Meme

I live: In a very cute 3- story apartment with hard wood floors and stained glass windows. I love it, but I can’t wait to have my own home and spend hours each week looking at MLS listings.
I work: Very, very hard about 50 hours per week. I love my job but spend way too much time working.
I smell: The heat turning on.
I listen: To Jason Mraz in the car every morning on the way to work.



I hide: Baby Shrek… still. Remember that story?
I walk: Up a flight of stairs and all the way across the building every time I need to photocopy, fax, or print something at work. I have a printer just doors away but this forces me to get up and get exercise.
I write: Often. I someday hope to publish a research article in a professional journal.
I see: "Said the blind man to the deaf dog pissing in the wind; it’s all coming back to me now. "
I sing: Songs when I get up in the morning because Aaron insists on setting the alarm to music mode instead of buzzer mode. I HATE music mode simply because we don’t have many stations available to us through the tiny clock radio, so it’s slim pickings. Last week I had the Jackson 5’s A-B-C, Easy as 1-2-3 in my head all day and pretty much wanted to off myself.



I can: Do anything I set my mind to.
I watch: Tool Academy on VH1. I hate it, it’s awful, and I can’t stand the way therapy is represented on the show… but I can’t seem to look away.
I daydream: About having a house and children to fill it.
I want: This. You reading Aaron? Get on that. I have a coupon for $50 off and free shipping.
I cry: I can, but I normally don’t.
I read: All the time-- but usually only a book or two a month for fun… the rest is work stuff.
I love: Hostess Snowballs (especially the pink ones) YUMMM! I just found 100 calorie ones!!! Exciting.

I rode: My bike with Aaron last summer, which was a huge mistake. I haven’t used those muscles in forever. He had to push my fat ass up a small incline (an embarrassingly small incline) while he was riding his bike behind me. People were driving by and honking. I almost threw up and Aaron’s pulse rate didn’t even increase, (my heart was beating so fast that my eyeballs were throbbing.) I could, however, probably out-run him. HA! We all have our strengths.


I sometimes: Get up in the middle of the night and come downstairs to read.
I fear: The phone call that tells me my Pepe has passed away, and I hope it does not come soon.

I hope: I can plan the wedding I want to have on the budget I have set aside.
I eat: A Luna bar and yogurt almost every day.
I drink: Only Coffee and water most days.
I play: Otis Redding’s White Christmas every so often because it makes me fall in love with Aaron over and over and over again.

I miss: Living in Orono, Maine.
I forgive: Eventually.
I drive: 16 miles to work everyday and take back roads so I can relax, enjoy the view and not pay the toll booth- I don’t mind too much, I have an awesome vehicle with heated seats.
I lost: My social security card once and completely freaked out. So I joined this credit monitoring company (who I am still with and don’t know what they do, but pay them $15 per month) only to later find the card in a wallet I was no longer using… I also lost a bet and now owe Aaron an entire sleeve of tattoos because I was so damn sure I was right that I made that crazy bet.
I dream: Every night and unfortunately remember my dreams which indicates that I don’t make it through my full sleep cycle.
I kiss: My dogs several times per day, way more than I kiss Aaron
I hug: Reluctantly. Most of my coworkers know I don’t like showing affection, and threaten to hug me when they think I’m stressed out or when they’re stressed out say “I know you don’t do hugs, but can I please have one from you, I really need one?” Sigh, Fine- come here…
I have: A savings bond from 1989 that’s worth $61.87. I’m going to wait to cash it in when we have a down payment for a house.
I remember: All of my credit/debit card numbers and expiration dates… just in case.
I don't: Understand why I am so hard on myself about a lot of things. I wish I was able to half-ass things more instead of being a perfectionist and beating myself up when things don’t go perfectly.
I believe: In Jesus and I think he was black.

I owe: A ton of money in student loans, but because I work at a non-profit my loans will be forgiven after I make 10 years of payments... so I'm just doing the minimum... 7 more years baby...
I know: Most of the questions on Jeopardy which really surprises Aaron. I should really audition- but, unfortunately, I hate Alex Trebek with a passion and would probably punch him in his muzzle when he interviewed with me after the first commercial break.

I hate: When people don’t recycle, it really irritates me.
I wish: I was married, licensed, and in a home of my own.
I wear: Jewelry everyday. It finishes off an outfit.
Maybe I should: Start getting ready for work… ugh!
People would say that I'm: Driven.
I don't understand: Tax laws.
My past is: What brought me to where I am today.
I get annoyed when: I have a mound of paperwork on my desk, my door is mostly shut and people still poke their head it to ask “Do you have a minute because I have a question I need an answer to.”
Parties are: Great ways to mingle, and network, and people watch.
Tomorrow: I am going to a training in Concord entitled “Working with Families with Substance Abuse: How to talk so they’ll listen and listen so they’ll talk” and then I'm going on a date with Aaron.
Never in my life have I: loved to exercise.
When I was younger I: would get a prize from my Mom, every Thursday, which is prize day.
When I'm nervous: I bite my hang-nails.
My life is not complete without: Comfy Pajama pants.
If you visit my hometown: you need to go to the neighboring town of Barrington to visit the Christmas Dove and Calef’s Country Store.
The world could do without: Hate.
If I ever go back to school: I will get my doctorate in Psychology. If I could go back to the beginning I would be a triage doctor in a fast paced emergency room somewhere like Boston or NYC.