Comments on: Monday Madness http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/07/14/monday-madness-5/ USA Today Best-Selling Author Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:04:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Shelly http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/07/14/monday-madness-5/#comment-35534 Shelly Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:05:44 +0000 http://jillshalvis.com/?p=1144#comment-35534 Yay! Score one for the J-Team!! :thumbsup: My biggest, hairiest, most audacious fear was going to vet school. Not, really the going part but the trying and not getting in and being denied my life's biggest dream part. :no: Didn't matter that I've known that I am supposed to be a vet since I was... oh.... two years old. Still the fear of failing kept me stuck for my entire life. That is until I turned 40 and somehow my "shop-vac" came out and I FINALLY sucked up that fear and returned to school. I still don't know if I will get accepted but I can tell you that I will die trying. They may get so sick of seeing me that they let me in just so I'll graduate and go away. :wave: Yay! Score one for the J-Team!! :thumbsup:

My biggest, hairiest, most audacious fear was going to vet school. Not, really the going part but the trying and not getting in and being denied my life’s biggest dream part. :no: Didn’t matter that I’ve known that I am supposed to be a vet since I was… oh…. two years old. Still the fear of failing kept me stuck for my entire life.

That is until I turned 40 and somehow my “shop-vac” came out and I FINALLY sucked up that fear and returned to school. I still don’t know if I will get accepted but I can tell you that I will die trying. They may get so sick of seeing me that they let me in just so I’ll graduate and go away. :wave:

]]> By: Shannon McKelden http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/07/14/monday-madness-5/#comment-35517 Shannon McKelden Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:52:37 +0000 http://jillshalvis.com/?p=1144#comment-35517 I have to say...while completely understanding and sharing your phobia...that I am VERY glad you pulled over safely. When I was a teenager (prior to seatbelt laws), I was in a car with friends, lying down in the back seat, when a spider appeared over my friend's girlfriend's shoulder in the front passenger seat. She freaked out, he (while driving 40 MPH up a steep hill) leaned over to kill it for her...and crossed the center line and drove us over a cliff. I am soooo not kidding! Not being seatbelted, I hit the ceiling of the car when we rolled twice down the hill. Thankfully none of us was killed. And yes, the police report mentioned something about spiders...oh and the naked mannequin we had in the back of the station wagon that we'd stolen from my boyfriend's house. Hmmm...I'm thinking I should use this as a scene in a book! Nobody steal this! :-) Glad you are safe and killed that little sucker! :thumbsup: I have to say…while completely understanding and sharing your phobia…that I am VERY glad you pulled over safely. When I was a teenager (prior to seatbelt laws), I was in a car with friends, lying down in the back seat, when a spider appeared over my friend’s girlfriend’s shoulder in the front passenger seat. She freaked out, he (while driving 40 MPH up a steep hill) leaned over to kill it for her…and crossed the center line and drove us over a cliff. I am soooo not kidding! Not being seatbelted, I hit the ceiling of the car when we rolled twice down the hill. Thankfully none of us was killed.

And yes, the police report mentioned something about spiders…oh and the naked mannequin we had in the back of the station wagon that we’d stolen from my boyfriend’s house. Hmmm…I’m thinking I should use this as a scene in a book! Nobody steal this! :-)

Glad you are safe and killed that little sucker! :thumbsup:

]]> By: sarah http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/07/14/monday-madness-5/#comment-35515 sarah Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:11:18 +0000 http://jillshalvis.com/?p=1144#comment-35515 WTG, Jill! :) I used to be terribly afraid of bugs -- irrationally freaked -- but was worried my girls would grow up that way because of me, so I've tried to be braver. (And they are fearless, yay!) The biggest thing I've done is pull a tick off my child's EYELID! It got right between the lashes. The doctor wouldn't do it, DH wouldn't do it... I walked up and tweezed that sucker. One of those super-human, lift-a-car moments. lol WTG, Jill! :)

I used to be terribly afraid of bugs — irrationally freaked — but was worried my girls would grow up that way because of me, so I’ve tried to be braver. (And they are fearless, yay!)

The biggest thing I’ve done is pull a tick off my child’s EYELID! It got right between the lashes. The doctor wouldn’t do it, DH wouldn’t do it… I walked up and tweezed that sucker. One of those super-human, lift-a-car moments. lol

]]> By: Erin E. http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/07/14/monday-madness-5/#comment-35465 Erin E. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:08:11 +0000 http://jillshalvis.com/?p=1144#comment-35465 Bravo Jill! For me it was crayfish. I have a thing about anything with claws to pinch, and feet that skitter. These suckers crawl all over each other! But I had to suck it up and not only pick one up, but I needed to be able to do it in front of a room full of 9 year olds. I just about had a heart attack. Still don't like going near the things, but at least I know I can if I have to. Bravo Jill! For me it was crayfish. I have a thing about anything with claws to pinch, and feet that skitter. These suckers crawl all over each other! But I had to suck it up and not only pick one up, but I needed to be able to do it in front of a room full of 9 year olds. I just about had a heart attack. Still don’t like going near the things, but at least I know I can if I have to.

