Thursday Thirteen Unusual Things About Me

1. I caught the chicken pox from a girl at my birthday party when I was 5 years old.  I have a vivid memory of the blue jumpsuit I was wearing that day and also listening to my mother, the nurse,  talking on the telephone to someone — “No, I’m sure it’s nothings.  Go ahead and send her over.”  Everyone at the party caught the chicken pox as a party favor.
2. I have had a hairline fracture in my left elbow twice in my life before I was 12 years old, but in the same exact place; first when I felt out of a tree and then when I was running on wet grass, slipped, and landed on top of my arm.  The doctors  told my mother that if it happens a third time, I will be paralyzed from the elbow down.  (Thus, my skateboard was taken away and I never learned to ski.)
3. I wrote a sci-fi novel in high school and I have the rejection letters from Random House and Bantam to prove it.
4. I got sent home from Baptist Vacation Bible School once for  wearing my skirt too short — and I was the teacher.
5. I once told my mother I wouldn’t date a boy because I didn’t know where he’d been.
6. I do not believe extra-terrestrials have visited Earth, but I have seen ghosts and experienced paranormal activity.
7. I used to be a stand-up comedienne.
8. I was once mugged on a first date in the driveway of the home of a police officer; the mugger told us not to call the police.  We didn’t; we just went inside and told his dad — it was the fastest I ever saw the New Orleans PD arrive at a crime scene ever.  Oh, and I had a flat tire.
9. I have been in at least one car accident every year since 1995 when I purchased my Jeep Cherokee Sport; I have only been the cause of 1.  Until 2 years ago, there was never any damage to the Jeep, but now the other vehicles are getting bigger, big enough to make an impact.
10. I have had my gall bladder removed, a kidney biopsy (which they don’t give you anesthesia or painkillers for), and Lasik eye surgery, and I still believe that by far, the Lasik was the most painful thing I’ve every done to myself on purpose.
11. I like to sprinkle salt on my apple slices.
12. I’ll take a Maine Winter over a New Orleans Summer any time.
13. I lived most of my  life in the South and never had any issue with the Confederate flag nor did I understand why so many people made such a big deal in so many cases…until I moved up North.  I recently saw one hanging on a flag pole on a local residence and I saw a different context.  There are different messages of pride, y’all.

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