You know what I don’t love?…my birthday. It’s a very weird feeling of wanting the people closest to me to wish me a happy birthday and wanting literally nobody else to acknowledge it because I HATE being the center of attention.

I almost didn’t even post anything about my birthday today. But that also seems disingenuous somehow. A birthday is worthy of acknowledging. I mean, if anything, I think we should celebrate our moms on our birthdays. These are the types of things I think about when this day rolls around.

BUT, I did think it would be fun to look at NINE not very well known things about me.

-1- I grew up as a theater kid. I think my very first theatrical performance was when I was in third grade. I was supposed to perform in Miracle on 34th Street, and I was so excited but I came down with the chicken pox and couldn’t do ANY of the shows. So that made my next gig my technical first performance on stage as a tap dancing kangaroo in Peter Pan.

-2- I went to graduate school at NC State. The one year of my grad program, Russell Wilson was the quarterback of the football team. He eventually went on to move schools to Wisconsin. And you’re probably wondering why I’m telling you this…but after he became a Super Bowl winning quarterback with the Seattle Seahawks, he became the quarterback of the Denver Broncos, which is my husband’s favorite NFL team.

-3- I could happily talk Bravo with you any day of the week. Summer House, Winter House, Vanderpump Rules, nearly any Real Housewives franchise…Bravo is my ESCAPE.

-4- I hate crafting. I hate crafting with my children as much if not more. To me, the amount of joy it brings doesn’t balance out the absolute disaster it is to prep for it or clean up after it. The pros do not outweigh the cons.

-5- I don’t bake much. For one, I don’t think I’m very good at it. But secondly, because if baked goods are around the house, I have zero self-control. I will eat all of them. Quickly.

-6- I was born on Super Bowl Sunday back when the Super Bowl occurred in January.

-7- I love gardening. Love love love gardening. Outside flowers are my jam. You’d think this would translate into being a great indoor plant mom, but it doesn’t. It’s not my thing. I have a few houseplants, and I have no desire to have more. I forget to water them a lot. So maybe it’s a good thing that I have all of my gardens on a drip system that does the watering for me. 🙂

-8- I’ve never learned how to use a lawn mower. Never pushed a lawn mower. Never used one. I don’t want to learn. Nathan has asked me many times what happens to him if he dies, and I’ve told him we’ll be hiring a lawn crew. Or Jonathan I’m pretty sure would be willing to be our mower boy.

-9- I’ve never seen the Star Wars movies.

Last year of my thirties. Let’s do this.