What’s your go-to comfort food? I guess meatloaf and mashed potatoes and peas. And a roll. But I don’t make a very good meatloaf, so it’s not very comforting if I need to be the one cooking it. Mine never sets up, no matter how many breadcrumbs I use. It’s never enough. Another comfort food would be taco soup. I can generally eat it anytime. I don’t get warm and fuzzy feelings over any specific food, like a lot of people would with banana pudding or apple pie. I don’t have many recurring good memories with a particular food.

What do you listen to while you work? I can’t read and concentrate if there’s much noise, so I don’t listen to anything. If I’m cooking, I’ll have a Spotify playlist going, but the genre varies. Even within my playlists. People are amazed that I go from Conway Twitty to Snoop to Guns ‘n Roses. I guess it’s the sign of a restless mind. I get bored easily.

What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well being? Oh, all kinds of things! If I want to take a nap, I take a nap. If I want to eat ice cream at nine o’clock, I eat ice cream at nine o’clock. If I don’t want to leave my house for four days, then throw a big party, I do so. I have no problem saying no to anybody. I cuddle my dog, I light my candles, I read my books. I mind my bizness. And if I’m feeling frustrated, I go pull weeds or vines. There are always weeds and vines.

If you won two free plane tickets, where would you go? I guess I’d go somewhere two different times, because the thought of traveling with any of the people I know sends a chill down my spine. Well, except Kevin, I could travel with him. I guess I’d go to Ireland, and then I would be hard pressed to pick between Galapagos or Alaska.

If you could bring back one dinosaur, what would it be? Brachiosaurus, hands down. Herbivore, gentle (or at least they are in the Jurassic Park movies), and very large. What more could you want from a dinosaur? (p.s. this question is the whole reason I wanted to knock out some of these prompts. Emily has brought it to my attention I have a thing for dinosaurs. I legit never knew. But it makes sense. Besides Maverick, Jurassic Park are the only movies I’ve seen in theatres in recent years. And The Island has a dinosaur exhibit going on right now and instead of shopping, I sat out there by the fountains and marveled at them)

How would you describe yourself to someone? I’m generally pegged as very self aware, and I hope that’s a truthful statement. Short tempered, dedicated, honest, sassy, funny, intelligent, clever, goofy, a good dresser, poised but country as cornbread, nerdy but terrible at math, fiercely independent, accident prone, practical, direct, emotional, hard working, intolerant, judgmental and wary, with an easy laugh. Emily said I’m as quick to show grace as I am my quick temper, though. She also called me kind, and that’s very much a stretch unless we’re talking about being kind to animals. I am not generally known for my kindness toward my fellow man. And I think I’d like to add fearless here, for a number of reasons, but mainly because it doesn’t frighten me to get in the ocean above my head or go through life alone. I’ve only had myself to depend on for most of my life, why should the rest be any different? I guess most would just call that crazy. I don’t care. I’ll try most anything once.

Was today typical? Yes, very much so. I went to work so: aggravated at traffic, aggravated with Jake, ate tomatoes, read, vacuumed, sat on the porch, and petted my dog. About as normal as they come for me.