Janet Sperry's Blog

Monday, May 2, 2011

Day 23: 15 facts about yourself

1. I prefer sleeping in a tent than in a building.
2. I have a nephew who is 5 years younger than me.
3. Both my high school and my university, have awesome unofficial school songs, "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor and "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC
4. I played softball for 5 summers when I was young.
5. One of my favorite things to do in the Summer is go to the zoo, even though I am an adult now.
6. The only memory my friends have of playing at my house is playing with the dress ups in my basement. (I think it is because my family has the coolest dress ups ever!)
7. I have played the violin since I was 5 years old.
8. I love rappelling but hate rock climbing.
9. Most of the time I would rather hang out with my family than my friends.
10. My biggest fear is being attacked by an animal at night in the woods.
11. There are a lot of places I want to go visit in the world, but I probably never will because I HATE flying. It makes me sick.
12. I don't like amusement park rides. They also make me sick.
13. One of my favorite foods is toast.
14. I became accident prone once I went to College. In college I got stitches, broke a bone, sprained my wrist and my shoulder, and slid off the side of a mountain while hiking.
15. And the most common thing about me that everyone knows is , I am the youngest of 10 kids. I love my big family!

Day 22 A letter to someone who has hurt you recently

Ok I am back at it. I don't know that anyone has hurt me recently but there is someone who has really frustrated me so I will do that instead.
Dear X,
First of all I really hope you know how much I appreciate everything you do to help me. I know I still have a lot of questions and my constant questions probably get annoying at times. I appreciate everything you take care of so I don't have to. I just wish I could help you more. You always seemed to be stressed to the point that you can't deal with anything that pops up out of the blue. I try hard to be a good example by treating the people who create these distractions with kindness and compassion. I just wish you could remember that these people are not having the best of days themselves and they are probably very frustrated. I wish you would show a little compassion on them.
I don't really understand why you think everyone is out to take your responsibilities. No one wants to do that. We just want to make your life easier. There is no need to be secretive in your responsibilities.
I hope that someday you will be able to take a step back and realize that if you show people a little more compassion and friendliness they will be nicer to you. I don't think you realize that there are times when I avoid having to talk to you because I am afraid of having you snap at me. I hope that we can learn to work next to each other and become a great team.
Sincerely, Janet

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Day 21: A photo of something that makes you happy

Do I really have to only chose one? I have a whole facebook photo album called random stuff i find that makes me happy. it is full of old memories, great roommates and friends and great pranks my friends and I pulled on each other. I guess you could go look at it there if you are my friend on facebook. Here is a preview though.

The top picture is my friend Sandy's dog Tanner. He was at the rifle range at camp so we put eye and ear protection on him :) the next is when i caution taped my friend Jake's car. too bad he never saw it... and the last is a giant flag at an SUU football game.