I have a confession to make.

I was (am?) a bit of a nerd.

I loved school.

Really.

So much so that when I got home from school, I played school after school.

I lined my dolls and stuffed animals up in chairs and lectured them.

I even tried to make my younger sister sit in a chair while I lectured her.

That didn't work out as well.

As a reward for being a hopeless nerd...er...good student, I was allowed to help out in the school library whenever I finished my work early. And oh! What a thrill that was to my book-loving heart!

Again...really.

Older, more socialized, and hopefully advanced almost to the status of "well-socialized geek," I am now willing to admit that my former nerdy behavior was probably less than typical.