five things about me

Lori tagged me a while ago with this assignment and I've been putting it off for longer than I usually put things off. Five things? Only five? I am much better at 100. Five seems so much more definite, which makes it slightly intimidating.

But here are five things about lil' ol' me that are coming out of my head at random--things you may or may not already know.

1. I have nightmares about typos. That, or they keep me up at night. I'll wake up at 4 a.m. and re-read already-published stories to make sure that my editor or copywriter caught all of my mistakes. It's easy to catch other people's errors, but not your own.




2. I love to stay up late, and I'm really good at it. I can keep myself busy until 2:30 a.m., no problem. Midnight is one of my favorite times of day (night?), and it's often when I feel most alive. Curtis and I like to go on hikes at midnight (as long as no more ghostly apparitions appear at Cecret Lake), and we've been known to drive to places like Saltair or Grantsville at 1 a.m., simply because neither of us have ever been there. We're weird/adventurous like that.





3. I love the West. I love being from the West. I have a Western heart and a pair of cowboy boots to match. Montana, Wyoming--bring 'em on. I love ranches, never-ending skies, rodeos, homesteader trails, pioneer histories, the smell of hay, green fields, sprinklers-on-wheels, ghost towns, the Gallatin River Valley, barns, silos, the plains, big lakes. I'll make the 10-hour drive to Wyoming anytime. And I won't sleep for fear I'll miss something.



4. I love to sing; it's a lot like laughing. I used to think I had a pretty good voice but lately I feel like I'm losing it. Which isn't to say that I don't continue to sing in the shower and in the car. Let me lean my head against the window on a roadtrip with the sun pouring through the glass or rain pattering against the window, play a good song while images fly past the car-- and let me throw in my voice--and I will be 100 percent content.





5. I think I'm a restless soul---but not always in a bad way. I just look forward to a lot of things and I get a little impatient with my inability to jump on all the opportunities/experiences I see stretching before me: going back to school, moving to another city or state or country, traveling to far away lands, being a mom, having a "real" career, making new friends, growing old alongside old friends and sisters and Curtis ... things like that. I sometimes have to take a deep breath and tell myself something like, "All in good time, Al." I forget to live in the moment.

Now I get to choose five people to follow me up: Ashley, Jamie, Lacey Jane, Allison and Marta, I pass the baton on to each of you, and can't wait to read what you have to say. And Bridgett, too. I get to choose six, I decided.