So, I am going. Tomorrow night. To Sydney.
I have loved reading people's 50 things about me posts. I find them a fascinating insight.
So here's mine. This was tougher than I thought it would be.
1. I was born in Melbourne.
2. The hospital where I was born was turned into apartments.
3. I love coffee, chocolate and all baked goods.
4. I am heartsick about leaving my two boys and going to the conference. They are in the best of hands though, with the Captain left in charge.
5. I am prone to anxiety and depression and never more so since my Batsman was diagnosed with autism one year ago.
6. I am a full time SAHM.
7. I have spent the last 10 years working with refugees and asylum seekers. I loved it and was sad to resign from it in January.
8. Sometimes I feel like all I think about is autism.
9. I love to give and receive a beautifully wrapped gift.
10. I hate the daily family cooking but I love the cooking where there is time to make something from scratch. Slow cooking is therapy for me.
11. Once upon a time I was a kindergarten teacher. I have no idea how I could ever do that job now.
12. I adore blogging.
13. I think the community building in blogging is extraordinary.
14. I live in a house that my great grandparents built in 1929.
15. I have lived in that very same house since 1992.
16. I used to be married to a policeman. We lasted 6 looooong years.
17. The Captain and I met on the internet.
18. On our first date, we sat in a restaurant and talked for five hours.
19. I would love to have more children if my body did pregnancy a bit better.
20. I am about 12 kilograms off my ideal “fighting weight”.
21. I wrestle with expecting the extraordinary from people and lowering my expectations so as not to be disappointed.
22. There is a pile of books in my house waiting to be read that numbers approximately 37. Half of them are related to autism.
23. I have an attraction to Ma.ccas drive through that is just not right.
24. I buy about 95% of gifts I give online.
25. My life doesn’t work without lists.
26. I adore making kids birthday cakes and cupcakes.
27. I am 41, almost 42 years old.
28. Mothering is the best and hardest thing I have done in my whole life.
29. My biggest fear is dying before I see my boys grow up.
30. I love Michael Buble, David Gray and John Farnham music, in any order.
31. I have very curly hair and a hair straightener.
32. I really don’t like wearing heels.
33. Licorice all sorts are a bit of an obsession.
34. I am patient with my kids most of the time but not so patient with people who are full of themselves.
35. Peanut butter and honey together on toast. Yes, please!
36. I just read “Freedom” by Jonathan Franzen. 500 and something pages and I am not sure I understand what all the fuss is about.
37. Sometimes I go to the gym and sit in the cafe and blog instead of doing my workout.
38. When I have time to myself, i find it difficult to unwind and do “me” stuff.
39. I hope the Captain and I get married one day.
40. My heart sings when I hear of acts of kindness.
41. I am definitely left leaning.
42. I really don’t like speaking publicly.
43. I often wonder what I will do when my kids go to school.
44. I love and loathe F.acebook
45. My cook book collection numbers over 120 and I am obsessed with food magazines.
46. Unlikely that the 12 kilos will come off while the obsession with cookbooks, food magazines and food remains.
47. Both my boys were born by c-section and pilates has helped me get it back together in the aftermath.
48. I have found it hard to right a list of 50 things about me, that are not about my kids.
49. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
50. The end.
Great list! Have a fab weekend and report back!!
ReplyDeleteLoved reading this and that discovering in short time we've known each other, I knew so many of these things. Still some nice surprises in there!
ReplyDeleteI will try and message over the weekend to see how you're holding up.
xo
You're amazing to write 50 things... I esp love 3, 25 and with you all the way on 28 :)) You are such an amazing mum and your love for them shines through your writing. Looking forward to hearing about the conference... have fun :) xoxo
ReplyDeleteI wish I had read this before the conference. It was lovely to have met you. I regret not speaking for longer, although like yourself - a sea of faces kind of freaks me out. I'm much better on a one on one basis. Hopefully one day we can get that one on one chance. Perhaps in a Maccas drive thru, and have licorice all sorts for dessert ;-)
ReplyDeleteOh I wish I had read this before I met you! Not that we had trouble making coversation at lunch at the ABC, but I didn't realise just HOW much we had in common!
ReplyDeleteSo lovely to meet you
xoxo
I too wish I had read this before meeting you at ABC! I also have a love of Maccers that borders on insane! Love your blog and will definitely keep coming back.
ReplyDeleteWish I read this before the conference!
ReplyDeleteOne day we shall sit in a cafe, eating baked goods, drinking coffee and talking about cooking magazines and cook books.
I'll bring the licorice all sorts!
x
Hi there, Just returning the comment love. I am with you on 6, 9, 13, 25, 28, 29, 32, 34, 40 and 41 so I'd say we have a fair few things that would see us through a decent conversation! I have just started the latest Franzen and now I'm wondering whether to continue...! x
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