I've been tagged by Chris http://blethers.blogspot.com/ to tell you 5 Things You Didn't Know About Me. Unlike Provost Kelvin http://www.thurible.net/ who had way too much time on his hands and managed 100, here is my contribution.

1. Up until the age of about 14 I wanted to be a boy and did not like wearing dresses. (Still don't but that's probably more to do with my shape!) I hated dolls and loved my garage and cars. I could relate to George in the Famous Five and was sure that Enid Blyton must have met me.

2. I have a smaller bladder than most people after suffering from Interstitial Cystitis and undergoing several operations when I was in my 30s. Therefore I know the location of most public toilets in Edinburgh, Perth and Linlithgow. And I laugh when people tell me I should be drinking at least 2 litres of water every day.

3. I used to laugh at sad films, at funerals and at any solemn occasion. Uncontrollably. Since I had my boys this changed a little, but as I get older it has increasingly worsened. (Or got better, depending on your point of view.) Happiness in other people is one of my worst/best triggers.

4. I have always been fascinated with all things medical and wanted to be a nurse when I left school. The Careers teacher said I was far too lazy for that. So I applied to do Drama at Queen Margaret College and passed the audition but was told to wait a year because I was only 17. I never went back and for a long time that was one of my big regrets. Ministry changed that. No regrets now, but I do still have a fascination with all things medical and ministry feeds my love of performing. I am a BIG attention-seeker!

5. I was reluctant to go forward for the priesthood and was quite convinced that I would never be accepted. There is nothing about my past that I did not tell the selectors in the hope that I would not be chosen. It didn't work. Now, I'm glad.

One day I shall work on my 100 list.

And now I tag:
Father Kirstin http://angelk.blog.co.uk/
Father Gareth http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/
Ian http://muggle.blog.co.uk/
Father David http://limpingtowardsthesunrise.blogspot.com/
and Bishop David http://www.blog.co.uk/admin/b2edit.php?blog=16370