Five Things

Some of you lot may own got seen the "Five Things" going only about inwards weblog land. For those who haven't, it's sort of a "tag you're it, quick tell us 5 random things almost yourself!" I've been tagged past times non one, but iii wonderful ladies - Heather, Sheena, too Natalie. I'm honored too embarrassed that it has taken me too thence long to larn to it. Well, hither goes (and I'm unashamed to cheat past times entirely listing 5 things rather than 5x2, or 5x3, it's been a stone oil week)...

1. I love to read, I actually do. Fiction, non-fiction, you lot cite it. Probably every bit a effect of this fact, I entirely missed i enquiry on the Verbal component subdivision of the SAT (don't worry; I to a greater extent than than made upwards for it on the Math portion).

2. I also read every majority I was e'er assigned inwards college. Because I liked it.

3. Speaking of college... By the fourth dimension I was nearly done at that topographic point I had spent a lot of fourth dimension thinking almost my ideal man. I sort of had a growing listing of qualities inwards mind. Okay, let's live honest. I basically created an entire narrative of how Mr. X would demand to live [including but non express to interests, childhood experiences, education, too career] to grab my optic too concur my involvement for a lifetime. I fifty-fifty had "a feeling" that his cite would live Mike. I won't larn into also much item (you're welcome), but I figured that he would own got to live an intellectual, in all likelihood a philosopher, who was into adventurous materials similar stone climbing, who loved to travel, was a picayune flake older than I but non also much, blah, blah, blah.

Out of the blue, a friend called too wanted to gear upwards me upwards alongside his roommate, a novel philosophy professor, only a picayune flake older than me, named... Mike! He sent me a pic, handsome guy inwards outdoor gear, looked similar he had only finished a hike inwards the mountains. Could it be? The providence of the practiced Lord was finally conforming itself to my omniscient wisdom? We arranged a telephone call, and... He was actually slow to speak to, but at that topographic point was no spark (now I'm non proverb every lasting human relationship is founded on the unshifting sands of spark, but at that topographic point has got to be something). Mike, however, sentiment it went groovy alongside a upper-case missive of the alphabet G too asked me to post a film too if it would live alright if he called again. Sure, I said; I sentiment mayhap I only needed to a greater extent than talking to notice spark.

I didn't own got a photographic boob tube camera at the fourth dimension too most phones didn't either, too thence I sort of forgot almost the pic. And Mike never called back. Months after I ran into my friend. I suspected that Mike had gotten scared off when I didn't post a pic, too thence I asked my friend. No, no, he assured me, that couldn't live it. Why not? Because he had taken the freedom of giving him a film from a youth conference that nosotros attended when I was 16. I'm non certain what the film looked similar exactly, but I mean value it was something to a greater extent than along the lines of this:

than this:

I was a belatedly bloomer. Take courage all you lot awkward youths.

4. After the Mike debacle, my mom did comment that she wasn't surprised that at that topographic point wasn't spark. In reference to the non too thence subtle similarities betwixt the listing too my ain personality, she said, "Did you lot actually desire to pass the residual of your life alongside yourself?" Touché.

5. It all worked out for the best, though, because my soulmate turned out to live a handsome guy past times the cite of Joe who is non a philosophy professor, too is my contrary inwards personality. We dated for half dozen months, got engaged, too got married half dozen months later. It seems fast, but I only knew.

I knew plenty to non live deterred or disturbed past times the fact that random people kept bespeak me the same question, "Are you lot certain you lot aren't supposed to live a nun?"Who asked? The priest who was going to wed us too my pastor (individually too on split occasions, both were polite plenty to inquire Joe to exit the room first), several Polish sisters from St. Faustina's social club at the Divine Mercy Shrine, too the Mother Superior of a grouping of cloistered nuns inwards the Polish countryside (through the real grate, I powerfulness add!). I didn't fifty-fifty bat an eye, because sometimes you only know.

And at that topographic point you lot own got it folks, 5 things.

And now, I tag Mary, Sarah, Laura, and Kallah. I know that's entirely 4 but I am ill too chop-chop running out steam.

I'll encounter you lot side past times side calendar week for to a greater extent than fun (and wardrobe building)!