Day 21

21. If you could have one superpower, what would it be and what would you do with is first?

This is one that I have a hard time with because there are 4 superpowers that I want:

1. To be able to be invisible: I'm creepy, and I like to people watch. It'd be nice to be able to people watch without people knowing I'm watching (creepy, right?).
2. To be able to fly: I know  this is pretty typical, but I have a ton of flying dreams. I think I'd love it. 
3. To be able to speak/read and understand any language: Could you imagine the possibilities? I don't need access to every single language all the time; I just want to be able to speak, read, and understand any language I'm confronted with. 
4. To be a witch: This isn't technically a superpower, but it also kind of is.

3 days in one: 18, 19, & 20

18. What has been the most difficult thing you have had to forgive?

This will sound petty and lame, but my hardest moment of forgiveness was when I had to forgive my parents for sending my sister on an all-expenses-paid trip to Europe. I was pissed. I don't hold grudges, but I held that one for quite a while. 

 
19. If you could live anywhere, where would it be and why?

New England...or Old England ;) I'm not picky. (This is mostly because I've always wanted to live in England, and I totally fell in love with the UK while we were there for a brief week; however, I could probably live in New England because it looks like old England, but we'd still be in the states, which means we could get a retirement plan.) 

 
20. Describe 3 significant memories from your childhood.

(These are just the first 3 that popped into my head)

1. When I was a kid in Hawaii, we had a macadamia nut tree in our yard. We used to climb it and pick the ripe nuts (or walk around under the tree and find the freshly-fallen nuts), and we'd get my dad's hammer and put the nuts in the cracks in the sidewalk. (Have you ever tried to crack a nut with a hammer? Nuts are round....they just roll away, hence the sidewalk cracks.) We'd crack the nuts with a hammer and pick out the bits of nut from the cracked shell and eat them. 

2.  When I lived in San Pedro, California, my best bud, Nikki, and I made up a dance for "That Don't Impress Me Much" by Shania Twain. I think I still remember some dance moves. :)

3. I also remember trying to save a little bird with Nikki. We named the bird Hopscotch, and when he died, we buried him on top of the hill, so he'd have a view of the ocean.

Day 16 & 17

16. What are 5 of your greatest accomplishments?

My five greatest accomplishments?

1. Writing two books of my five-book series.
2. Saving someone's life (I was a life guard...I saved a lot of lives...mostly the same little kid over and over again....)

3. Staying in touch with some of my best friends even though we are many miles apart (plus you add in all the moves. Seriously, it's impressive we still have each other).

4. Reading. I think reading is always an accomplishment (and I'm running out of things here).

5. My Franken-blanket. It took me almost three years to finish, but finish I did. :)

 
17. What is the thing you most wish you were great at?

There are two things: singing and finding cheap flights. 

Day 15

15.If you were an animal, what would you be and why?

Seriously? This is the easiest thing to answer: I'd be a cat, so I could lounge around and sleep all day, and no one would judge me....or if they did, it wouldn't matter because I would be a cat. Cats don't care. 

Day Numero 14

14. Describe 5 of your strengths.

1. Compassion: I'm compassionate, I think. Sometimes to a fault. I have what my mom used to call "a soft heart." 
2. Writing: this is something that, while I have had to work on, has always come pretty easy to me. 
3. Imagination: You can be a good writer, but if you don't have a good imagination, you can't be a good story-teller. Lucky me, I got both! :) 
4. Knitting: My mom calls me a spider.

Feel free to add. I can't think of anything else.

Day 13

13. Describe 5 weaknesses you have.

1. Books: I have an impossibly hard time walking into a bookstore without walking out with a new book. Or an old book. Ah, old books. Mmmm. 
2. The inability to sit up straight. I have to consciously think about it. 
3. Kittens: Really, though? Who doesn't have this weakness.
4. Judgmental: I'm super judgmental of myself (as a whole) and others (particularly, grammar). I'm trying to be more understanding and forgiving, but it takes time. 
5. My attention span is just not what 

Day 12

12. Describe a typical day in your current life.

On a typical Monday, I'll wake up somewhere between 6:45 and 7:30 (depending on where and if Jake has a subbing job that day). I feed Gwen, then shower, change and eat a bowl of cornflakes with chocolate milk. :) I love chocolate milk. I pack a lunch that I may or may not eat.  I work at the ISU writing center from 9-12 and then I meet with another tutee from 12:30 to 1:30. If Jake has a job, I hang out at the library until he's done and can come pick me up (we only have one car). If Jake doesn't have a job, he comes and picks me up. 

I get home and feed Gwen again. I spend some time with Jake talking about whatever or reading him the latest thing I've written while he plays minecraft, and then, he goes off to work. While he's at work, I write or watch Murder, She Wrote and paint. Jake gets home; we eat dinner, and then we go over to our friends' house to watch the Olympics. We watch a bunch of athletes win medals while others fall down, and then, we go home and go to bed.

That's basically it.

p.s. I totally go to the bathroom and stuff...I just figured you wouldn't want to read about my sudoku sessions.