5 Things...

Meg tagged me for this meme, so away we go!


What was I doing 10 years ago?

I had been married for 5 years and we had moved to L.A. a few years earlier. I was working as an accounting clerk in a small computer company. They had no money, so it was hard to work Accounts Payable when there was no cash to actually pay people. It was frustrating, and I found myself in the position of having to lie to vendors, so I started looking elsewhere for work. Principles, yo.


Five snacks I enjoy in a perfect, non-weight gaining world:

1. Doughnuts
2. Candy Bars
3. Queso and chips
4. Cookies
5. Twinkies
(Most of my list includes sugar items, because I'm not allowed to actually eat them in real life-low blood sugar issues)


Five snacks I enjoy in the real world:

1. Queso and chips (whoops! How did that get there?)
2. Popcorn
3. Ritz Crackers
4. Wheat Thins
5. Fritos



Five things I would do if I were a billionaire:

1. Pay off our debt and all our family/friends' debt
2. Hire a maid and a cook
3. Buy tons of cameras and equipment
4. Go on lavish vacations
5. Do something good for humanity. Maybe.



Five jobs I have had:

1. Babysitter at a battered women's shelter. At the age of 13. Talk about an eye opening, humbling experience.
2. Babysitter to three siblings, for $3 an hour. I was IN THE MONEY.
3. Data entry clerk at the community college I attended. Worked evenings, so I was on campus from 8am to 8pm. At a COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Can you say par-tay???
4. Accounting clerk for Sun Microsystems. LOVED that job, and only gave it up because The Man wanted to go follow his dream and work for a startup game company or something. Ass.
5. Associate Accountant for a water district in the L.A. area. That was the last job I had, and left after having Boodle 8 years ago.


Five habits:
1. OCD hair pulling since middle school.
2. Leaving stuff all over our couch so The Man has no place to sit.
3. Reading before I go to bed. Doesn't matter how tired I am, I've got to at least read a page or two before I can turn my brain off and sleep.
4. Pacing around the house while I'm talking on the phone. Loodle has picked up on this one and now does this as well.
5. When I am expecting someone to show up somewhere, I am constantly looking toward the entryway to see if they've arrived. Even in the middle of a conversation with someone else, I'll rudely keep looking away to watch for the other person's arrival.


Five places I have lived:
Glendale, CA
Lompoc, CA
Santa Barbara, CA
San Jose, CA
Los Angeles, CA