5 things meme

from Academom.

Five things in each of the following categories:

10 years ago, I was:

1. Learning how to meditate.
2. Attacked on the street.
3. Teaching English as an adjunct at RRCC and CCA.
4. Living next door to my two best friends.
5. Wondering if I would eventually get brain cancer from a radiation treatment I had the year before.

Today’s to do list: (**since I blogged yesterday about today’s to do list, I’m going to modify this one and list the three things that didn’t get done from today’s to do list and then add two more things that I didn't list but want/need to do)

1. Write a survey for instructors and tutors who participated in an online embedded tutor pilot.
2. Work on graduation speech.
3. Record responses to eight student poems.
4. Finish Michael Carter’s article on WAC in CCC 
5. Weed the front yard.

Snacks I enjoy:

1. Hummus with carrots, peppers, and cucumbers
2. Greek yogurt with fresh fruit
3. Apples and peanut butter
4. Cheese
5. Fresh cherries

If I was a billionaire, I would:

1. Pay off my mortgage and all my family members’ mortgages
2. Set up a charitable foundation to pay for prison inmates to take distance college courses
3. Give money to NPR, Greenpeace, Amnesty International, the Feminist Majority Foundation, FAMM, and other charitable organizations
4. Travel around the world (first stop: Machu Picchu; second stop: Namibia; third stop: Hawaii)
5. Buy up prairie land so it couldn’t be developed

My bad habits:

1. I’m not good at answering questions that ask for a yes/no response or a “best answer”—I want to discuss everything.
2. I’m uncoordinated. (not really a bad habit—oh, well)
3. I’m lazy unless I have a clear goal.
4. I often forget to not get my daughter excited before bedtime.
5. I know exactly how to make my husband’s weak stomach kick off his gag reflex and I occasionally use that to my advantage.

Pet peeves:

1. People who talk on their cell phones while driving.
2. People who think that their poor planning should make me hurry.
3. People who choose to not recycle.
4. Companies that use much more packaging than is necessary.
5. People who don’t clean up after their dogs.

Places I’ve lived:

1. Northport, NY
2. Reston, VA
3. Peoria, IL
4. Amherst, MA
5. Denver, CO

Jobs I’ve had:

1. Ghostwriter
2. Telemarketer
3. Administrative assistant
4. Restaurant Jane of All Trades (server, bartender, manager, cook)
5. English instructor

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