5 Things in Public

Five facts about your current relationship. Skip if single.
1) We’ve known each other for almost 20 years.
2) We use names like “man” and “friend” more than traditional nicknames like “babe” or “baby”.
3) We do not often sleep full nights in the same bed.
4) We are very good at doing nothing, together.
5) He’s excellent at perking me up from the doldrums.

Five facts about a past relationship
1) I met him during freshmen orientation week.
2) We were both, equally, abusive towards one another
3) We dated for almost 2 years
4) He broke up with me because I was going to graduate with too much student loan debt.
5) I left Liam for this guy. Biggest mistake ever. Even though I did learn a lot about myself.

Five facts about your mother
1) She’s awesome
2) She’s an insurance agent.
3) She loves Eric Church and I love that he, and his music, bring her happiness.
4) She doesn’t want to end up living her mother’s life, but I think her mother loved her life, even with all the shit that was in it.
5) She’s shorter than me.

Five facts about your father
1) He has a brain injury that changed him in so many ways.
2) He doesn’t vote and I think he’s maybe disliked every president ever.
3) I don’t call him often enough but he’s the first person I call if my car is acting up. I need to be better about calling him just because.
4) He taught me how to drive, it was a lot of tears but also I think we did some serious bonding.
5) I think he’s in a funk and I wish there was something I could do to bring him out of it.

Five facts about your sibling. If you have more than one, pick one. Or do them all!
1) We’re 27 months apart
2) She’s an amazing mother.
3) I look up to her, even though she’s younger than me.
4) She’s so pretty but I don’t think she realizes it and I wish she could see herself the way I see her.
5) She loves to call me late at night when she’s been drinking. I feel guilty when I don’t answer but sometimes it’s very late and I’m very tired. We’re very different people 90% of the time

Five facts about your house
1) It isn’t built yet.
2) It will be two stories with 4 bedrooms.
3) We’re making one bedroom into a room for my nephews.
4) Instead of a formal dining room I’m thinking about making it into a library
5) It’s going to be a smart house

Five facts about your niece or nephew. If you have more than one, pick one. Or do them all! Skip if you don’t have one.

1) Preston is 8 and he’s funny and kind and sensitive.
2) Ethan is 5 and he’s funny and kind and sensitive.
3) They are different from each other in their sensitivities.
4) I have yet to miss a Christmas morning with them.
5) I can’t wait until they are old enough to come stay with us for weeks on end. I miss them so much when I’m away.

Five facts about your education
1) I was an underachiever in high school. I also think I was miserable so that didn’t help.
2) My undergraduate degree is in American History and Literature, and yes, it’s as useless as it sounds.
3) I should have listened to my mom and gotten a teaching degree
4) My masters degree is in Educational Studies.
5) I loved my 7th grade teacher so much that I sent him a thank you card 23 years later. I hope one day to influence a student in the way Mr. Moyer influenced me.

Five facts about your job
1) I was recently hired as a 3rd grade teacher
2) I feel wholly unprepared.
3) I am excited to decorate my classroom but the cost is overwhelming me
4) I haven’t signed a contract yet but I have already started buying things.
5) I substitute taught for 6 years, so hopefully my gained knowledge and 4.0 M.Ed.degree will get me through my first year

Five facts about your pet. If you have more than one, pick one. Or do them all!

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Five facts about your phone
1) It’s a Samsung Galaxy S9
2) I refuse to own an iPhone because they have crappy cameras
3) I am rarely without it and feel like if I go out without it I’ll be in an accident and no one will be able to reach Liam
4) I’ve been with Verizon since 2003.
5) I love the camera.

Five facts about the city/town you live in
1) Accroding to the post office we live in Sunrise, but according to everything else we’re considered a part of Ft. Lauderdale.
2) I love the town name but I hate our street name
3) Our next town is Port St Lucie, which I love, but I hate that the abbreviation is PSL, because I hate pumpkin spice lattes
4) We live across the street from one of the countries’ largest malls.
5) We butt up to the Everglades National Trust

Five facts about you right now (it could be what you’re wearing, how you’re feeling, what you’re doing)
1) I’ve got a toothache that’s lasted since I got a crown put on, no one can tell me why it’s still hurting. It’s been 4 months.
2) I’m wearing my #24in48 shirt that says “my weekend is all booked” it’s about reading for 24 hours of 48.
3) Liam and I were supposed to go to Key West overnight last night but I have been having bad tummy side effects from a new medication
4) Consequently I’ve lost 7 pounds in the last 9 days.
5) I’m sad because Liam is leaving on Monday for his second of three business trips this summer.