100 things

It’s been a few years since I’ve written 100 things about me, so I figured it was time for another round.

1. I worked at Taco Bell on and off for three years during and shortly after high school. Given the opportunity, I’d probably eat there four or five times a week.
2. At my job, we have assessment tests to gauge typing and data entry speeds. Every few months I take the typing test in my spare time. I’m determined to break 100 wpm, but I think I’m stuck around 85. I know it can be done, though!
3. I worked at K-Mart for four months during my sophomore year of high school. I made $5.30/hour and they paid me in cash. I have no idea how that was legal.
4. I love kids and really love the idea of having one of my own eventually, but the idea of physically having a kid is enough to almost make me gag.
5. I had a part-time gig at Best Buy’s corporate office for a couple of years. I’m pretty sure all of the money I made from that went to buying things with my employee discount. That would explain my 300+ DVDs and enough coax and Cat-5 cable to network/cable an entire commune.
6. In 3rd or 4th grade, I decided I didn’t want my name to be Wendy anymore. And I didn’t like my middle name all that much either, so I decided to shorten it. Michelle became Mickey and I wrote in the back of a couple of sticker albums that I had. It didn’t stick much past the summer. Thankfully. I’m so not a Mickey.
7. Before I got braces, I used to put a tiny rubber band around my top two front teeth, because I hated the gap between them.
8. Aside from the few months that my mom made me use Mary Kay face wash, I’ve never used anything other than water to wash my face at night. Even in high school, I don’t think I’ve ever had more than one noticable pimple a month.
9. I have taken College Algebra three times and still haven’t passed it. It’s more like I have finished it, because I just get bored and quit. But still.
10. I’ve lived in two states and 13 different addresses. I think I’m still using checks from three addresses ago to pay my rent. It’s the only thing I write a check for!
11. Thanks so the jerk that lived (and still lives) across the street from my parents, I was deathly afraid of 99% of big dogs. And then I met the 80lb dog that I now own. You’d be scared to if a grown ass man let his two huskies chase you home from the bus stop every day when you were only six years old!
12. I’ve been fired twice. Each time, something fantastic came of it. Although I wouldn’t necessarily recommend trying it.
13. When I was a kid, I had to dream jobs. In 3rd grade, I wanted to be a neurosurgeon. In 10th grade, I wanted to be a band teacher.