25 Things...

I read US Weekly from time to time and they started articles based off of a Facebook idea. It's called the "25 Things You Don't Know About Me," and usually they're about celebrities. I thought it'd be fun to list some of mine, even though I'm not as interesting as those people.

1. My name is the product of a disagreement. I went nameless for three days and my parents arrived at Jessica/ Jessa because they hated all others. To this day – Dad only called me Jessica and my Mom only calls me Jessa. (Except if I was in trouble.)
2. My first car was an Oldsmobile Alero. It was a 99’ and it was white. I inherited it from my older brother who had leased it.
3. My second car was a white 03’ Honda Civic after the Alero was traded in. I was originally told I’d have a used car, but since I kept my mouth shut, I let my Dad talk himself into buying a brand new car.
4. I’m LDS. (Mormon.)
5. My husband is only 3 years older than me. However, he looks older than his age and I look young for my age – so we’re often confused as siblings. It’s weird. Also, when people find out we’re married, my husband gets the stink eye because people assume he’s a cradle robber. Once I was confused for his daughter…but in our defense, the confused person wasn’t very bright.
6. I’m afraid of heights. I always have been. It wasn’t until I was 24 that I was finally able to ride Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Disneyland…for the first time ever. Splash Mountain still scared me and The Tower of Terror made me think I was going to die.
7. I was a cheerleader in high school. Make as many jokes as you want – I loved it.
8. I have two brothers, one sister, two brothers in law, three sisters in law, two nephews, three nieces and one niece/ nephew on the way. I’m my parent’s second child. And I married my in law’s baby. Confused? Me too.
9. I live in a condo right now and I dream of having a house with a big backyard.
10. I’m not a morning person. At all. Whatsoever. I don’t speak English until well after 9 a.m. and usually skip breakfast if it means I can sleep for five more minutes. I’m horrible in the morning.
11. I don’t have children yet. I don’t have pets either. They’re on the to-do list for “a later date.”
12. My favorite TV show of all time was Friends. I cried during the last episode because I was so sad to see it go. I’m also an expert in Friends trivia.
13. I’ve already gone on my dream vacation! I went to Italy last summer and it was amazing! I hope to go again one day!
14. I love Vanilla coke and Cherry Limades from Sonic.
15. My birthday is 3/21. I tell people the easy way to remember it is counting back from three, 3-2-1. Many people remember my birthday – even if they don’t want to.
16. I really, really, really dislike grocery shopping.
17. I can’t sleep with the closet door open. It freaks me out. My husband makes fun of me for it.
18. I usually make a big breakfast every weekend. It didn’t start out as a tradition, but now it’s expected.
19. According to the last time I was tested, I type 82 wpm.
20. I have a weird thing about not standing too close to microwaves. I don’t trust them.
21. I’ve been stung by a jelly fish. Luckily there are many types of jelly fish, mild to poisonous. I was stung by a mild jelly fish, so nobody peed on anyone that day.
22. I don’t like seafood. It makes me cringe. The only seafood I can handle is shrimp and tuna fish.
23. I can’t hide my emotions on my face. I don’t know why. It makes it hard to lie. It also makes for a pretty awkward situation too.
24. I have a debilitating fear of sharks. I’ve had recurring nightmares about them since I can remember. My husband makes me watch shark week because he thinks it’ll help me face the fear but it’s very stressful for me. In Hawaii I went snorkeling and ended up hyperventilating because I kept worrying a shark would swim by. I ended up needing to use a water noodle like the little kids in our group because I couldn’t stay afloat with all the hyperventilating.
25. My husband has 500+ nicknames for me and adds to the list every day. I think he loves to get a rise out of me so usually they’re disgusting or insanely weird.