6 Things

I've been tagged... and now I have to come up with 6 random things about me.
This blog is mostly random most of the time anyway... so this shouldn't be much different than a normal post!

Here are the rules:

Link to the person who tagged you.
Post the rules on your blog.
Write 6 random things about yourself.
Tag 6-ish people at the end of your post.
Let each person know he/she has been tagged.
Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

Six random things about me:

1. I am scared of really old people. There. I said it. Even working for Hospice for a year did not cure this. When I was very young my grandmother would take me with her to visit her dad in the nursing home and he always confused me with her as a child and would yell at me for things she had done. When I didn't go into the room with her I was mobbed by roving bands of ambulatory women who petted my hair and told me I looked just like their granddaughter. It was a little traumatizing.
I respect old people and can work with them, but my initial reaction is to back away.

2. I like living alone. I love having my space and I love that there isn't anyone else (besides Bean) that I have to consult with or talk to or deal with if I don't want to. That said, there is a one- to two-hour window in the evening when I feel really lonely and wish that there was someone (other than Bean) to talk to. I miss snuggling and joking with someone while watching TV. This isn't a new thing, and I was lonely in this way even when Jeff was alive so I know that this won't be solved by finding a boy to move in with me.

3. I suffer from gift-anxiety. I love to give gifts, and even if I find the perfect thing for someone - even if it's something they have asked for repeatedly I am worried that I should have done something else or that there is something else they'd rather have. Like Friday. It's That Bad, Bad Man's birthday and I think I have figured out what to do for him and I think he will be really pleased, but... what if he's disappointed? ACK!! And my brother's Ernie sweater!! (Which is done but for the seaming and the weaving in). I know that he asked for it and is really excited about it, but what if he tries it on and doesn't like it? DOUBLE ACK!!

4. I used to smoke pot... I know, it's shocking. Take a minute to recover.

OK.
I don't do it now because of random drug-testing. It's totally not worth risking my career over... but if it were legal? I'd be high right now.

5. Sometimes when I am driving I switch to a rap station and turn the volume waaaaaaaaay up. It speaks to my inner bitch.

6. Now that it's "officially" fall (that is to say, cold, wet and dreary) I am craving things like homemade chicken pot pie and thick, creamy soups and pot roast. Apparently what I need someone to come over every night and cook for me and then watch some TV with me after Bean goes to bed and then leave just after I fall asleep.

OK... so I'm supposed to tag 6 more people... If you're reading this consider yourself tagged!