So I was "tagged" awhile back to answer these questions by AL over at Mission: Motherhood, and I just can't resist these things. Especially since it reduces the urge I have to break my agency rules and blog about the adoption process - which is so, so tempting. (Seriously, who will still be reading this blog in a year if all I write about is miscarriages over and over? I'm having a blogging identity crisis.) Being a rule-breaker like I am, I deleted the rules (one rule I took liberal advantage of - I could change any question I wanted, so you can too).
1. If you have pets, do you see them as merely animals or are they members of your family?
I have a pet cat, and she is weird and thus fits right into the family. I still say that I "adopted" her even though that's not politically correct in the adoption world; I'm told I should be saying that I "rescued" her. Which I'm not allowed to say about the baby... so confusing! (No, I don't actually think I'm "rescuing" a baby - please don't berate me in the comments. I'm just poking fun.)
2. If you could have a dream come true, what would it be?
To have a baby sitting on my doorstep when I arrive home from work on Monday. Logistically, this might be a problem at first because we don't have a crib or baby bottles, but I think we could make it work. Our neighbor across the street poses a problem, because she's very nosy and probably wouldn't allow anyone to leave a baby on our doorstep. So I guess I should also dream that she was temporarily not staring out the window, which is probably an even bigger fantasy than someone leaving a baby on my doorstep, because staring out the windows at her neighbors is all she does (from what I can tell when I stare out the window at her).
3. What would you do with a billion dollars?
mrohkay always gets annoyed with me when we talk about where we'd live if we won the lottery because I would buy a house less than 10 miles from where we live. But it would have a lake view and a yard. It would not cost a billion dollars, only a few mil. I'm sure I could figure out something to do with the rest, though. It would involve cruises and charities, not necessarily together.
4. What helps to pull you out of a bad mood?
Dancing around to a certain foul-mouthed song by Cee-Lo Green, which under normal circumstances I would hate (not my style) but I just can't stop smiling when I hear it. Even if I'm exercising - and that never makes me smile.
5. What are your earliest memories?
I have a theory about this - that people tend to remember traumatic things better than happy things. So my earliest memories are bad ones: getting a black eye, going to a funeral and thinking that the body's legs were cut off (the casket covered them so I thought they were missing), and falling down the stairs in my pink nightgown.
6. How did you meet your significant other?
At a customer service training course for my then-employer, but we started dating four years later, after I had a sign from God in the Tire Barn. For reals.
7. What kind of books do you read?
I love to read. I enjoy everything by Nick Hornby, Zadie Smith, Irvine Welsh, Tom Robbins, Dave Eggers. I also read the classics, and I like nonfiction about politics, law, religion, serial killers or any combination thereof.
8. How do you see yourself in 10 years?
A happy family of four.
9. What’s your fear?
Spiders and planes.
10. Would you give up all junk food for the rest of your life for the opportunity to see outer space?
Now that's a pretty bizarre question. It would make more sense to ask whether I'd rather see every country in the world or outer space (every country in the world). Or whether I'd rather go in a submarine or a spaceship (submarine). I'm sure outer space is cool, but if taking off in an airplane terrifies me, climbing aboard a rocketship isn't on my bucket list. Also, I hate the term bucket list.
11. What’s the first thing you do when you wake up?
Meow back at the cat.
12. If you could change one thing about your significant other, what would it be?
I wouldn't change anything about him because then it wouldn't be him! (Shh, is he gone now? Okay since it's just you and me: I wish he was done getting tattoos.)
13. If you could pick a new name for yourself, what would it be?
I'm too indecisive to pick a new name for myself, but I had a surprisingly easy time coming up with my twitter name, avatar, and blog title. I don't know what came over me!
14. What are your pet peeves?
Apostrophes in all the wrong place's. (Yes, that was on purpose. It's less funny if I have to explain it to you.)
15. If you could only eat one thing for the next 6 months, what would it be?
Potatoes.
16. What is the thing you enjoy about blogging the most?
Obsessively checking out my viewer stats. Just kidding. I like the release of writing something down that bothers me and the wonderful comments from people who understand.
17. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A racecar driver, an astronaut, a concert pianist, a marine archeologist, or a spy.
18. Do you have any recurring dreams?
I've had a dream since I was really little that I'm standing very close to a white door. Sometimes it has a gold door knocker and sometimes it has a doorbell. It slowly swings open and then I wake up. I also regularly have nightmares about elevators and freight trains, though I'm not afraid of either in real life.
19. If you had to choose between vacationing at the beach or in the mountains where would you go?
I'm a mountain girl. The beach is relaxing and therefore boring after about 10 minutes. I'd rather be hiking somewhere all day and then staying in a hotel at night.
20. What show/movie did you love as a child that, turns out, is really terrible to watch as an adult?
Inspector Gadget. Penny solves everything with that computer-watch thing. So unreaslistic ;)
Consider yourself tagged. Enjoy.