]]> By: Bayou Woman http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/07/14/monday-madness-5/#comment-35464 Bayou Woman Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:22:41 +0000 http://jillshalvis.com/?p=1144#comment-35464 Me? Afraid? Are you kidding? I am BAYOU WOMAN and I fear no alligator, armadillo, or snake! But I cannot, cannot stand a spider. I WILL KILL THEM using any device necessary, but someone else has to come clean up the mess afterward! :rotfl: Me? Afraid? Are you kidding? I am BAYOU WOMAN and I fear no alligator, armadillo, or snake! But I cannot, cannot stand a spider. I WILL KILL THEM using any device necessary, but someone else has to come clean up the mess afterward! :rotfl:

]]> By: Nina http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/07/14/monday-madness-5/#comment-35463 Nina Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:16:38 +0000 http://jillshalvis.com/?p=1144#comment-35463 I hate it when the insect gets away and I can't find them. I always think they're sitting in a corner plotting against me. I do not like any insects. I declare war on any that comes into my home. In nature they can roam free, but in my home they're the enemy and one of us is going to die. The thing I hate most of all is shots. Either when the nurse draws blood or if I have to get vaccinated or something. It's the needle. I hate them! I want to run away and hide. I am seriously afraid to hurt someone out of sheer panic so I usually warn the nurse that I am terrified. It has gotten better the last year or so though. I can control it better. Afterwards I always feel like a superheroine that seriously deserves a cookie and defintely a nap (panicking makes me really tired). Nina I hate it when the insect gets away and I can’t find them. I always think they’re sitting in a corner plotting against me. I do not like any insects. I declare war on any that comes into my home. In nature they can roam free, but in my home they’re the enemy and one of us is going to die.

The thing I hate most of all is shots. Either when the nurse draws blood or if I have to get vaccinated or something. It’s the needle. I hate them! I want to run away and hide. I am seriously afraid to hurt someone out of sheer panic so I usually warn the nurse that I am terrified. It has gotten better the last year or so though. I can control it better. Afterwards I always feel like a superheroine that seriously deserves a cookie and defintely a nap (panicking makes me really tired).

Nina

]]> By: jeanne http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/07/14/monday-madness-5/#comment-35461 jeanne Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:59:48 +0000 http://jillshalvis.com/?p=1144#comment-35461 The worst is when they get away and you don't know where - I wouldn't have been able to drive the car either. We just had someone in our area kill themself, another family member and injure 3 more because she did hit a tree because a bee was in her car. I'm also afraid of driving highways or anywhere you have to blend into traffic or go anywhere that I could get lost. The worst is when they get away and you don’t know where - I wouldn’t have been able to drive the car either. We just had someone in our area kill themself, another family member and injure 3 more because she did hit a tree because a bee was in her car. I’m also afraid of driving highways or anywhere you have to blend into traffic or go anywhere that I could get lost.

]]> By: Jane http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/07/14/monday-madness-5/#comment-35460 Jane Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:51:31 +0000 http://jillshalvis.com/?p=1144#comment-35460 I used to be terrified of heights. I'm still not totally comfortable, but I can hang out on a balcony or look down an escalator without freaking out. I used to be terrified of heights. I’m still not totally comfortable, but I can hang out on a balcony or look down an escalator without freaking out.

]]> By: Brandy http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/07/14/monday-madness-5/#comment-35459 Brandy Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:44:58 +0000 http://jillshalvis.com/?p=1144#comment-35459 YAY JILL! You did it! Irrational fears? Bugs. Bugs. Bugs. But, one that I conquered ONCE? I walked into a room full of strangers for my first Yoga class. I was sweating and sick to my stomach and red faced, but I took a deep breath and did it. YAY JILL! You did it!
Irrational fears? Bugs. Bugs. Bugs. But, one that I conquered ONCE? I walked into a room full of strangers for my first Yoga class. I was sweating and sick to my stomach and red faced, but I took a deep breath and did it.

]]> By: Holly http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/07/14/monday-madness-5/#comment-35458 Holly Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:29:29 +0000 http://jillshalvis.com/?p=1144#comment-35458 I just wanted to let you know I didn't read more than the first couple sentences, because you kept saying the "S" word. In my house that's a naughty word and I'll wash your mouth out with soap if you say it in my presence. Just so you know. :thumbsdown: However the rest of the story went, chances are I'm with you. I'm not rational when it comes to those things. I just wanted to let you know I didn’t read more than the first couple sentences, because you kept saying the “S” word. In my house that’s a naughty word and I’ll wash your mouth out with soap if you say it in my presence. Just so you know.

:thumbsdown:

However the rest of the story went, chances are I’m with you. I’m not rational when it comes to those things.

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