symmetry

I am 30 years old today. As of 10:03 am (or possibly 10:33am; my mom can't remember which time is mine and which time is my brother's, but she claims I'm the early one). I could regale you with the ways in which I feel less than prepared for this age, but instead, I'm going to provide you with a list. There is no point to this list except that it has 30 items and they are mostly about me. It is not random (oh how I hate the overuse of the word random), but it might be amusing.

1. I hate warm cookies.

2. I have tipped over while standing at a curb with my bicycle. There were children nearby, but they didn't laugh at me.

3. if you baked me an apple pie, I wouldn't eat it, but I would appreciate the gesture.

4. last night I had a bad dream about throwing up, and when I woke up I was afraid that I'd actually vomited.

5. I cry when I laugh really hard.

6. my brother, my dad, and I all have the birthdays that are different dates but end up being the same day of the week (i.e. all of our birthdays are on thursday this year)

7. I once made my brother wear a dress. there are pictures.

8. he once made me sit on a red ant hill. there are no pictures, but now I really hate ants.

9. I made a kite in summer school one year and now whenever I see wooden dowels at the hardware store all I can think about are kites.

10. when I was in 4th grade I used to stay after school and help out in the library because I thought it was fun.

11. I used to own a Bart Simpson skate board.

12. I'm beginning to get bored with my list. Are you?

13. My mom's favorite numbers are 7 and 13. When my brother and I were younger, she would ask us to pick a number between 1 & 20 when we wanted something. her number was always 7 or 13.

14. I could probably eat 14 oatmeal chocolate chip cookies in one sitting, but not if they're warm.

15. Maybe I shouldn't have picked 30 items. I'm only halfway there.

16. I used to eat butter. One time when I was around 4 years old my entire family was out washing the car, and I was in the kitchen stealing bites from a stick of butter.

17. I went to band camp.

18. And I played the flute.

19. But senior year of high school, I switched to a brass instrument.

20. Sometimes I like to play a game where you spell a word backwards and I tell you what word it is.

21. I'm terrible at crossword puzzles.

22. If I had to sound out the letters of my nickname in german it would be "yotta yotta"

23. I like to make to do lists with little checkboxes.

24. I drink out of the same coffee mug every day. I rinse it out when I'm done, but I only wash it about once a week. I just found out that my dad does the same thing.

25. I've thrown up on one of my friends before. Sorry about that.

26. I almost failed chemistry in college.

27. I used to request the following as my birthday dinner: barbecued chicken legs, mashed potatoes, and green peas. Then I would mix the peas and the mashed potatoes together. For dessert: yellow cake with chocolate frosting and ice cream on the side. always on the side. never ON the cake.

28. Have you ever tried to write a list of 30 things? I don't recommend it.

29. I hate the word "stinky"

30. The faint smell of dog treats is wafting up from my shorts pocket, and it's making me kind of nauseated.

Rest assured, I won't do that again. Nor will I turn 30 again. Ah, symmetry.