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This has been floating around lately so I thought I'd try it.
First Name: Leslie
Age: 46
Location: Little Ferry, NJ USA - in a 2 bedroom condo that we own.
Husband: Mark (I'm happily monoagamous) - since 5/20/01. My second marriage (divorced in 1998), his first.
Kids: Alan, age 5 1/2
Pets: None currently. Before Alan was born we had two black cats Moxie and Inky. Inky had to be rehommed because she was not happy about Alan - she needed to be the baby in the family. I kept Moxie, who was put to sleep when Alan was a year old, because Moxie's health was failing - I miss them both. I hope to get other cats someday (if DH's allergies permit). We may settle for a hamster or fish for now.
School: Oceanside Sr HS, Oceanside, NY. BS Computer Science Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA. MS Computer Science Northeastern University Boston, MA
Brothers/Sisters: None
Parents: Both deceased from smoking. My mother, Enid died in 1993, my father Alvin died in 2002. Sadly I was estranged from my mom when she died.
Health: Pretty good. I have asthma and allergies. Need to loose a little weight. Wear glasses, just short of bifocals (although when I have to, I will wear them). Had my thyroid removed from thyroid cancer in 2004 - just have visited Sloan Kettering for followups since and hope that's all I'll ever need. (I believe my cancer was either due to living near landfills twice in my life (Oceanside and Fresh Kills in Staten Island), or being in NYC after 9/11.)
List the 3-5 biggest things going on in your life:
1) My MIL having cateract surgery over the next weeks. She isn't worried, but it is surgery and she won't be driving much for a while. (She lives 15 minutes away and we get along fine).
2) Getting Alan ready for kindergarden - improve his fine motor skills, get him to do #2 where it belongs (he still has accidents), learning to be firm with him (not my greatest strength), hoping he'll eat a better balanced diet and getting him equipped for school (supplies, first day of school outfit) Also figuring out what to do for the 4 days between end of daycare and start of kindergarden.
3) Summer - using our pool, watering the plants including the tomatoes I'm growing. Going on road trips - visiting DH's uncle at the campground, spending lots of time @ Musikfest in Bethlehem, PA and our big camping trip Labor Day weekend to Ithaca, NY. Also catching a few summer concerts and just maybe getting to the beach.
4) Dealing with urgent client software to test at work :(
You know how sometimes people on your friend's list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when are they working THERE? Since when are they dating HIM/HER? since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you *should* already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.
If you want to play, just copy mine below, erase my answers, put yours in their placeand then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration! One-Word-Answers seldom help anyone out.
First Name: Leslie
Age: 46
Location: Little Ferry, NJ USA - in a 2 bedroom condo that we own.
Husband: Mark (I'm happily monoagamous) - since 5/20/01. My second marriage (divorced in 1998), his first.
Kids: Alan, age 5 1/2
Pets: None currently. Before Alan was born we had two black cats Moxie and Inky. Inky had to be rehommed because she was not happy about Alan - she needed to be the baby in the family. I kept Moxie, who was put to sleep when Alan was a year old, because Moxie's health was failing - I miss them both. I hope to get other cats someday (if DH's allergies permit). We may settle for a hamster or fish for now.
School: Oceanside Sr HS, Oceanside, NY. BS Computer Science Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA. MS Computer Science Northeastern University Boston, MA
Brothers/Sisters: None
Parents: Both deceased from smoking. My mother, Enid died in 1993, my father Alvin died in 2002. Sadly I was estranged from my mom when she died.
Health: Pretty good. I have asthma and allergies. Need to loose a little weight. Wear glasses, just short of bifocals (although when I have to, I will wear them). Had my thyroid removed from thyroid cancer in 2004 - just have visited Sloan Kettering for followups since and hope that's all I'll ever need. (I believe my cancer was either due to living near landfills twice in my life (Oceanside and Fresh Kills in Staten Island), or being in NYC after 9/11.)
List the 3-5 biggest things going on in your life:
1) My MIL having cateract surgery over the next weeks. She isn't worried, but it is surgery and she won't be driving much for a while. (She lives 15 minutes away and we get along fine).
2) Getting Alan ready for kindergarden - improve his fine motor skills, get him to do #2 where it belongs (he still has accidents), learning to be firm with him (not my greatest strength), hoping he'll eat a better balanced diet and getting him equipped for school (supplies, first day of school outfit) Also figuring out what to do for the 4 days between end of daycare and start of kindergarden.
3) Summer - using our pool, watering the plants including the tomatoes I'm growing. Going on road trips - visiting DH's uncle at the campground, spending lots of time @ Musikfest in Bethlehem, PA and our big camping trip Labor Day weekend to Ithaca, NY. Also catching a few summer concerts and just maybe getting to the beach.
4) Dealing with urgent client software to test at work :(
