1. that as a child I was terrified to ride in a car over a bridge. driving over a bridge would often result in not only me freaking out, but also me trying to get out of the moving car.
2. also, as a child and speaking of cars... I was about 4 and locked myself into the primo sports car in a car dealership, accidently, of course, and then went into a snot flying, smearing, horn blowing, screaming flailing meltdown thinking that because I couldn't get out of the car that they were going to sell me and I would never see my Mum again.
3. continuing on... I injured myself on an exercise bicycle when I was about 5. I did this so severely that I had to go to emergency and was on crutches for several weeks following.
4. in 4th grade I almost electrocuted myself when I had taken the old bell out of the old phone (remember the big clunky hardwired desk-phones people? with the schoolbell style, actual bell ringer?), snuck it to class with me... and managed to get myself over to the rest area and wall socket alone. I stuck the bare wires in, one to each side of the socket. The bell did not ring, but I did.
5. After all of this, I still wondered for any years why my Mum didn't have more children.
