OK, so this week I am cheating. It's list time, once again and the following are real random things about me.

1. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would ever get paid to write (especially my opinion).

2 During my mail-delivering days, I once accidentally dropped a customer's delivery confirmation package over a bridge into a muddy creek. I laughed.

3. I miss school and hope to obtain a master's degree in something interesting.

4. My dream job would involve teaching sociology at the university level.

5. I am not a religious person but I am very spiritual. There is a huge difference in my dictionary.

6. I am a huge resister of conformity, but I am a proponent of change.

7. I believe in physical, intellectual and spiritual evolution.

8. Gardening is the best therapy for me. I am a bit obsessed with it. It's like I can't ever get enough. I need more annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees. Just when I think I'm finished I start again.

9. I used to be a chain-smoking fool. I quit when I was pregnant with my first son.

10. I truly believe that we are always where we are supposed to be.

11. You would probably not guess, but I am very family-oriented and to me there's nothing better than dinner at the table with the ones closest to my heart.

12. Eating in public places (sometimes) creeps me out.

13. I don't cook. But I almost always have a home-cooked meal.

14. I am a child of the 1980s and I still dig those cheesy tunes.

15. I don't watch TV.

16. One day -- when I grow up -- I intend on writing an autobiography. Storytelling is an art and I hope to paint my life's pictures with the words that are now stored as memories in the back of my mind.

16. I can't wait for the next chapter in my life. Bring it on.