I’ve been tagged by Furrow.

The rules:
Let others know who tagged you.
Tell 8 random facts about yourself.
When you’re tagged, post these rules and 8RF about yourself.
Tag 8 other people.

My 8 Random Facts:

• I have lived 8 time zones to the east of home (Syria) and 8 time zones to the west of home (Japan). Like those 8s.
• I proposed to Roger. At a Bronco game. On the DiamondVision scoreboard.
• I have never had a PBJ sandwich.
• I played the piccolo in high school.
• I would go to great lengths for a really good mojito.
• I was told by a ski instructor my first time out that I had “rubber knees.” The nickname stuck (the comment was overheard by a member of the church group) and it took me two decades to get back on skis.
• When I was a Brownie, I won a baking contest for a recipe called, “Rickety Uncle.”
• I can usually guess the time within about 5 minutes.

So, if you’re reading and you haven’t already blogged 8 Random Facts, consider yourself tagged. Comment here when you post your own.

As any of the three people who live with me will attest, I fit nicely into the CF category.

Yesterday evening while driving home, I noticed a stunning sunset over the mountains. The clouds had mercifully rolled in, and created a canvas on which the sun painted various shades of pinks, blues, purples, and all hues in between.

This sunset happened without any impetus from me.

So I started thinking about other amazing processes and events that I don’t have to influence. They pretty much happen when I just go about my business. Here they are in all their random glory:

• My digestion, respiration and other bodily functions happen without a lot of controlling on my part.
• When I go to a store expecting to buy certain things, 99% of the time they are there.
• Neighborhood streets are clean and passable.
• Trees shade my house.
• Water evaporates, becomes precipitation, hits the earth only to evaporate again.
• My husband comes home every night.
• My children keep growing taller and wiser, no matter how I might thwart their efforts.
• Sunrises and sunsets like this happen all over the world every single day!

Truly, I am part of something much grander than I. I can relax. I don’t have to try so hard.

Now if I can just remember that today. All day. Every moment.

Or is that too controlling?