Isn't it Friday yet?

I’m not feeling too bright. On Tuesday I had a thought about how I had managed to avoid all the nasty bugs going around at the moment. Of course, no sooner did I think this, than I started to get a cold!

So I’m home today (the BH is doing the running around – it’s why he’s got the BH title!) entertaining S, who doesn’t have a cold, but managed to catch the tummy bug instead.

As I’m in the mood for trying new things, and I saw this last Friday at Doug’s, I thought I’d give it a go too.

Thirteen Things about Jona 1. My husband and I started dating seventeen years ago this April. I fell in love with him at an exact moment. 2. I have four children, but only gave birth to one. I much preferred the c-sections! 3. If I had enough imagination with food, I’d be a vegetarian. 4. I had my first kiss at thirteen, with a boy I didn’t like just to get it out the way. 5. I am the third generation of women in my family to get engaged on their twenty-first birthday. 6. I went to seven different schools and loathed most. But my favourite teacher was at two of them, and was the first person ever to believe in me – even before me. At the time, I disliked him for it. 7. I know I have at least four half siblings, but doubt any of them know of me. 8. I left home at sixteen, thankfully the door was always open and I returned several times. 9. My favourite job was in an Estate Agents at Bondi Junction in Sydney. I was responsible for rent collections and got to know all the clients with small talk. It drove my boss mad that I offered them tea and knew all about their lives. 10. I’m not too fussed about going on holidays, but have a dream of going on a riding holiday and sleeping under the stars. (Never mind that I haven’t ridden since I was eleven, or have a son who’s allergic to horses, or that I’ll be too old by the time I can go without the kids!) 11. I have more good friends now, than I ever did as a teenager. 12. I broke my first-love’s heart, but learnt how much it hurt when my second-love broke mine. 13. I became afraid of the sea after I nearly drowned when I was thirteen. My feet got caught in fishing nets protecting swimmers from the rocks, and I can still remember the feeling of calm after I gave up fighting to reach the surface. Luckily for me the boy I had been flirting with noticed I had vanished! Links to other Thursday Thirteens!

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