5 Question Friday With Mama M. (6/18)

I've decided to do my first "5 Question Friday," hosted by Mama M. since I've been following her blog for a while, but I've never tried it.


1. What is your favorite thing about summertime?

Summer break - Oh no wait, I don't get one of those.  90-degree weather and sweltering humidity - Um, no.  I think that goes without saying.   Especially these days.  Swimming - Maybe if it didn't involve me stuffing my pasty white body into a swimsuit and going out in public.  Maybe.  Wearing shorts - Refer back to the pasty whiteness of my body.

Um.  Maybe I'll come back to this one.

I will say that I do like warm weather.  I much prefer warm weather to cold weather.  I can't stand cold weather.  But please note the emphasis on the word warm.  I am not a huge fan of hot.  Or humid.  Unless there are a beach and an ocean involved.  Then, all bets are off, and I'll gladly showcase my pasty whiteness for all to see (at least until I turn red and crispy.  Sigh).

2. What is your ideal retirement location (if money didn't matter)?

Sanibel Island, Florida.  If I could get my husband to move there with me.  Which I probably couldn't.

At least, I'd want to be there about 8 months out of the year (see Q#1).  For those pesky hot months...I'm not sure.  I guess I'd let my husband choose for those.

3. Do you live in the same town you grew up in?

Nope, I moved about an hour and a half away so I could get a job.  The town where I grew up is beautiful, and it's in a lovely area of the country, but unless you're growing horses, going into business for yourself, or working in retail, there aren't a whole lot of options.  Some, but not many.  As I don't have the money to buy horses (as much as I'd like to) and I am neither self-motivated (am I allowed to admit that?) nor great at selling stuff to people, none of those options is a brilliant one for me.

4. What nervous habit did you have as a child that you kicked to the curb before becoming an adult?

Ahh.  This is a tad bit embarrassing to admit, but I will, anyway.  When I was a kid, I bounced.  That's what I called it.  Bouncing.  Whenever I was in the car (and I would have to sit in the back seat for this), I would, essentially, rock as if I were in a rocking chair.  The seat back was just springy enough that it would *bounce* me back as if I were on a trampoline (except not nearly as fast or as violently, that wouldn't have been pretty).  Obviously, this habit got kicked to the curb a bit earlier than adulthood - really, once I started riding with people other than my parents on a regular basis.  I couldn't do it in anyone else's car, of course.

To this day, though, I still love me a good swing or rocking chair.

5. What is the most embarrassing thing that happened to you while on the job?

I have thought about this all day and haven't been able to come up with something.  Probably one of the many presentations I had to do over the first five years of my job.  I'm horrible at presentations.  Just horrible.  I get up in front of a group and I freeze.  Even if I have notes.  I'm so glad I'm no longer in a job that requires presentations!