42 — The Answer

Here’s a silly questionnaire meme that I got from Mari, so I can at least post something.

1. Name one person who made you smile today?
Geoffrey — he said that before he got out of bed to go to work, I was very snuggly & warm. (As I was mostly asleep, I don’t remember this…but apparently I do it a lot.)

2. What were you doing at 8 this morning?
Sleeping!

3. What were you doing 15 minutes ago?
Filling up the cat food dishes because Hasani was yowling like he was starving (brainless, he is)

4. What should you be doing now?
Laundry

5. What is the last thing you said aloud?
“Hasani, GET DOWN!” (He had jumped to the top of the shutters in the window of my computer room, about 6 feet off the floor.)

7. What was the last thing you bought?
I don’t remember

8. What was a gift you received for your last birthday?
Several hours of peace & quiet (the gift I wanted most)

9. What did you do for New Year’s?
Goofed off online, then watched the ball drop on Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve

10. Where do you keep your change?
In a little zipper pouch on the side of my wallet

11. What was the weather like today?
Sunny but cold

12. What is the best ice cream flavor?
Reece’s — Peanut butter & chocolate swirled into vanilla

13. What is something you are excited about?
Getting my income tax refund soon!

14. When was the last rainbow you saw?
Egads, can’t remember

15. Are you very random?
Erm, not so much anymore

16. Do you want to cut your hair?
I’m growing it out, so the only cutting it gets is to trim the back while the front catches up…currently it looks like a really nice bob, sort of Jodie Foster-ish, with the back only an inch or so longer than the front

17. Are you over the age of 25?
I have an 18-year-old daughter, what does that tell you?

18. Do you talk alot?
Depends on the situation, but usually I talk too much…

19. Do you watch The OC?
The what?

20. Does your screen name have an X in it?
No. Weird question.

21. Do you know anyone called Steve?
Just my late husband. Another weird question.

22. Do you make up your own words?
No, but I tease my 14-year-old when she does

23. Are you ticklish?
Only in key spots that a very few people know about

24. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter A?
Angst — my daughter, but now that she’s an adult, she can be my friend too

25. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter O?
Oscar the Grouch (the only Sesame Street character I could relate to as a kid)

26. Who’s the 1st person on your missed calls list?
Some random survey-taker whose voicemail I erased unanswered

27. What did the last text message you received say?
“Thanks mommy. Love you!” (I’d sent my youngest a text with a phone number she asked for.)

28. Do you chew on your straws?
No. Chewing plastic? Ew.

29. What is the next concert you’re going to?
No clue.

30. Who is the coolest person in your life?
Geoffrey, although many loved ones are a really close second

31. What is a word you say a lot?
Ew.

32. What is the last thing you ate?
A huge plate of scrambled eggs and a couple pieces of toast with marionberry jam

33. Have you seen the movie ‘Donnie Darko’?
No. Nor will I.

34. Do you have work tomorrow?
There’s work to be done everyday.

35. Is marriage in your future?
Lots of marriages are in my future! (Later this year, I’ll be officiating at Molly & Fred’s wedding, as well as Robert & Claire’s handfasting.)

36. When was the last time you said ‘I love you”?
Very recently — I don’t think Geoffrey or I go 6 hours without saying it to one another.

37. Are you currently in a relationship with anyone?
Yes… Two someones as a matter of fact…

38. What should you be doing right now?
Didn’t we already cover this?

39. Do you have a nickname?
A few, which I’m not sharing, thanks.

40. Are you a heavy sleeper?
Most of the time.

41. When was the last time you used a skateboard?
I don’t believe I’ve ever been on a skateboard (watching my sister crash a lot when she had one at age 7 helped me avoid interest in them)

42. What is the best movie you’ve seen in the past two weeks?
Hard Candy was pretty damned intense…after reviewing my Netflix queue, it appears the only other movie I’ve seen within the last 2 weeks was Stick It, which was adorable but not exactly great cinema. So yeah, we’ll go with Hard Candy.