Days 22 & 23

Day Twenty-Two: A Letter to Someone Who Has Recently Hurt You
Well, I would love to tell you this huge sob story about my life and the pain some people have caused in it, but I have turned a new page and forgiven all those errs. So, in an effort not to dwell on the past or to cause myself an emotional breakdown, I'm gonna leave this one blank. I hope you can all forgive me. ;)

Day Twenty-Three: Fifteen Facts About You
Hmmm...alrighty.
1. I didn't learn to swim until I was almost seventeen, and because of that I had aquaphobia almost my whole life. Aquaphobia is the fear of drowning, which I conquered last summer!
2. I have never seen Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Batman (any of them), the Bourne movies, or any James Bond movies ever. Which apparently is pretty shocking to people? I also didn't see Lord of the Rings until my freshman year of college.
3. I am a hopeless romantic despite my sarcasm towards romance, inside I'm really just like any other girl.
4. I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I know who I am, I am a daughter of Heavenly Father. I am a Mormon. I know it. I live it. I love it.
5. I think onions are the most disgusting food ever discovered. And lemons are the bounty of the earth.
6. I was born in Pennsylvania, which most people don't know about me because I didn't grow up there.
7. At age 9 I had the reading level of a college Freshman and by the time I was in Junior High I had the reading level of a Grad student. Despite this I continued to read books that everyone told me were "beneath me."
8. If I could (and not feel bad about myself) I would spend all day laying in bed. And I am a frequent napper.
9. I used to really love to read but during the school semester I can't because it distracts me too much from doing homework.
10. My major is social work and I hope to become a child welfare advocate for DCFS. My mom hates that that's my career choice, and actually once threatened to disown me. I think she's seen the light since then, though I'm sure she is still displeased with my decision.
11. I have owned practically every kind of pet, with the exception of anything that's scaly or slimy. Dogs, cats, hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits, birds, etc. You name it and we probably had it in my house at one point.
12. I am huge people pleaser and will do most anything for most everyone if they ask, which can be bad and good. Sometimes my room mates like to take advantage of that. ;)
13. I've had a job since I was ten years old. Which is half my life. In one way it's a little sad, but I haven't known anything different. I wouldn't know what to do with myself if I wasn't working.
14. School is not my forte, most people think I'm super smart and that I'm really good at school but I'm not. I'm just average. Don't get me wrong I love school and I recognize it's importance. I'm just not as great at that stuff as people seem to think I am.
15. I love my family and I love my friends like family. Though they've brought me hard times, they've also brought me good. And I wish things were a bit different between some of my relationships but that's the way life is and I wouldn't trade any of them for anything in the world.