I'm home. It's good. I've got my recalcitrant cat back. He's forgiven me. I need to go to the gym I've got a play to go to later. Yesterday I was a zombie. Now I'm trying to recalibrate. Life as a FIFO.
Anyway, here's this week's Sunday questions, provided, as always, by Sunday Stealing.
The idea for this week's meme was inspired by Creative Bold. She used the alphabet to tell us a little something about herself. Now it's your turn.
Let's Do Our ABCs
A. Auto
Auto what? Do I drive an automatic car? Yes, but I can also drive a manual (I can drive a car with a stick transmission if you're American). Was I on auto-pilot yesterday? Yes, I'd had very little sleep thanks to an over warm cabin temperature and the woman next to me having exceedingly good child bearing hips.
B. Bed size
I have a standard double bed - not a Queen size. It's enough for me and the cat.
C. Cats
Love them and they love me. Lucifer is sitting next to me as I write this. He's happy to be home.
D. Dogs
I love them too. Actually, I tend to prefer animals to people. Animals are wonderful.
E. Essential start to your day
My morning routine. A quick scroll, feed the cat, a cup of almond decaf, take my blood pressure meds, shower. In that order.
F. Favorite color
Red. The brighter the better. Think English phone boxes.
G. Gold or silver
Silver. Always has been. I'd say I'd go platinum if I could afford it.
H. Hand you favor (righty or lefty)
Technically right, but there a lot of things I do with my left - scissors being the big one. I also still can't tell left and right apart without checking. It's a neurodiversity thing.
I. Instruments you play
The food. I played the flute at school and picked up a bit of piano. Love music.
J. Job title
In my day job I'm officially known as a technical writer. This means I write stuff so people can do things. I'm also known as a nerd translator or business/technology intermediary. It's a skill.
K. Kids
Kids? Oh, I forgot to have them. I don't see this as a bad thing. Other than they're smelly and expensive, eat you out of house and home and take away your free time, I've never been in the position, (you know, solvent, happily partnered up, active sex life etc.), to have them. I like kids but could never eat a whole one.
L. Live (rural, suburb, city)
I like living inner city but can do well in a country setting. Don't make me live in the suburbs. I don't like the suburbs. Bad things happen in suburbs.
M. Meal plans
I should do more of it. It's easier in town rather than when I'm travelling for work.
N. Nicknames
I'm known as Panda to most. It suits me.
O. Overnight hospital stays
I've had a few for mainly minor things. There was the one when they were fixing my legs as a kid. I had to overnight after a general anaesthetic for a small girly servicing and there was nobody to stay with me overnight (they are strict about that over here). Oh, the last overnight stay I had was when they took out my gall bladder. Best thing ever.
P. Pet peeves
- People who are rude to service staff (unless the wait staff in question are being awful from the onset)
- Exclusionary behaviour
- People who question why dessert needs to be eaten with a teaspoon (ADHD quirk - don't ask)
- People who stay EXpresso - for heaven's sake, it's eSS-presso.
Q. Quote from a movie
There are so many, but here are a few:
The Crash Davis speech from Bull Durham. Watch from 1.10.
Most of the movie The Castle - but most Australians can quote this film verbatim.
R. Regrets
No time for those. Any regrets I have are minor. No point pondering them. Waste of time.
S. Siblings
Two. One sister and one step-sister.
U. Underwear
Basic, natural fibres, utilitarian, clean and comfortable. Love Boody undies. Bamboo is good. Nobody sees my undies unless they're on the line. My bras are like industrial scaffolding.
V. Vegetable you love
I love potatoes. They are everything. I dream about potatoes.
I'm also fond of:
- Water chestnuts
- Mushrooms
- Broccolini
- Sweet potatoes
W. What makes you run late
Life. I'm often late because I don't want to go. Social anxiety. Another neurodiversity trait. I try and be on time - I sometimes fail. Ah well.
X. X-rays you’ve had
Again, the odd on for the odd injury. I remember having a chest X-ray in Dublin when I was on holiday and they were trying to work out if I had pneumonia. It felt like I was a bug splayed on a windscreen.
Y. Yummy food
I got Uber Eats in last night as I didn't have the energy to go food shopping. I went to this new Mexican place to procure my food. Decent jalapeno poppers and excellent tacos. I'll go there again. I love Mexican food.
Z. Zoo animal
I could watch all animals, but in particular, I love watching the seals. I could sit all day in the seal house at Melbourne Zoo. They're awesome.
I also love big cats. They're just big puddytats after all.
4 comments:
I LIKE Mexican food but I haven't eaten it in ever so long. Ditto Chinese food, which was two blocks away but closed down
I, too, can't tell my left from my right without checking! I also have no sense of direction or distance. I was on jury duty once and one of the attorneys made a big deal that the witness couldn't tell how far apart two people were. I didn't think that meant she was lying or misremembering. I couldn't estimate that either.
I've been on a cucumber spree this summer but my go-to veg is the versatile potato!
I like the big cats, too, and I love Mexican food!
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