It seems like most of us learned that stealing was wrong the hard way. How many of you can remember being dragged back into a store by your mom and forced to tell the owner you stole a pack of gum or a candy bar? And I bet you all learned your lesson and never stole again, right? Well not so for me. I was seriously a klepto when I was a kid. My poor mom would get calls from my friend's moms wondering if I had "accidentally" brought their child's favorite little toys home. Sorry mom. The thing about stealing though, is that it also makes you lie to cover your tracks.
One time when I was 5, I was in primary and a girl in my class dropped her ring and it rolled. Oh how I wanted that ring. I spotted it while we were all helping her to search, grabbed it without being seen, and continued to help look for the not-so-lost ring. Later that day at home I was sporting my find and my mom asked where I got it. Apparently I was even better at lying than stealing and without missing a beat I told her my primary teacher gave it to me for being the best behaved that day. What and ironic lie. Good thing I was only 5 and not accountable for my actions.
I remember a few times where I was at friends houses and just "had to have" one of their small toys. I'm not sure why in my mind I thought I could just take it without getting caught. I thought I was so sneaky too. I figured that if I put them in my pockets I would be caught, so I would usually stick them in my pants. That backfired though when they would fall out my pant leg in front of my friends. I'm pretty sure I would make up some lie about how that happened.
Probably the most traumatic experience I had (and hopefully one where I learned my lesson) involved a squirt ring. My older sister had a squirt ring and so I just had to have one too. We were at the toy store with my mom and I asked if I could get one. They were only 5 cents, but she said no. Don't worry though, that didn't stop me. The little devil inside me told me if I want somethings all I have to do is take it. So I did. We left and walked over to the grocery store. I was trying my ring on and admiring it just as my mom turned around. She was furious and I knew I was in trouble. She told me to go back to the toy store and give it back. Looking back I'm not really sure why she would send a 6 year old by herself to return stolen goods, but I guess my mom trusted me. I left to grocery store, saw some dirt and decided the best thing to do was to bury the ring. Then I didn't have to face the people at the store and my mom would think I had returned it. Moments later, hands deep in dirt, I felt someone grab my arm. I guess my mom didn't trust me as much I thought. I was busted. She dragged me back to the toy store, all dirty and tear stained, and made me apologize.
February 28, 2009
February 3, 2009
25 Random Things
Because of my love-hate relationship with facebook, I decided to cave on the "25 random things" tag, but I'm putting it on my blog instead of facebook. So here goes:
1. I can feel storms coming 3-4 days in advance. I guess you could call it my super power. I get sharp pains in my bones, usually ones I've injured. It's more of a curse than a gift really.
2. Nothing melts my heart like a little kid speaking Spanish.
3. I would drop almost anything I'm doing to go water skiing.
4. I love new toothbrushes.
5. When I was in 3rd grade I had to go to tongue therapy. If you want more details, you'll have to ask. :)
6. One of my lifelong dreams is to go to every temple in the world.
7. For a while the BYU directory listed me as being a lifeguard at the MTC.
8. My face turns red a lot, but I'm rarely embarrassed. Any strong emotion brings it out- angry, nervous, when I laugh, etc.
9. I might listen to the Spanish station in my car.
10. I did a year long term of service with AmeriCorps (think PeaceCorps but domestic) and loved it! (Minus the barely-being-able-to-eat-because-of-the-low-living-stipend part).
11. I got teased for having big lips when I was in elementary school. I think I've finally grown into them or maybe people have just grown out of teasing. I'm not really sure. I rarely put anything besides chapstick on and I think it's because subconsciously I don't want to draw attention to them.
12. I hate chili.
13. My great, great, lots of great grandpa was a Viking King. He killed a lot of people.
14. My roommate always tells me I have princess feet. I think that's her way to nicely say my feet are freakishly small for how tall I am.
15. I'm from the actual city of Salt Lake City, not the surrounding suburbs. And no, that doesn't mean I live downtown.
16. I went scuba diving and skydiving within a couple weeks of each other.
17. I am a huge BYU football fan. If I could have season tickets to the games for the rest of my life no matter where I live, I would be happy.
18. I hate birds. Except for quail. I really love quail. Especially little baby quail.
19. I had a stealing problem when I was little. I seriously was a little clepto.
20. I was in Ballet West's the Nutcracker when I was 12. I dreamed of becoming of ballerina when I grew up.
21. Thanks to predictive text some people call me Lipsti. I'll be honest though, it makes me question what I said in #11.
22. I was on the diving team in high school. I loved doing it because it scared the crap out of me.
23. I've swam with whales in Hawaii and sharks in Belize.
24. I wash my feet a lot.
25. I'm in a picture in chapter 44 of the Joesph Smith manual.
1. I can feel storms coming 3-4 days in advance. I guess you could call it my super power. I get sharp pains in my bones, usually ones I've injured. It's more of a curse than a gift really.
2. Nothing melts my heart like a little kid speaking Spanish.
3. I would drop almost anything I'm doing to go water skiing.
4. I love new toothbrushes.
5. When I was in 3rd grade I had to go to tongue therapy. If you want more details, you'll have to ask. :)
6. One of my lifelong dreams is to go to every temple in the world.
7. For a while the BYU directory listed me as being a lifeguard at the MTC.
8. My face turns red a lot, but I'm rarely embarrassed. Any strong emotion brings it out- angry, nervous, when I laugh, etc.
9. I might listen to the Spanish station in my car.
10. I did a year long term of service with AmeriCorps (think PeaceCorps but domestic) and loved it! (Minus the barely-being-able-to-eat-because-of-the-low-living-stipend part).
11. I got teased for having big lips when I was in elementary school. I think I've finally grown into them or maybe people have just grown out of teasing. I'm not really sure. I rarely put anything besides chapstick on and I think it's because subconsciously I don't want to draw attention to them.
12. I hate chili.
13. My great, great, lots of great grandpa was a Viking King. He killed a lot of people.
14. My roommate always tells me I have princess feet. I think that's her way to nicely say my feet are freakishly small for how tall I am.
15. I'm from the actual city of Salt Lake City, not the surrounding suburbs. And no, that doesn't mean I live downtown.
16. I went scuba diving and skydiving within a couple weeks of each other.
17. I am a huge BYU football fan. If I could have season tickets to the games for the rest of my life no matter where I live, I would be happy.
18. I hate birds. Except for quail. I really love quail. Especially little baby quail.
19. I had a stealing problem when I was little. I seriously was a little clepto.
20. I was in Ballet West's the Nutcracker when I was 12. I dreamed of becoming of ballerina when I grew up.
21. Thanks to predictive text some people call me Lipsti. I'll be honest though, it makes me question what I said in #11.
22. I was on the diving team in high school. I loved doing it because it scared the crap out of me.
23. I've swam with whales in Hawaii and sharks in Belize.
24. I wash my feet a lot.
25. I'm in a picture in chapter 44 of the Joesph Smith manual.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)