Eating and Drinking...

I dont remember how old i was when i started to learn how to feed myself, i just know it was before school started. Im sure i look a little strange when i eat and drink, but i didn't really notice until somebody said something about me leaning and why i had to. I had never noticed it before, but i do i lean to the left...i assume its because my arms are shorter and i have to push my arm up to my mouth to eat and drink. My left arm is permanently bent and looks almost like its always in an invisible sling. They bent it when i had my surgery so i could feed myself, brush my hair and teeth...stuff like that. My right arm they left straight so i could put my pants on, shave and other stuff. I do remember in elementary i couldn't open the milk cartons. I always had to ask a teacher or a friend to open them. Im sure this next statement will sound dumb to some people but i remember being embarrassed to ask people...and i remember wishing i could do that. One day none of my friends were at breakfast and i was sitting by myself, and all the teachers were busy. So i started to try and open the milk. It took about 10 minutes, but i had opened it by myself. I remember running to the principal Mr. Jurgenson  because i was so excited that i wanted to show somebody. So when i told him he came in the cafeteria with me and handed me a milk carton and told me to do it. He watched as i opened another carton, and he said he couldn't believe it and said he was going to go call my parents. He did and when i got home my dad was so proud of me. Any time in my life, even to this day if i do anything that i couldn't do or thought i couldn't do i would get so excited. It's an overwhelming feeling. Its like im high on life, truly at those moments i don't think anything could take that feeling away. I think when that happens adrenalin runs through my body and when that goes away i am back to normal, and i wish that feeling would never go away it's that great. I have had many of those feelings, and i'm sure i will talk about them all but i think this was my first great proud moment.