Six Things You Probably Know or Don’t Know About Me

So, I fully acknowledge that I have a very divided group of readers who read this blog on the regular. I have my family and friends who know me personally that read this blog… and then I have a large group of people I’ve never met before in my entire life who read this blog.

I love both groups of super awesome readers.

However, this post is primarily for the latter of the two groups. I kinda felt like doing a “things you may not know about me” post, and while I realize that a lot of the stuff you are about to read is known by my family and friends… it is most likely not known by the rest of you.

So, without further adieu…

1. I played golf for 18 years… and I played competitively for about 10 years. This picture below is from the girl’s Virginia high school state golf championship (I’m second from the right). The rest of the girls in this photo all kept playing golf in college and a few of them are even on the LPGA tour now making a whole lot more money than me. But hey, that’s okay. I just honestly was tired and wanted to play for fun. So, now I play for fun!

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2. This picture you see below was my senior picture in high school. And no, it was not a joke. I thought that hair looked awesome. It was awesome, but not in the way I hoped.molly-hs-senior-pic

3. I was a total dork in college and involved in everything. I tried to make up for being uncool in high school by being overly cool in college. Or something. I was in a sorority, a sketch comedy group, countless honorary societies, class president, and my senior year I was student body president. I didn’t sleep. I drank a lot of Diet Coke and ate a lot of Fun Dip to stay awake. molly-cnu-grad

4. For my first two years after college, I was a high school teacher. And yes, I looked like a high school student. I even was the varsity golf coach… this picture below is me with my golf team. I blend right in, don’t I?molly-golf-coach

5. I used to be a comedian. I still sometimes consider myself a comedian, I just don’t perform on a stage anymore. I performed sketch and improv comedy for over 12 years… I even dabbled in standup. I quickly realized standup wasn’t fun for me. I love the impulsive nature of improv. Sometimes I consider going back and performing again, but I’m so happy right now, I don’t think I’d be funny anymore. I was really unhappy when I was my funniest. Does that even make sense? I don’t know.molly-standup

6. When I moved to North Carolina, I worked in radio. That’s how John and I met. He even proposed on the radio.molly-radio

So, there you have it. Six things you may or may not have known about me. All over the place, I’m aware.

So, now tell me something I don’t know about you! Preferably something super embarrassing. 🙂

57 Comments

  1. This is a great post. Thanks so much for sharing all that about yourself. I do get the irony of the sad comedian though. It makes a lot so sense. You’re lovely!

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  2. That is SO COOL about golfing, being a comedian and working in radio! How fun! Not fun that you were unhappy when you were your funniest, though. 🙁 I can totally see you as a teacher and I LOVE your college photo! My kind of girl (and I love fun dip)!

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  10. I totally love this post and learning all these things about you! I am so impressed that you played golf, taught golf, AND was a comedian. Wow. Impressive. I’m not very good at golf. I can’t hit them very far though they do tend to stay straight, so that’s something right? My favorite part is driving the cart, haha. 🙂

    xo, Yi-chia
    Always Maylee

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  16. I never knew any of this, so I LOVED reading this post, Molly! FYI, I went to golf camp one summer–all was great until I accidentally let go of the golf club and it went through a car windshield. True story.

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  17. Ah, I love this! It’s so great getting to know you more. I play golf as well! I started when I was nine. My whole family plays golf, and my fiancé is recently hooked.

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  22. Such a fun post! So something random about me… I was in a commercial when I was about 12, which sounds cool until you hear it was a commercial about recycling. And my only line? “No plastic bags!” Yep, it was my claim to fame in middle school.

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  24. Molly – sounds like you have done some fun things! Don’t feel bad I think only a handful of people can say they had a great high school experience, and typically that’s when they peaked!
    Lee

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  25. These are incredible, MOlly!! YOU are incredible. I never knew you were a golfer…and a comedian. I could see you being all sorts of things in college, though, so none of those fun facts about your college years surprised me 🙂

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  26. Great post Molly! You are so real and approachable! There are a ton of things that people don’t know about me and it probably should stay that way;) I am a vegetarian – that is one;) Happy day! Susan

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  27. I wouldn’t have figured you for a golfer, but it fits. And I do remember seeing very little of you my last two years at CNU. And I still think you are funny, even if you aren’t sad.

    I’m struggling to come up with something embarrassing, but few people know that I wrestled (poorly) in high school, that I am a black belt martial artist (and that I am a complete pacifist partly because of that discipline), proudly wear a kilt several days a week as my favorite piece of clothing, that I have recently begun an apprenticeship with a local blacksmith, that I am training to compete in the local highland games, and I aspire to become a semi – professional Santa Claus (if only I can find the money – the suit alone could set me back hundreds of dollars, and yak – hair beards ain’t cheap either!) Yes, I am weird, but you already knew that about me.

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  28. I loved watching/listening to your proposal. How cute and fun to share along with you!

    I’ll make my something you didn’t know about me with my proposal as well. My hubby proposed by giving me a bible with my first name with his last name on it. My first thought was “why would he give this to me when we aren’t even engaged?!” and I look up and he is on one knee holding a ring.

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