1. In first grade I knocked my friend's sandwich on the floor at lunchtime. For no apparent reason. Probably an early example of my poor impulse control. My beloved Mrs. Anderson got mad at me. It was the only time I got in trouble in the first grade.
2. In second grade the teacher put a bunch of subtraction problems on the blackboard involving "borrowing"- I took one look at them, panicked, and asked her if I could go to the bathroom. I left the classroom and proceeded to walk home. My mother was furious to see me coming up the driveway- I thought she would be much more understanding.
3. One day I came home from school and the dog got loose and ran away. My mother told me I had to go out and find her. Because I hadn't let her out, I couldn't believe how unfair this was- so I ran away from home. I came home around dinner-time because I was getting hungry.
3. In high school I plowed head-on into a light pole in a parking lot. I "didn't see it."
4. Sometime later, I dropped off some film to be developed- when I returned a few days later to pick up the prints there was a note on the envelope and no prints inside, just a tube of my lipstick. The note read "we don't develop this."
5. Recently I drove up to the Dunkin Donuts window to pick up my iced coffee. When the girl looked at me blankly, I realized that I had never ordered it. I told her that I thought maybe she was a mind reader and she could guess what I wanted. She wasn't amused.
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