I'm really excited, because today I shall answer questions in which I can escape (at least in writing) my present world, which consists mostly of grilled cheese sandwiches, exhaustion, and poop. And, for all of you who are interested in knowing, I GOT MY MEDS TODAY!
annrebieb asked: What are your top five, if you ever had the chance, things you'd like to do:
1. Well, if you disregard the fact that I'm TERRIFIED of flying (and I haven't even seen "Snakes on a Plane"), I would want to travel to Europe. Tops on my list: Greece, Italy, and France. I would want to do the typical tourist-y stuff first, and then live there for a while to really experience the culture (yes, I stole that from you, annrebieb...but it's true!). You know, forget all my American hang-ups, like shaving my armpits and stuff.
2. Take a nice, long cruise. I've been on one little "mini-cruise", and it was fun, but I want to do the "real" thing one of these days, preferably to somewhere very tropical, with unlimited margaritas and without children.
3. Visit the Titanic wreckage. I think I know just about all there is to know about the Titanic disaster and this would be the icing on the cake (I am a dork...oh, and Mrs. S, sorry about the cake and icing reference)! And yes, I'm talking about the wreckage that is 2 miles down on the ocean floor and you have to take a teeny, tiny, dangerous submarine trip to see it. So I'd also have to disregard my little issue with claustrophobia. I have a lot of issues, you think?
4. Lose my inhibitions and be the life of the party! I admit that I worry waaaay too much about what people think of me. I also have accepted that I can only think up witty and clever comebacks twenty minutes after the fact. I cling to the people I know at parties. I do NOT dance. I know that it takes me awhile to warm up to new people and be brave enough to show my real (friendly!) self. I've accepted all these things as my personal truths, as Oprah would say, but STILL...just once, I'd like to put ALL those things aside and just "let it all hang out" (for lack of a better term). Oh wait...maybe "extrovert" is the word I'm looking for. Or, "Be Like My Friend Donna". But whatever.
5. I would like to lose 60 pounds. Okay, that probably isn't an answer that you were looking for with this question. But my weight is an all consuming issue for me, and I'd like to just prove to myself, for once in my life, that I do have some dignity and self control, and I CAN get the weight off and keep it off. I'd look better and feel better all around. Because it's never good when you've actually gone to Oprah.com and looked into nominating yourself for the "I've Let Myself Go!" episode of Oprah.
gigi asked: If you'd never married or had kids, what would you be doing now?
I would be thin and well rested. And have my acrylic nails back. All right, really:
In my fantasies: Single, living a laid back hippie lifestyle in Flagstaff, Arizona, visiting cool bars at night and selling handmade scrapbooks and cakes by day. I would take pottery classes, and I'd also learn how to make my own jewelry. I would wear really beautiful and dangly handmade earrings and bracelets while hanging out in Sedona pondering the meaning of life, getting a weekly massage, and taking vortex tours. And I would not own a watch or an alarm clock. You didn't know I was that odd, did you?
Realistically: I'd probably still be teaching in my old school district, living in my own little adorable apartment where I'd have a pink bathroom with marabou fur on the shower curtain (shout out to my friend A! You know who you are, with your cute little single girl bathroom!). I'd also probably be sitting in that charming apartment alone every night, because I would hate having to Date.
So there you go! Final round tomorrow!
annrebieb asked: What are your top five, if you ever had the chance, things you'd like to do:
1. Well, if you disregard the fact that I'm TERRIFIED of flying (and I haven't even seen "Snakes on a Plane"), I would want to travel to Europe. Tops on my list: Greece, Italy, and France. I would want to do the typical tourist-y stuff first, and then live there for a while to really experience the culture (yes, I stole that from you, annrebieb...but it's true!). You know, forget all my American hang-ups, like shaving my armpits and stuff.
2. Take a nice, long cruise. I've been on one little "mini-cruise", and it was fun, but I want to do the "real" thing one of these days, preferably to somewhere very tropical, with unlimited margaritas and without children.
3. Visit the Titanic wreckage. I think I know just about all there is to know about the Titanic disaster and this would be the icing on the cake (I am a dork...oh, and Mrs. S, sorry about the cake and icing reference)! And yes, I'm talking about the wreckage that is 2 miles down on the ocean floor and you have to take a teeny, tiny, dangerous submarine trip to see it. So I'd also have to disregard my little issue with claustrophobia. I have a lot of issues, you think?
