Sunday Stealing: I am...

 I had a lovely chill day in Darwin, on my own, having a mooch, a pedicure, chatting with friends, going to a show at the Darwin Festival and night swimming - all makes for a nice day, 

Anyway, now on with this week's questions, brought to you, as always from Bev at Sunday Stealing. 

Reveal yourself in 18 easy steps

I am not:

• Skinny
• Rude
• Neurotypical
• Religious
• Victorian (I'm from South Australia - big difference)

I hurt:

• Nothing if I can help it.
• All over, but that is just middle age. 

I love:

• My cat
• Ice cream and donuts
• Autumn days
• Arthouse cinema
• Australian rock music
• Sleep ins
• Being fit
• Smelling good (particularly woody, earthy oriental scents - or rose)

I hate:

• Walking backwards (or sitting backwards in a moving vehicle)
• Not having transition times between activities
• Essendon Football Club
• Sitting in the middle seat on long flights
• Uncomfortable shoes
• Humidity
• Going to bed without having a quick shower

I fear:

• Huntsman spiders
• Crocodiles
• Evangelical right-wing politics
• Dying slowly and in pain

I hope:

• My cat still loves me when I get home
• That America sorts itself out
• That our leader of the opposition gets taken out by one of his dog-whistling harpies.
• That I somehow am able to get a European passport so I can go live and work in Paris.

I regret:

• Very little
• Not applying myself more the first time I went to university
• Not discovering exercise earlier. 

I cry:

• Rarely
• Or when I do it's me tearing up at movies
• I don't tend to cry at funerals

I care:

• A bit too much about stuff that doesn't matter
• And allegedly I have a big heart. Allegedly. 

I always:

• Shower twice a day and clean my teeth twice a day
• Iron my duvet cover and pillowcases
• Have at least two books on the go
• Use deodorant without aluminium in the formulation

I long:

• To see what life is like with a partner
• For world peace
• To see Donald Trump in prison
• And Peter Dutton out of politics because he is truly awful. 
• For the time to write more

I listen:

• To audiobooks
• And strange snippets of conversation on public transport
• And I love the sound of rain on tin roofs. 

I hide:

• My feelings a lot of the time. Allegedly I have a good poker face. 
• My true self a lot of the time - force of habit
• The odd bar of chocolate at the back of the freezer and forget it's there. 

I write:

• For a living
• Everyday
• Fiction and non-fiction
• With the hope that one day I might have a book published

I miss:

• England and France
• My friend who passed a way a couple of weeks ago, especially when I'm up here in Darwin
• Cooler weather, especially when I'm up here in Darwin
• Regular cuddles
• My cat, when I'm away from home. 

I search:

• For a way to lose weight now that I'm over forty
• For the time to write
• For the ability to write a wonderful sentence that takes your breath away.

I learn:

• Everything I can about anything I can
• That having faith in people normally works out
• That one day I might get on one of those scooters that race around Darwin

I feel:

• A bit strange that I'm turning fifty-six on Monday
• A little bit lonely that I'm on my own in Darwin on the weekend, but I have got through one day of it, so all is well
• Grateful I have wonderful friends
• Like I could use a holiday.

I know:

• How to crochet and knit
• That the middle road is okay most of the time
• What it is to be comfortable around ghosts
• That listening to Madness always makes you feel good about life. (One Step Beyond!)

I want:

• To live in Paris for a year and get my French where I want to to be
• To publish a book
• Get back to Melbourne and get my cat back, because I miss him
• To exercise more, as it makes me feel good. 

I worry:

• About the state of the planet
• That my cat sitters won't give my cat back (they will, but I think they're falling for the critter)
• About getting older and being alone
• That the Adelaide Crows wont win any more games this year - which is a possibility. 

I wish:

• For world peace and a free Palestine
• That the women of America would rise up against their draconian law makers
• The Adelaide Crows were having a better year
• And that they would shut up about that Australian Olympic Breakdancer already - that's been given too much oxygen
• And that Donald Trump ends up rotting in prison. 

I have:

• A full day ahead of me tomorrow - aqua aerobics, followed by a trip to the Museum and Mindil Beach Markets
• Good friends
• My health
• A sense of humour
• A hard, but interesting job

I give:

• To charity
• A lot of attention to the Arts
• Willingly if people are in trouble
• A lot of attention to women's rights

I wait:

• For very little as I get impatient
• For the clothes to dry on the line rather than putting them in a clothes' dryer
• For the day when society works out that capitalism isn't that great a thing.

I need:

• A cuddle
• A few weeks off
• A holiday
• An extra day in the week
• More Madness in my life.

   

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