Ten Things You Should Know About Me-Part1

American Family asks: “As a new reader, I don’t know enough about you to ask an intelligent question, so how about this: Can you tell me ten things I should know about you?”

That’s totally fair. Let’s start with five today (mostly because I find these kinds of things incredibly hard to write).

In no particular order:

1) I am Taiwanese-American, and I lived in Taiwan and Hong Kong until I was a teenager. Obviously, that informs a great deal of who I am and how I see the world.

2) In a previous life, I thought I was going to play the piano professionally. A performing arts high school education killed that right quick by completely burning me out.

3) I instead wound up pursuing a graduate education in English Literature thinking I would be a college professor. I didn’t get any farther than a Master’s degree, and I’m grateful I didn’t pursue that avenue any further (but I’m very happy for those who may be reading this who continued down that path).

4) I currently work for a company, which shall remain nameless, that allows me the privilege of working from home while taking care of my daughter. It’s complete insanity, but the job combines my skillsets and education in a way I never would have dreamed possible, and for all its quirks, I do generally enjoy what I do. Sorry I can’t say too much more about this, but it is, in part, why I’m blogging anonymously. No need to jeopardize a perfectly good thing.

5) I’m mama to a terrific, challenging, headstrong, clever, willful, beautiful 2 going on 13 year old. She alternately makes me weep for joy and for agony.

More tomorrow, but for now, bedtime.

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