seven riveting facts about me

another tag from Amy and i am supposed to tag seven people. you've probably learned by now that i don't directly tag people as a rule, mostly because i am not sure who has already played along, but please feel free to consider yourself tagged if you want to be!

1. i cannot sleep if my feet are hot.

2. as well as i can spell, i *never* spell the word "exaggerated" right on the first try.

3. my biggest dislike about flying is turbulence, but i am not afraid of it so much as it makes me feel kind of ill -- same concept of amusement park rides that drop. my biggest *fear* about flying is that they will lose my luggage. i never check my luggage if i can at all help it.

4. i used to love bananas. one day, i peeled a banana to eat it & the smell turned my stomach. i have not eaten a banana since. my Gram was allergic to bananas. the same thing happened to her, except that she attempted to still eat the banana, even after its smell revolted her. turns out that was not a good plan. i decided to learn from her lesson & listen to my body. i may have an allergy or it may just be an aversion, and i am perfectly ok not knowing which it is.

5. i don't eat bagels because they sit in my stomach like bricks.

6. i cannot stand for my hands to be even the tiniest bit dry.

7. vampires scare the bejeezus out of me. i watched the old original black & white Dracula movie when i was about seven years old. it was around Halloween, and we had made these bats in art class that were hung off a string. mine was hanging off the frame of my canopy bed. i got into bed that night & stared at that bat, completely freaked out, for a couple of hours. i finally made my dad come in & take it down, and refused to go to sleep until he did so. i was convinced if i took my eyes off it, it would turn into a vampire. to this day, i do not like *anything* related to vampires.