1) I am a really short person, but just to justify it, I am 4 ft 10 in. I've been shorter than all of my friends for most of my life. I used to get really self conscious about it and hurt that people would tease me. Now, I just try to embrace it.
2) A lot of my life I have spent being "ill". Whether it be a chronic sinus infection, or just getting colds all the time. It really stinks and makes it hard on the rest of my life. I always tell my mom what I would give to truly feel good and to not feel crummy. But I have been able to become more grateful for the days that I have that are "better" days. I am grateful for the technology we are blessed with and for the medicines that we use.
3) Along with multiple health problems, I have a hearing deficit. Most of it is in my left ear, taking away most of the hearing. Over the years, I feel that my right ear is also losing hearing. I never realized how much I was missing until I tried a hearing aid one time. It was awful. I felt like a fish out of water. I heard noises I never could hear before. I distinctly remember sitting in the car with my mom after picking up the hearing aid and me asking her what "that noise was", she didn't know what I was talking about. So I tried to mimic it. She notified me that it was the air conditiong in the car. I never heard what that sounded like. I'd never heard the air conditioning in the house, the rumbling of the fridge, or the rustling your feet make when you walk across a carpeted floor. Hearing is something I think people take for granted. As cool as it was to hear a lot of new thing, it was scary. So therefore, I decided to continue living the life I knew and to not continue wearing a hearing aid. I want to try to learn ASL and use it in a future career. I find the whole deaf culture fascinating.
4) I have a horrible fear of the dark. It wasn't until I moved to college that I began sleeping in pitch black. I've even started wearing an eye mask. However, when I go home to visit, I still have the bathroom light on and my door closed. When my roommate isn't here, I sleep with my lamp on. I can't stand the dark.
5) Lastly, I'm a sentimental person. Little things mean a great deal to me. It may be a simple phrase, a watch, or even a piece of Tupperware. I try so hard to not take every little thing said to me to heart, but I do. Whether it be good or bad. I have a few items from my Grandmother Petersen's house, she recently passed away, and I cherish those little items. They mean the world to me and are incredibly special to me.
Well, there you go. There's a little look inside of my life. More posts to come soon!! I don't have classes on Monday, Wednesday, or Fridays, so that leaves more time for blogging.
Till Next
-Lins
