100th Post Part I

Many bloggers list 100 interesting things about themselves in honor of their 100th post.  I won't even pretend to be that interesting, so I am just listing things.  Not interesting things, just things.  And not all at once - this will be a four part series with the fourth post as my 100th.  I'm sure I will regret being such an open book later, but here it goes...  

1. I still sleep with my baby blanket - even when traveling - even on the plane to Paris.

2. Andrew carries me to bed almost every night because I try to stay up until he is ready to go to bed.

3. I fall asleep within seconds as my head hits the pillow every night.

4. I am writing this on the first night I have had trouble sleeping in nearly 10 years.

5. In middle school I had trouble sleeping and would wake my parents up at 2:00 in the morning just to make sure they knew I wasn't asleep.

6. Even though my dad would come sleep on my floor, I don't think this problem was solved until I pulled the old baby blanket out of retirement.

7. I prefer 2nd place over 1st place because you get most of the praise and glory without all the pressure.

8. Example 1: I sing backup, not solos.

9. Example 2: I played number two on the high school tennis team.

10: Example 3: I graduated number 3 in my class.  I didn't want to be Valedictorian or Salutatorian because they had to give speeches, but ironically, I ended up with the title of "Class Speaker."

11. My high school graduation was one of the worst days of my life because I cried while giving a speech in front of thousands of people at Thompson-Boling Arena.

12. My life has been pretty smooth-sailing because I can call graduation one of the worst days of my life.

13. I am not good at relaxing.

14. I am really good at stressing out.

15. I hate feeling like a day has been wasted.

16. I write new to-do lists daily. 

17. I list more tasks than could possibly be done in one day.

18. I can't resist chocolate raspberry truffle from Bruster's.

19. Or any kind of bread from anywhere.

20. I get myself so worked up in dreams that sometimes I wake up crying.

21. I dream about my future children.

22. And snakes.

23. More so the snakes than the children.

24. After training for the half-marathon, I wonder if my knees and hips will ever be the same.

25. I officially gave up on running only to decide two months later to run another half-marathon.