Fifteen Questions

From Sunday Stealing March 2009

1. How old do you look?

A. I don't think I look my age. I have graying hair but it's more white than gray, and it blends well with my light brown. I think I look like I'm in my early 50s. So maybe 10 years younger than I am.

2. Where do you live?

A. I live on a farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

3. Are you waiting for something?

A. Yes, but I don't know what. 

4. What’s one pet peeve of yours that is not common?

A. It peeves me when someone says, "I'll call you back later." Apparently, later to some people is 2 days or longer after the conversation. Like 10 days later. To me, "I'll call you back later" means the same day. My father and brother are both bad about telling me this. I seldom actually get to finish a phone call with either of them. It's always, "Oh, so and so is calling, I'll call you back later," and then later never happens. Or if it does, it's so much later that neither of us remembers what we were talking about.

5. Do you want/have kids?

A. We wanted children but were unable to have them. 

6. Have you ever thought about converting your religion?

A. I no longer take part in organized religions.

7. What was the last shocking news you heard?

A. I was surprised when I heard that actress Michelle Trachtenberg had passed away. She was young, only 39. I remember her from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

8. What was the last thing you drank?

A. Water.

9. Who do you most look like in your family?

A. I have my mother's hands and teeth, and my father's profile.

10. If you could have something right now, anything, what would it be?

A. Good health.

11. Where does most of your family live?

A. My immediate family (my father and brother) lives not far from me, but most of my mother's family moved to Texas, and most of my father's family moved to California. I have lots of distant cousins around me, but I doubt they claim me.

12. Where did you grow up?

A. I grew up about six miles from where I live now, on a farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

13. Where do you want to go on vacation?

A. I haven't had a vacation since 2019, so at this point, I would go anywhere. I wish I had gone to Washington D.C. before January 20 so I could have seen it before it collapsed and while we were still the United States of America. We aren't that anymore.

14. Have you ever had a panic attack?

A. I have had panic attacks. I usually have them in Walmart or at the grocery store.

15. What can’t you wait for?

A. I can't wait for the weather to stay warm. I don't want it scorching, but I am tired of the cold and I am ready for spring flowers and green trees.