1.I have been a night owl for as long as I can remember. My best friend growing up, Victoria and I used to try to "pull all nighters" but we'd always finally fall asleep sometime around 4 am. And even though I never stopped trying it wasn't till I discovered code red in the 9th grade I could stay up all night.
2.I can't draw but I love to doodle. My doodles are mostly hearts, scribbles and flowers a 5 year old could make better. Oh, and I can make a bumble bee if I have yellow and black pen.
3. If I had extra money for a shopping spree I'd only buy things for my kids. I feel guilty about buying things for myself. But before Jaqlyn was born I was a very impulsive shopper.
4. I was born in Arizona but when I was 16 my mom moved my sister and I to California, I stayed there until Ryan joined the army.
5. I always think it's weird that when you have adult relationships they almost never meet your parents. Maybe it's just the fact that 6 years ago my mom did know all my friends.
6. My handwriting changes as I write. I think I have about 3 different writing styles.
7. I've only had one good pet. A black and white cat named Patches.
8. I hate wearing anything but chap stick on my lips, I am NOT a lipstick or gloss gal.
9. The only magazines I've ever been able to read cover to cover are Self and Parents. But I love to read.
10. I sometimes go through small phases of OCD where I
need to clean. I call them "clean clean phases." I've pulled all nighters on a "CCP" but sometimes I'll die down in the middle of one and be left with a mess bigger than the one I started with.
11. In high school I ran cross country and track but it was when I was 9ish that I was told I had a lot of endurance after a turkey trot race. I went to regionals and did not do well after I ate half a hamburger before I ran.
12. I've run two half marathons.
13. I don't usually throw up, no matter how sick I get. I'm pretty sure I've only thrown up 5 times in my entire life. The only time I can remember as a kid was when I threw up all over my strawberry shortcake comforter.
14. I rarely drink after a night of "jungle juice" with friends in AZ. Well I rarely drank before that too. I used to do the occasional Jager Bomb with my husband but I'm more of a designated driver kinda gal.
15. When I was in the 4th grade I fractured my arm by riding into the gap between the sidewalk and grass. My mom didn't believe me because I was trying to watch my bike because some kids my age were messing with it. She didn't take me to the doctor for two weeks. I needed to be in a cast, and of course I chose my favorite color, purple.
16. I can't walk properly in heels anymore. I only own one pair. I used to know how, and would wear them all night at school dances.
17. When Jaqlyn was 4 months old I got really bad post pardum depression and needed to be hospitalized for 3 days. When I got out I went against doctors orders and went to a job interview I had missed. I had set it up because I knew something was wrong and I needed to get out of the house. I worked for them for a year and a half before I went to school to become a dental assistant.
18. I have a few nicknames but the one that stands out the most is the one that I don't understand. My grandmother has always called me Nickel. I don't think she even knows why she calls me it.
19. Anyone that has known me more than a couple days almost always ends up calling me Jess. I really don't like being called Jesse. There has only been one person to get away with it, my children's god father
20. I have two brothers and two sisters. All half siblings.
21. I am very near sighted and need to wear glasses or contacts to drive or even watch tv. In the 6th grade my glasses were stolen from someone in my class who wore them the very next day to school. She had even stashed my case in her desk instead of taking it home.
22. I don't really think copying is the highest form of flattery. Especially if you steal the persons stuff. (see above again if this doesn't make sense)
23. I am very quiet when I first meet someone. I'm always very standoffish and don't show my true colors at first.
24. After a haircut last year I am back to a full head of natural hair color. My hair hadn't not had dye it since I was about 13 years old.
25. When I first met my husband I had really long hair, down my back. When I moved out of my moms house with him I had to pay for my own hair coloring. I tried to dye it myself and ended up with black hair. Since I damaged it so bad I had to cut most of it off to my shoulders. Needless to say I don't dye my own hair anymore.
