This one will be short, I have schoolwork to do. I'm just gonna talk about some more learning mile-stones that are just as relevant as potty training and what-not.

I don't know what age I learned to tie my shoes. A part of me says it was later than average, but I could be merging that with my sister's life, because she was 9 when she learned to tie her shoes--and she still does a very poor job.

My babysitter (the mother of my molester) had taught my best friend to tie his shoes. This made me feel inferior and perhaps jealous, so I asked her to teach me. I learned, and when I showed my mom when she came to pick me up, she simply told me I had been taught to do it the wrong way (I learned to tie with two bunny ears where my mom was sure using only one was best). I can now tie both ways, but usually do it the way I was originally taught. I actually tend to prefer shoes that just slip on and off, like boots. The best friend mentioned here was only 25 days younger than me, so I guess I have reason to believe I learned at a normal time.

All I know about learning to read is that I knew before kindergarten. I am right handed, but I do everything else with my left hand--brush my teeth, hair, masturbate, manipulate objects. I guess that makes me ambidextrous in a liberal use of the word. I tell people I used to be able to write with my left hand, but my Christian school made me write with my right hand. I doubt this is true. I have very neat handwriting with my right hand. I also throw with my right hand, and I can bat from either side in baseball.

I don't know what age I learned to swim. It was earlier than average, though. Once, at daycare, I got close to convincing all the children to jump in the pool because I wanted to go swimming, though they didn't know how to swim. I would have succeeded but I was intercepted.

I learned to ride a bike with no training wheels later than average, for the same reason I began walking later than average. I was unable to trust myself.

I don't know when I learned to talk. My first word was "mom". There is a Christmas video from when it was just me and my mom, I was either 14 months or 26 months, and I was able to articulately identify the things I was opening.