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Whew! Between the online 12 step work I'm doing, my (slow) progress through my issues around this election and the thought provoking questions you all have given me around one of my recent posts, I'm pretty brain fried. So, I thought it would be fun to (finally) answer two of the more lighthearted questions you all posed for me last month. (See, I don't forget these things, I just work very, very, very slowly!)
1. An anonymous commenter asked: "If you had 2 weeks of free, reliable babysitting and $5,000, where would you go? Who would you go with?"
I would go to a tropical island. I like Hawaii, but it could be anyplace warm and surrounded by water. I want to smell the salt water and fall asleep listening to the ocean waves. I want a room that opens onto the beach and I want never to leave that combination of room and beach for the entire two weeks.
I want to order room service for every single meal, and I want the server to leave the meal outside my door so that I never have to interact with another human during the entire two weeks. Much as I love my husband and would love to get away on a vacation with him for the first time in nearly eight years, I would go alone, alone, alone, ALONE with a stack of books and my journal.
Someplace where no one is pulling on me or making requests of me or needing me (plus ocean and room service) is my idea of paradise!
Now who wants to give me $5000 and a babysitter? I'm ready to go!
2. Mim asked, "Shoes - what's more important, function of fashion and what has been your favourite pair of shoes ever?"
Definitely, without a doubt, function. My feet are wide and super sensitive to temperature and texture. I don't wear socks. I also do not like or wear heels or cute shoes that pinch my toes. When other women squeal and say, "Oh, what a cute pair of shoes." I think (but don't say, because I'm polite and codependent and don't want to offend anyone), "Those look so horribly uncomfortable they make me feel physically ill."
I own just three pairs of shoes (which my friend Tigermom tells me is a crime) and they are all very comfortable, heelless and rubber soled. My favorite shoes ever are my Birkenstock sandals. I even posted a poem about how much I love them.
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