Short people…

Dec 12, 2006

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If any of you have met me in person you will know I am short.. very short and small with little tiny feet…. This is quite a disadvantage most of the time. I am always asking my husband to get things down for me, and my oldest children will be outgrowing me by the end of next year.. I am sure.

Before I had my son I was also a featherweight.. my husband quips that these days I would have been in a booster seat while taking my driver’s test. And he’s not far off..

I have never let this little problem deter me from anything. Nipper’s story of a few weeks ago, about foolishly stepping in front of a would be burglar at her office jogged a memory from high school.

In gym class I signed up for none other than co-ed flag football. It was probably not the brightest move but I thought it would be fun. And it was. The thing is.. I was of course picked dead last on the teams in the classic playground pick..but my team captain found a use for me. On the opposing team was a big guy, he played on the school’s football team and was a force to be reckoned with. He towered over me and weighed probably 4 of me.. Needless to say he was responsible several times for the total annihilation of our team. He had an Achilles heel though. He was really very much a big ole teddy bear, and he had a crush on me..

So in a brilliant move of strategy, my team captain started placing me opposite him in all our line ups. His desire not to mow me down got the better of him and slowed him down quite a bit. Then I got a little cocky.. I decided to just go for it one day and ran full force toward him.. The collision that resulted landed me about a good 6 feet back from him flat on my back.. oh well. Like I said it was a bad idea.

Being short does have it’s advantages.. I have to buy less yarn… but that is sort of counter intuitive for a yarn collector..

Just for fun..

Knitting Without Needles

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5 responses to “Short people…”

Kathy N

12/12/2006

I do understand being height challenged. I’m 5′ 1″ and have a step stool in the kitchen for reaching top shelf items. The only problem I’ve ever had with lack of height is the argument with hubby over what “eye level” is for hanging paintings…different points of view, ya know!? hehe
Ashley

12/12/2006

Does that mean I’m short too?

lol

So now I just need to lose weight so I can use less yarn when making sweaters. Hehe… Then I can buy NICE yarn. 😀
cyn

12/12/2006

you know, maybe i’m just too nosy for my own good… but what happened with mr huge football player? i need the ending of the story.
short… you mean vertically challenged? nothing a step stool won’t cure. at least we don’t have to buy special beds so our feet don’t hang off the end of a ‘regular sized’ bed.
Denise

12/13/2006

Hmm .. the end of the story.. the football player never ever acted on his crush.. perhaps it was just not really there.. who knows.
debbie

04/15/2007

I was always shortest in my family there was 6 kids me being the second eldest.I expected my brother to be the tallest he reached 5’10 he even married a woman 5’8.The rest of my sisters ended up between 5’4 and 5’7.I was stuck at just a touch over 5’2 now due to my age i am shrinking so i am hoping i dont shrink too much.Even my nan who was not very tall she is still taller than me about an inch so i will probably not even reach her height.My sisters always took the mickey out of me putting my things out of reach my brother used to help me though.At school i was always at the front,it was usually between me and another girl then all of a sudden she well overtook me.I still see her now and she laughs at me as she grew to 5’6.My 2 kids 13 and 10 and bother nearly over taking me.lol lol

Short people…

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