Right now, on Facebook, the “25 Things” note has been floating around. Most of my friends have completed them, and I was no exception. The notes are kind of like status updates, everyone does them. I would post mine on here, but I ended up with 42 things, rather than the required 25. It would be waaaaay too long. So, I decided to select just a few of my favorites and copy and paste them into my blog.
3. The first goal I remember scoring (that actually meant something) was against East Lyme when I was 8 years old. I was playing in Mary’s age group and had recently learned that East Lyme were our rivals. At home that night, Judy drew a picture of the moment and I felt like a soccer goddess.
12. In contracts class, my phone was vibrating in my backpack. I held the “ignore” button too long and ended up putting my Dad on speaker. Thank God all he said was “Hello??” That could have been embarrassing.
21. People in Minnesota brag because they have “four seasons.” I don’t get it. It went from summer to winter and I don’t see spring coming any time soon. If you want FOUR SEASONS, come to New England. It’s the prettiest place to be in the fall and beautiful in the spring. And winter is mild.
24. I used to get mad because people said “Mary Christmas.” I once asked my parents why they always said Mary Christmas instead of Judy Christmas or Susan Christmas. I was 6 years old.
26. Judy and Mary used to call me “Queen of England” because when we had to clean the basement at the old house (our play-room), I would sit on the couch and point to the messes for them to pick up. One day they decided they weren’t going to take it. I was cleaning up all by myself and my mom came downstairs, saw them sitting on the couch and they were immediately in trouble.
38. Ever snce I learned how to slidetackle when I was 13 I haven’t been able to stop (even in indoor). Once, a girl and I were trash-talking back and forth. She got the ball and I slidetackled her, purposely missing the ball and getting her ankles. I got up laughing. My parents were appalled. It happened on more than once occasion. When I got to college, we weren’t allowed to play dirty or trash-talk – I didn’t know what to do because it was half of my game.
41. Junior year of college I was diagnosed with mono the week before pre-season. I ended up coming a week late. Everyone was tired and miserable by the time I got there. My second day, I dropped my bagel on the table and wouldn’t eat it due to the germs (I know, I was already sick…). Exasperated, I threw my hands up in the air and proclaimed, “This is the WORST day of my ENTIRE life!!!!” My 20 teammates glared angrily at me.
So there they are. The condensed version of 42 things you must know about me.
This post was supposed to be a picture collage, but I remembered that I had already completed one and I didn’t want to do the same thing twice. However, for good measure, I’ll throw a pic in anyways.
Family in Ireland!
xoxo
S.
