Stuff you didn’t know about me
2 posts in as many days! Insanity!
Must be a new year or something.
Anyways, Heidi tagged me, so here’s my 5 things, although I’m not really sure how much of this is news, and how much of it is just “news to me that I haven’t shared it.”
1. My husband and I were together 13 years (lucky 13!) before we got married to get me health insurance last year (our attitude was that if it wasn’t going to change our lives, it wasn’t worth it). We met frosh year at Wesleyan, where we lived in the same dorm, and have spent vast portions of our early years in long-distance mode.
2. I hate being described as “cute” or “Martha Stewart.”
– 2a. I am short (I stopped growing in 7th grade), look younger than my age, and have a thing for many items of twisted cuteness, but if you know me for more than a day, you know I’m not cute (or you’re just not awfully perceptive). Patting me on my head is also out, and takes you down about 10 notches on the Andrea Likes You Scale (not to mention it’s a problem when it comes to my personal space issues and my compulsions to punch people who touch me without permission).
– 2b. And, while I’ve made all sorts of stuff from a jack o’lantern out of an orange to an edible chocolate house, while holding down several crochet, origami, sewing, and other random craft projects at a time, and having a penchant for making all sorts of weird household stuff instead of buying it made, I am *not* Martha, and I don’t want to be. I’m simply creative.
3. The only section of geography I ever remember studying was in 2nd grade sometime, when we did exercises in a workbook that helped us learn to read maps. However, I’ve never been made to memorize the names of all 50 states and their capitals, or all of the countries of the world and their capitals, nor have I been made to study and memorize maps. So, while I’m really good with reading and interpreting maps, compasses, and directions, I didn’t know stuff like the fact that Ohio was so close to New York and Pennsylvania until I went to college. General world geography continues to be a learning adventure for me.
4. I was the first person in my family to graduate from high school *and* go to college. (I have 3 older brothers, and a younger sister who was the only other family member who went on to higher education.)
5. I *love* tea. I have taken tea tasting classes, and have an appreciation for tea that is somewhat unnatural. My husband calls me a benevolent tea snob. However, I don’t drink tea every morning to get started, and I only drink full pots of tea on days when I’m stressed or sick. My favorite tea places are Teaism in DC, Teavana, and Cha Fahn in Jamaica Plain. My favorites are Oolong, Matcha, and unique Tissane blends without mints or anise.
Ta da!
I’m a lot better at being asked questions to answer than coming up with bits of me to share… That said, if you have questions, please ask. The worst that can happen is that I won’t answer. 
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