Sunday Stealing Says What?

 Another Saturday night, another set of questions to get done. 

After a busy day of odd jobs, I had best get on with it. 

Questions, as always, come from Sunday Stealing. 

1. What are you currently excited about?

Strangely, I'm looking forward to a bit of time off work. My contract ended on Wednesday, so I'm officially between jobs. A job will come, and come soon, so it's best I enjoy the downtime - not that my downtime looks quiet and boring - I have too much to do, if I'm being honest. 

2. What do you wish you had more time for?

I want to make more time to dedicate to finishing these bloody novels. I must stop procrastinating about this. 

3. What would like to do less?

Procrastinate. 

4. What do you spend too much money on?

Stupid shit on the internet. As I'm keeping a tight rein on what I'm spending at the moment, it's taking every fibre of my being to stop the dopamine spending. I'm doing pretty well. Long may it continue. 

5. What childhood wish never came true?

I always wanted to meet Prince Charming and get married. I've not achieved either, but that's led to an interesting life. You have to see this as a good thing. 

6. What did you do to celebrate your last birthday?

Ah, nothing. We had book group at the pub the night before, and on the day of my birthday, I had a very quiet day at work, then got tortured by my trainer at the gym in the evening. I wanted a quiet one, so it was fine. 

7. What drives you nuts?

Here's a list: 

• Tinnitus
• When you run out of milk in the evening and there's not enough left for your morning coffee.
• Loopy people who sit next to you on the tram (I'm a loopy person magnet)
• Negative people
• Overly critical people
• People who are rude to service staff
• People who drive and don't use their indicators
• Slow walkers

Should I go on?

8. What keeps you sane?

Friends, books, movies, long walks, my cat, exercise, talking, my psychologist, limiting alcohol - among other things

9. What historic date is etched in your memory?

More a time, the first three months of 2011 were pretty awful. There was the big Christchurch earthquake, Cyclone Yasi, the Japanese earthquake - big global events which were on the telly and were hard to watch - especially as I was home waiting to find a job. I had to stop watching the news. 

16 December 2015 was the day my niece passed away from leukaemia. That was just tragic. 

10. What one thing would make your life immeasurably better? 

Possibly a GLP-1 that isn't expensive and doesn't make your hair fall out, but that's not going to happen. 

There could be an extra day in the week, with an extra two hours in the day that I could put aside for reading and writing. 

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