Five Things Meme

I've been tagged by Read. Imagine. Talk. to do the Five Things meme. Here's how it goes:

1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post, the player then tags five people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read the player’s blog.
4. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.

What were you doing five years ago?

1. in April, May and June I was on maternity leave with my newly adopted second son :)
   
2. unaware that I am celiac and still eating gluten (diagnosed 4 years ago)
   
3. into birding, tai chi, knitting, reading and gardening (still true)
   
4. oblivious to blogging and online forums (!)
5. working as a library media specialist (my current job)

Laura tagged me for this meme too but she is going ten years back so this is what I was doing in 1998:

1. teaching first grade
2. working a paper route to save money to buy my first computer
3. taking a summer class at the community college to learn about the Internet
4. doing foster care for infants in the summer
5. living in an apartment with my one and only son (he was 10 years old)
   

What are five things on your to-do list for today (not in any particular order)?

1. go to physical therapy
2. faculty meeting after school
3. work on final report cards
4. work on curriculum mapping; catching up with this year's classes
5. take a walk in the sunshine
   

What are five snacks you enjoy?

1. cheddar cheese and rice crackers
2. strawberries and yogurt
3. gf chocolate cookies
4. gf rice chex
5. m & ms or snickers bars
   

What five things would you do if you were a billionaire?

1. buy long term care insurance for myself, my parents and my siblings
   
2. put aside college money for my sons
   
3. donate to charities and schools (I have a long list in mind)
   
4. support John Edwards in his plan for cutting poverty in half in the next 10 years by investing in great daycare centers
   
5. start a writer's retreat center for single moms, with on-site childcare and fully funded grants
   

What are five of your bad habits?

1. leaving paperwork in stacks
   
2. not balancing my checkbook
   
3. slap-dash cleaning (ignoring the corners)
   
4. grumbling and complaining
   
5. thinking I can do more than is possible in the given time until suddenly I rush around in a panic and arrive late (is there one word for that?)
   

What are five places where you have lived?

1. upstate NY
   
2. Philadelphia & suburbs
   
3. suburban Cleveland OH
   
4. Daqing, China
   
5. western PA
   

What are five jobs you've had?

1. resident assistant in dorm
   
2. waitress/restaurant help
   
3. lawn mower repair shop counter person
   
4. teacher
5. librarian

What five people do you want to tag?

1. Crazy For Kids Books
2. Findings
3. Saints and Spinners
4. But Wait, There's More...
5. Reading, Writing, Living