST detention?
we didn’t get detention, we got spankings. I cant remember which offense came first, I was always doing something bad. I would double up on undies and tights for extra padding.
21. What was the FIRST state you lived in?
I was born in Oregon, but we moved to Alaska when I was three
22. Who was your FIRST roommate?
Karen, Darlene and Kim – at college. Karen was cool – but Kim was an RA and Mormon (which is fine unless you’re expecting me to live up to your religious edicts), and Darlene was a little scary crazy and they were both a little too nosy and into my business and stuff, so I moved out at the Christmas break and moved in with Awesome roommates Tara, Monica and Karen (a different Karen, but still cool).
23. If you had one wish. What would it be?
A healthy baby
24. What is something you would learn if you had the chance?
Oh my goodness, there are so many things that I want to learn – how to write well, how to manage my finances, how to take care of a baby, I’m really itching to learn more web design stuff, especially designing wordpress themes, oh, and of course, how to get rich quick with no effort on my part – I’m sure if I come up with enough money, someone would be willing to teach me that ;-).
25. Who do you think will be the next person to post this?
cardboard,
tape, knife
sharpie;
colorful life
packed
in brown boxes
Not that I didn’t have enough going on what with the pregnancy and sinus issues and papers due at school, but I just thought I’d let you know that we’re moving this weekend.
Yay! Really, it is a good move, I just don’t want to do all that work.
Just so ya know, I may not be posting much for a while. I’ve got my hands full.
I collect teapots but I’ve never been a big tea drinker.
I just realized that when my as-of-yet-unborn daughter reaches my current age, I will be 76.
This makes me want to grow very old.
I can wiggle my nose.
One of my earliest memories is catching my Dad putting sugar on his breakfast cereal. This was strictly verboten in our home.
I realized my Dad was a mere mortal rather than a super hero when I was about 9. I went to visit him at his office and discovered that while he rendered his drawings with a regular no. 2 pencil (he was an architect), he used an electric eraser for erasing things.
Once when I was six my grandfather let me hold the wheel in his Cessna while we were flying over the Butte. He didn’t even let go of the wheel, but you will never convince me that I was not actually flying that plane.
I have been face to face with a bear in the wilderness. Luckily he just brushed right on past me as though I would be a waste of his time.
I tend to notice things that others walk on by. Sometimes this makes me incredibly lucky. Often this makes me easily distracted.
I crave quiet so much that I rarely listen to music.
I’m a mess. My house is a mess. It doesn’t matter what day you are reading this.
I suck at small talk. I can unwittingly offend someone just by talking about the weather.
I’m a rebel.
What I’m rebelling against varies from day to day but usually involves someone who sees everything in binary terms.
I am an introvert. It takes a lot of effort and courage for me to reach out and interact with others.
I love to cook.
Someday I would like to write a cookbook, but I seldom measure and never cook the same dish exactly the same way twice.
My husband waited till two weeks after our wedding to start learning to play the bagpipes.
My husband is the most fascinating person I have ever met and it completely turns me on that he can speak in Spanish, Tajik, Farsi, and Arabic (ever seen A Fish Called Wanda?)
I’m simultaneously overjoyed and terrified about becoming a mom.
I am related to President McKinley.
Now that I’m back in school and spending 6+ hours a day reading, I miss reading for enjoyment.
I love old fashioned homemade chocolate chip cookies.
I get annoyed when old fashioned homemade chocolate chip cookies have too many chocolate chips. Why would I utter such blasphemy? There is a balance. I love chocolate, but chocolate chips are relatively easy to come by. But the cookie part, the subtlety of the combination of butter, brown sugar and vanilla is magic and can easily be overpowered by all the chocolate.
Last quarter I had a really difficult time getting through all the required reading for my classes, so I thought this time I would take advantage of the long Christmas break to get a jump start on my reading for the winter quarter. As usual, things didn’t quite work out as I had planned.
It shouldn’t really matter because, as it turned out, I wasn’t ever able to scrape together enough time to get any reading done anyways, but nontheless… UPS officially sucks.
As soon as I had my classes finalized and confirmed which texts I would need I went shopping online and did quite a bit of comparison and actually ended up saving about $150 on the cost of the books. I ordered the books on Dec. 10, they were supposed to be delivered Dec. 20, it is now Jan 5 and customer service has no idea whether or not the package will be delivered today. They can’t even verify the location of the package. I’ve called UPS a few times over the past week, and it turns out that they can’t even hold the box at their facility and let me come pick it up. I am completely at the mercy of whenever they get around to dropping it off, there is no re-routing and there is no hold for pick up.
Of course the first week of school is generally not the most critical for having the appropriate texts, but the syllabus for one of my classes lists a chapter one quiz for tomorrow. ouch. Talk about hitting the ground running.
Normally, reading through the tracking information for a delivery is quite dull, but every once in a while you can find some interesting tidbits. Take a look at the journey my textbooks have been on along with my notes.
Location/Date/Local Time
Description
US
12/16/2008
5:50 P.M.
BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED
I ordered the books on 12/10, but I’m willing to concede that the late start to delivery might pertain more to the company from whom I purchased the books than UPS
COLUMBIA, MO, US
12/16/2008
8:24 P.M.
ORIGIN SCAN
COLUMBIA, MO, US
12/16/2008
10:10 P.M.
DEPARTURE SCAN
LENEXA, KS, US
12/17/2008
12:50 A.M.
ARRIVAL SCAN
LENEXA, KS, US
12/17/2008
7:09 A.M.
DEPARTURE SCAN
SALINA, KS, US
12/17/2008
11:00 A.M.
ARRIVAL SCAN
SALINA, KS, US
12/17/2008
11:51 A.M.
DEPARTURE SCAN
COMMERCE CITY, CO, US
12/17/2008
7:37 P.M.
ARRIVAL SCAN
COMMERCE CITY, CO, US
12/18/2008
1:32 A.M.
DEPARTURE SCAN package seems to be zipping right along, no foreshadowing of trouble here
SALT LAKE CITY, UT, US
12/18/2008
10:27 A.M.
ARRIVAL SCAN
SALT LAKE CITY, UT, US
12/18/2008
3:09 P.M.
DEPARTURE SCAN
SEATTLE, WA, US
12/19/2008
8:23 P.M.
ARRIVAL SCAN
SEATTLE, WA, US
12/19/2008
11:10 P.M.
DEPARTURE SCAN I live in Seattle, this package may be delivered on time tomorrow.
REDMOND, WA, US
12/19/2008
11:53 P.M.
ARRIVAL SCAN
REDMOND, WA, US
12/20/2008
12:57 A.M.
DESTINATION SCAN Package is 12 miles away. It was supposed to be delivered to me on this date
REDMOND, WA, US
12/22/2008
4:14 P.M.
DESTINATION SCAN
REDMOND, WA, US
12/22/2008
4:37 P.M.
DESTINATION SCAN
Package has now been in Redmond for 4 days
REDMOND, WA, US
12/23/2008
11:26 A.M.
EMERGENCY CONDITIONS BEYOND UPS’ CONTROL Ok, I don’t blame anyone for not driving this day, roads really were impassable
REDMOND, WA, US
1/2/2009
6:01 A.M.
THE BUSINESS WAS CLOSED TODAY. A DELIVERY ATTEMPT WILL BE MADE ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY / PACKAGE WILL BE DELIVERED NEXT BUSINESS DAY-NO SATURDAY GUARANTEE Package has now been in Redmond 15 days. The “Business” was the office for our apartments and it was in fact open on 1/2/09, just not at 6:01 A.M.
REDMOND, WA, US
1/5/2009
11:58 A.M
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THE PACKAGE WAS LEFT IN A UPS FACILITY / FORWARDED TO THE FACILITY IN THE DESTINATION CITY
!?!
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Update:the package was finally delivered the next day. Luckily the shipper shrinkwrapped the books so they got here in decent shape evn though the box had been shredded in transit.
Things I’ve completed in purple. What have you done?
1. Started your own blog (you’re looking at it)
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (Disneyworld)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Visited the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run.
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt.
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted (drawn)
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie as an extra
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone.
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Made amends with someone who offended you
101. Flew in a small plane
102. Ran out of gas
103. Eaten fried okra
104. Swam in the ocean or a foreign sea
105. Peed in a swimming pool (I was a little kid once too)
106. Rented a beach house
107. Hosted an exchange student
108. Been a Secret Santa to a family in need
109. Worked on a political campaign
110. Coached a sports team
111. Gone kayaking in the ocean
112. Certified as an elementary teacher
113. Been the mother to twins!
114. Eaten sushi
115. Swam with sting rays
116. Married someone you met online
.117. Lived in China
118. Ridden through the floating market in Thailand
119. Given your kids a big kiss and hug just because
120. Had your name in U.S.A. Today
121. Been to Mexico
122. Shot a gun
123. Mountain Biked in Moab
124. Learned to Snowboard
125. Originated an idea and had it published
126. Tried out for Reality T.V. or Game Show or Talk Show
127. Wasted lots of time on blogs and the internet
128. Made up an original recipe
129. Won a writing contest
130. Won a trip to Disneyland
131. Won something on the radio
132. Had too much time to do things like this
133. Thrown a surprise party for someone
134. Gone without sleep for 48 hours
135. Survived in the wilderness without matches or fresh water
136. Worked at a Ski Resort
137. Taught group fitness/aerobics classes
138. Visited all 50 states
139. Lived in NYC
140. Roller bladed in Central Park
141. Been a member of the New York Road Runners Club
142. Ran a marathon with your Grandma
143. Visited the grave of your Great, Great, Great Grandfather
144. Totaled more than two cars
145. Had a pet—– hamster, frog, mouse, rabbit-only for one day
146. Eaten a whole carton of ice cream at once
147. Gone tanning in a tanning booth
148. Had a ride in a limo
149. Driven a giant-front-end-loader
150. Served as a tour guide
151. Paid off a credit card in Full!
152. Given everything up to be a Stay-at-Home-Mom and hold the world in your hands
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