She's ALIVE!!!!!

Hello old friends! It's been far too long! I truly don't understand why I go so long between posts (and this one was a record!) because I actually LIKE writing a blog. Even if it IS about nothing but lists of random crap that pops into my head. This past week, a student of mine asked me if I keep a blog. "Why yes!" I responded. Then I proceeded to try and remember the password. That took a while. Then I proceeded to get embarrassed at the fact that my last post was in the summer of 2011. Like, whoa. Sorry to all three of you who actually read it (out of obligation, I'm sure. Thanks, Tee.) but I'll try to be better at it. As always, I make no guarantees.

So...stuff has kinda changed since then. I met some wonderful new people at a new job. I became even closer to some old friends (even if I am physically further away from them now!). And there are a number of old friends that I have become more distant from, which I regret and hope to remedy that this upcoming year. It's just so hard, with so many things going on lately...but I haven't forgotten you guys. Even if it seems like I have, I apologize. Truly.

 Oh yeah, and I got hitched. More on that in another post, but I'll say now I am actually, finally, truly happy.

But enough of the mushy stuff...I wanna make a LIST!!! Oh lists, how I have missed you so. When I keep you in my head, it just isn't the same. In honor of reconnecting...or making new connections to people, I think I'll make a short list about something I know pretty well...ME!!!

Here we go...

                    FIVE THINGS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT MARY

1. I do not know the lyrics to my favorite song. I HAVE a favorite song, but I'm actually not sure what the words are. It's Yellow Ledbetter by Pearl Jam, and if you have heard it, you'd understand what I mean. Eddie Vedder, I love you to pieces, but it sounds like you are singing with those cotton things in your mouth from the dentist. And yet I forgive you for it...and will continue to sing (mumble?) along with you, man. "Alla way...on a wizard on a whaaaaaale...and I know mama say and I know manna way and I go out agaaaaaain" Good times.

2. When I was younger I wanted to be...a Crayola Crayon color namer. I figured with my motion sickness, astronaut was out, and once I found out that most archaeologists never so much as find a single dinosaur bone (never mind finding a whole new species and naming it the Marysaurus), that naming crayons would be kind of awesome. I think it started when I saw an episode of Reading Rainbow where LeVar Burton went to the Crayola factory, I was mesmorized by the colors and how they looked so delicious, like candy. I used to spend hours making up new names for the colors in my giant box (yes, the one with the "built-in sharpener" that never worked), and would write them in fancy fonts while other kids were drawing houses and that graffiti-style capital ...

3.I can count to three using loops on my tongue. I'm sure this sounds much sexier than it really is. If you can't picture it, I'd be glad to show you if you asked nicely...for a nominal fee, of course. Mama needs a new pair of shoes!

 4. I have asked for the same gift for Christmas every year for nearly a decade, and have not received it. What could this elusive present be, you ask? Two words, my friends. Cheese. Wheel. And finalmente (for you international readers)...

5. I HAVE A BLOG! Yes, I have resurrected my old friend and hope to put her to good use in what I hope will be a fantabulous 2013. Thanks for reading, folks! (Again, all three of you.)