4. Lose my inhibitions and be the life of the party! I admit that I worry waaaay too much about what people think of me. I also have accepted that I can only think up witty and clever comebacks twenty minutes after the fact. I cling to the people I know at parties. I do NOT dance. I know that it takes me awhile to warm up to new people and be brave enough to show my real (friendly!) self. I've accepted all these things as my personal truths, as Oprah would say, but STILL...just once, I'd like to put ALL those things aside and just "let it all hang out" (for lack of a better term). Oh wait...maybe "extrovert" is the word I'm looking for. Or, "Be Like My Friend Donna". But whatever.
5. I would like to lose 60 pounds. Okay, that probably isn't an answer that you were looking for with this question. But my weight is an all consuming issue for me, and I'd like to just prove to myself, for once in my life, that I do have some dignity and self control, and I CAN get the weight off and keep it off. I'd look better and feel better all around. Because it's never good when you've actually gone to Oprah.com and looked into nominating yourself for the "I've Let Myself Go!" episode of Oprah.
gigi asked: If you'd never married or had kids, what would you be doing now?
I would be thin and well rested. And have my acrylic nails back. All right, really:
In my fantasies: Single, living a laid back hippie lifestyle in Flagstaff, Arizona, visiting cool bars at night and selling handmade scrapbooks and cakes by day. I would take pottery classes, and I'd also learn how to make my own jewelry. I would wear really beautiful and dangly handmade earrings and bracelets while hanging out in Sedona pondering the meaning of life, getting a weekly massage, and taking vortex tours. And I would not own a watch or an alarm clock. You didn't know I was that odd, did you?
Realistically: I'd probably still be teaching in my old school district, living in my own little adorable apartment where I'd have a pink bathroom with marabou fur on the shower curtain (shout out to my friend A! You know who you are, with your cute little single girl bathroom!). I'd also probably be sitting in that charming apartment alone every night, because I would hate having to Date.
So there you go! Final round tomorrow!
6 Comments:
Mmm... Cake and Icing references...
But seriously - you shouldn't be afraid to dance. All those other things you said, about clinging to the people you know and not being extroverted - ME TOO! But honey, I can SHAKE IT and pretend that none of it is true. You've got to try it, I recommend it highly. But do it before you try to lose a bunch of weight - it's more fun to shake your booty when you've got something there to SHAKE!
I have to go visit Mrs. S now b/c I think I might lurve her too!
Okay, so here's the plan. We will go no a cruise, no kids, UNLIMITED Margaritas, and we will through everything else out the window and damnit, I'll get you to open up. Dancing can be so much fun AND good exercise too! We "freestyle" a few times at Jazzercise during songs and I used to just kind of shake my hips a little b/c I was scared of what people thought. But now, HA! I could care less. I could give Shakira a run for her money with what I make my hips do. And they don't lie (my hips that is, Shakira, hips don't lie, gedit? I crack myself up). Once we accomplish that THEN we'll go visit the Titanic wreckage b/c that would be totally cool!
donna - that is an excellent philosophy!
mrs. s - maybe I should follow your advice...I DO have a lot to shake...hmmm.
cpa mom and silly hily -You guys get packed and meet me in an hour. ;)
lizziep - i guess i should rephrase - I AM the life (or spectacle?) of the party when enough alcohol is involved - note to self: must learn to cut loose without aid of tequila. Ha!
Stacey, you have some really good ideas about what you would do if you could do anything you wanted. I liked the "unlimited margaritas without children". I know what you mean about losing your inhibitions. I wish sometimes that I could just be who I am around other people without fear of "stepping on someone's toes".
Ok...trying for the third time to comment. I say let's share a flat in London and then a cottage in Spain and learn to dance from the people who pefected dance. Jean 1
Thin and well rested -- that's an awesome answer!!
And I would never guess that you wouldn't be the life of the party!! Meet us all at BlogHer 07 and we will throw our inhibitions to the wind (with a little aid of liquid confidence, haha) and Silly Hily can dance on the bar.
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