8 things meem :D
1. My extended family is weird weird weird. In fact, very few of them would I bother to associate with if I weren't required to. Foo.
2. I love birds. All kinds. Vultures. Ravens. And all the pretty ones, too.
3. I go through phases. Hermit, friendly, hermit, friendly.
Unfortunately, I just had a decade of being friendly, and made some friends and now I want to go hermit, and it's MUCH more difficult. Don't laugh, I am serious. Having friends is too much work.
4. I have a weird part time sort of brain. I guess ADD would describe it. I work in the lab part time, but pick up days so that I am full time. So I do everything at home sorta part time too....half assed housework. Half assed friendship-keeping-up-with....half assed family keeping up with, half assed at hobbies, and half assed at exercise. The only things I do whole heartedly are taking care of my kids (when they were younger...they're on their own now!) and taking care of my animals and working my ass off when I AM at work.
5. Everytime I see Carolyn Scott and her dog Rookie do that Freestyle Dog Dancing routine on youtube I burst into tears.
6. I burst into tears everytime I see the video (and I did it the first time it happened, too) of Secretariat winning the Belmont by 31 lengths.
7. I hardly ever cry except at above stated times.
8. Oh....one other thing I do whole heartedly. READ. I am in a phase of devouring books. One after the other. Read read read read read. God, I love it!!!
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Too many people give me hives!!!
yeppers, I relate to a lot of this! esp. the hermit/friendly schizoness.
and the half-assedness, only that's a fulltime thing for me! hahah!
Hey, I just downloaded Jeff Buckley "Sketches for my Sweetheart, the Drunk". Can't wait to listen to it! :D
My internet worked long enough to do that! YAY!
#2 I enjoy spending hours watching bird behavior.
#3 Last year I finally cut ties with about 5 friends. It took a year. It was hard to remember to not jump for them when they called, etc. I put stickers on my phones and my dashboard to remind me. I needed to break free. Their lives were all about going from one crisis to the next and I was the rescuer. A bit draining.
#4 Makes sense to me! Sounds fine!
#s 5, 6, 7 You are not alone.
#8 Read on!
I did, however, just have lunch with an awesome friend who I only get to see every few years and she is a bundle of energy, a joy to be with...a recharger, not a drainer of energy! She is 67-68 years old, world traveler, explorer, wit....and I am so glad I didn't miss lunch with her today just cuz I was feeling hermit-like! :D
I have sometimes up to 15 different species on my feeders at one time. They are so much fun!
And, now I want to go back into my hidey hole. How weird is that?
I require a LOT of alone time, too!