Hi-jacked from Facebook -- 25 Random Things About Me

Okay, so I totally hi-jacked this idea from Facebook. However I think it's quite clever, and I am pissed that I haven't been tagged yet. (You're not supposed to add it to your wall until you've been tagged. Everyone in my friends list has been tagged but me! Is there some conspiracy going on?? Am I that boring?) The premise is to post 25 things about yourself that are not common knowledge. While no one has asked, I'm taking the liberty of adding them to my blog anyway. Here goes:

1. I love Google! It doesn't matter about what I am interested, I know I can find all I need to know by googling.
2. I have little tolerance for stupidity and silliness. Don't get me wrong...I like funny; I just loathe silliness. There is a difference.
3. I wish I were more patient.
4. I've read a gazillion parenting books because I'm scared of failing my kids. As a teacher, I've seen far too many kids suffer as a result of "bad" parents.
5. I am loyal, and have never been unfaithful to a significant other.
6. I wish I could do my teen years over. I was such a bitch for NO REASON!
7. I wish I were more active in organized charities.
8. I am a compulsive shopper.
9. I hope that I will not be too hard or too easy on my kids. I struggle with the ideal balance between permissiveness and oppressiveness.
10. I miss my grandmother, and I'm fearful of forgetting my sister.
11. I wish I was better at staying in touch with my friends. (Sorry...)
12. I think I need more "ME" time that the average person.
13. I wish I wouldn't yell so much.
14. I love to color! I even have my own crayons that are off-limits to kids.
15. If I could be anything, I would be a comedic actress. I think I'm pretty funny.
16. I love to write. If I were motivated, I'd write a book right now!
17. I miss my college friends. Those were the best friends I ever had. :-(
18. I wish I were more affectionate towards my husband.
19. My entire immediate family is left-handed -- my husband, myself, our daughter, and our son.
20. I struggle with self-image. I hate what I see when I look in the mirror. I totally envy those people who are comfortable in their own skin.
21. I am an over-achiever and a perfectionist. I hate when I anything other than my very best.
22. I have a great job for which I have a great passion. It took me nearly 40 years, but I found my calling in life.
23. I have ADD, but do not have an official diagnosis.
24. (see #23) I'm a hypochondriac, and live in constant fear that something terrible will happen to me before my kids are grown.
25. I'm very forgiving. I'm an adamant follower of the "let it go and move on" principle.

Oh, I'm not finished!!! I could go on, but I won't. Before starting, I didn't think I would be able to come up with 25 things. Of course, I may be short in stature, but I'm never short on words.

;)