6 Weird Things About Me...

Hmmm...I have been tagged by my friend, Francesca, to list 6 weird things about me. It's a difficult task and I'm not sure if that's because I have so many to chose from, or not enough. I'll let you be the judge...

1. When I was a kid, I loved school so much that I used to play school all summer long. Needless to say, my friends quickly grew tired of that game...

2. I once jumped out of a perfectly good airplane. Ok, ok, so I had a parachute attached to me. Still, man, what a rush...

3. I am allergic to bananas. The only other person I know that is allergic to bananas is my brother. Yup, we both got the weird gene! So, if you want to kill me, just feed me enough bananas.

4. I am allergic to mosquitoes...providing me with a perfectly legitimate reason to not partake in my oh so favourite hobby...CAMPING!!!

5. I cannot go to bed and leave dirty dishes in the sink. My house is in shambles, but you won't find a dirty dish left overnight (unless someone in my house gets up and dirties one while I sleep...curses to you!)

6. I always wash my face first when having a shower...and I don't care how late I wake up, I will not leave the house without having a shower and washing my hair. Hell, when I was in labour with my oldest son, my water had broken, but I wouldn't go to the hospital until I had washed my hair!

So there you go.

Hmm...not sure I know 6 bloggers who haven't already been tagged, so I am only going to tag 2...Hubby (aka Bob Hoo) and Peter Mitchell (I can't wait to hear Peter's!). I think anyone else I would have picked has already been tagged.

Signs and Warnings

Do you ever wonder how many signs and warnings we read every day? Have we, as a society, become so stupid that we really need to be told some of the warnings that come on the products we buy?

There's the warning that comes with the window air conditioner, "Do not drink the water that comes out of the back of the air conditioner." Really? Damn, and I was thirsty. Or on that same air conditioner, "Do not drop on foot, may cause injury." What if I just drop it on one toe, would that hurt? How about the one that comes with the anti theft auto club, you know, that thing you lock on the steering wheel of your car. "Do not use as a real club." Gee, why not? It would certainly get my point across to the offender that he/she had pissed me off and had better not mess with me. Hair dryers come with the warning not to immerse them in water. I can't imagine why not. The warning with the new coffee makers cautions that the beverages brewed in said machine are hot and to be careful when drinking them. Well geez, I bought that new coffee maker because the old one was only making luke warm coffee, so it had better be hot from this new machine. I guess this is what happens though when stupid people who burn themselves on coffee purchased from their favourite fast food restaurant sue because they didn't realize it was hot. What really should've happened is that they walk away with first place in the Darwin Awards.

Then there are the warnings that we choose to ignore. You know, the ones on medication, warning you not to operate heavy equipment or drive while on this medication. "Aww, that's just for newbies. I've been doing this job for 20 years, I know what I'm doing", as the operator smashes into something.

There is one warning though that people seem to always heed. Any guesses on what it is? It's the "Dry Clean Only" label. We can drink all the water from the back of an air conditioner that we want to, after dropping it on our feet, and hit as many people as we want to with "the club", but damn it all, if you attempt to put a dry clean only article in the washing machine, someone will suddenly yell out "STOP!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? IT SAYS DRY CLEAN ONLY. ARE YOU NUTS?" Ladies and gentlemen, in this litigious crazed society, I think we are all indeed, a little nuts (Ok, maybe some more so than others, but for fear of leaving myself open to a lawsuit, I'm not naming names).

Free At Last

Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Certainly not an original quote, but one that rings true for me. I did something today that my friends have been telling me for awhile now that I needed to do. It's done now, and I can move on with my life. There have been no tears, not too much sadness, and certainly no regrets (I don't allow regrets in my life). I guess that is a bit sad in and of itself, but that's the way it is.

I suppose this has been coming for a long time, and I finally got enough courage to let go. It was a fun journey while it lasted, but now I can move on to the next phase. Today, I am free at last.