Wasting Time on a Monday

So I was feeling very uninspired today to write a new and original post.  Instead I spent the morning reading some of my favorite blogs.  Over at one of my favorites, I Read Banned Books, she did this fun little post that I am stealing from her.  Of course these are all my original answers, skewed a little due to the angry-chronic-pain-girl thing I have going on today.

TEN things you wish you could say to TEN different people right now:

1. Thank you!
2. Are you kidding me?
3. Why? Really! Why?
4. Where are you?
5. I miss you.
6. I wish I could help you more.
7. You deserve better.
8. You are welcome.
9. Can you believe we survived all that shit?
10. Get the hell out of my way!

NINE things about yourself:

1. I hate feet. HATE THEM!
   
2. I love coffee. LOVE IT!
   
3. At one time I owned over 30 pairs of flip-flops.
   
4. I am a book snob. Won’t do chick lit, or a book with a movie cover or Oprah tag on it.
   
5. I have a loving and supportive family, immediate and extended.
   
6. I have always considered myself a very fortunate person, despite my chronic illness.
   
7. As a little girl, when I would get sad I would write notes and tuck them into a hole in the wall of my bedroom. For all I know they are still there.
   
8. I am an excellent poker player, even considered going pro.
   
9. My dream job would be to be a professional student, reading, researching and writing about classic literature.

EIGHT ways to win your heart:

1. Change my car battery for me – that’s how Rob did it!
2. Pay attention to my dogs, no matter how stinky and obnoxious they are.
3. Be kind, smart & funny.
4. Listen.
5. Show compassion.
6. Take me to Costco.
7. Buy me a book.
8. Go to the store for me late at night when I am having a comfort food craving.

SEVEN things that cross your mind a lot:

1. I hurt.
   
2. I am in pain.
   
3. Man, I can’t believe how much pain I am in right now.
   
4. I wish I felt up for taking the dogs for a walk.
   
5. I am tired.
   
6. I hope Rob never gets tired of having to take care of me.
   
7. Poor Finley, he is so neurotic because he really needs a walk.

SIX things you do before you fall asleep:

1. Take out my contacts.
2. Pee. (Is that TMI?)
3. Drink a glass of milk.
4. Take my vitamin.
5. Read.
6. Turn out the light.

FIVE people you couldn’t live without:

1. My hubby – Rob
2. My sister.
3. My Dad.
4. My Mom.
5. Too many to chose just one.

FOUR things you’re wearing right now:

1. Flip-flops, always flip-flops.
2. My wedding rings.
3. An Esprit sweatshirt I have had since 1987.
4. A headache frown.

THREE songs that fit your life perfectly:

1. I Wanna Be Sedated, by The Ramones
2. Writer’s Block, by Britt Daniel
3. Trouble Sleeping, by Corinne Baily Rae

TWO things you want to do before you die:

1. Live pain free or at least free of Fibromyalgia.
2. Tour all the places in England I read in my British Lit classes.

ONE confession:

I am really sad today.  Maybe it is the weather, or maybe it is because I am listening to Morrissey, I am not sure why.  But I am sad.