1. I have a really bad memory. I love to read but forget the plots and details about books very soon after I read them. I often don't even remember if I've read the book period. Reading is like an escape for me. I do it to get away from my real life of diaper, dishes, and dirty clothes. I'm not reading to write a book report or discuss it.
2. I had 4 different jobs while I was at BYU. My first job was at the Cannon Center, the cafeteria for Helaman Halls. I served food and then cleaned up. My least glamorous job ever. Then I worked as a janitor at the HFAC (Harris Fine Arts Center). Vacuumed, emptied trash cans, cleaned chalk boards, dusted. At least I didn't have to do bathrooms. This job also began at 4:30 AM and went until 7:30 AM. Second least glamorous job ever. Then I got a job as a teacher's aide in an elementary school in Provo (can't for the life of me remember the name of the school, darn memory). I worked in the special ed room and had kids of my own that I taught. I even had my name on a plaque outside the door. Pretty cool for a kid still in college. A lot of the kids there spoke Spanish as their first language. My most memorable moment was when one little boy told me "Miss Harvey, you drive a cool car, man." Imagine that said with a spanish accent. My maiden name was Hardy and I drove a Saturn. My last job was for the telefund. I got to call alumni and ask them for money. It was actually a really fun job and we had the best boss who would take us to Wendy's for Frostys if we met our goal that night. I even got promoted to assistant supervisor! Which meant I got to listen into other people's calls and tell them what they were doing right and wrong. So, now when I get those calls as a BYU alumni, I always pledge.
3. I don't have a lot of simple addition and subtraction math facts memorized. Like 6 + 8, hmm, I'd have to think about it. In elementary school I was taught to imagine dots on the numbers and then count them to add or subtract. We were never required to memorize. So, I am a 29 year old who doesn't know what 6 + 8 is without imagining it in my head with dots on it and counting them up.
4. I bought a car before my sophomore year at BYU with the help of my parents. It was that cool Saturn I talked about before. The funny thing is that it was a manual transmission, and I had no idea how to drive a stick. Isn't that a great idea, to buy a car you don't know how to drive? I think my parents have some great video of me learning.
5. I got married when I was ....... 19!
6. For the past year, I have been craving anything with pumpkin in it. It all started when Caleb was born. My friend Rachel brought me some pumpkin bread with chocolate chips. I ate 3/4 of the loaf. My mom, while she was staying with us when Caleb was born, made pumpkin cheesecake. Since then, about once a month I've got to make something with pumpkin, whether its bread, cookies, or bars. Man, I love it.
Okay, now is the part where I'm supposed to tag other people. Seeing that I've been blogging for like 1 month, and I think 3 people read my blog, this might be interesting. Here it goes, Libby, Amy Simiskey, Amy Fish, Janna, Tracy, and Kara.
We'll see how that goes.
5 comments:
That was so fun to read! I LOVED learning such very random things about you. Your Saturn sounds really cool. And I can't believe you had one of those early morning cleaning jobs on campus. I could never wake up that early. Was that after you were married? I guess if you were already married you weren't living with crazy roommates and staying up late, then it might have been a bit easier to be at work by 4:30. But really, that is so early. As for the pumpkin love, I had no idea. Thanks for giving me credit for starting it! I just found a recipe for these pumpkin whoopie cookies that got like 5 stars. If I ever get around to making them, I will have to bring some by.
Thanks for playing along!
I loved getting to learn more things about you through that. See, there ARE good things about getting tagged! :)
Ok, I tell Danny all the time that the reason I am so slow at math is because I never memorized anything. I learned the dot system too and here I am ...28 and still doing it in my head. Glad I am not the only one. Go St. Louis public schools!!!!
Thanks for sharing your randomness. I cleaned my aunt and uncles offices on the weekend all through high school. It was better than babysitting- paid better. Beth
I loved reading these! I never knew you had simple addition issues... through all those years of geometry, algebra, calc... remember when our Calc teacher's husband passed away and we had a substitute forever? I can't believe we got college credit for that!
I would love to grab coffee and reminisce sometime!
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