And now, something lighter.

A one-word-answer meme courtesy of Heather:

You're Feeling: overwhelmed
To Your Left: Cat
On Your Mind: Unpacking
Last Meal Included: Cheese
You Sometimes Find it Hard To: Stop
The Weather: Clear
Something You Have a Collection of: Teasets
A Smell that Cheers You Up: Cinnamon
A Smell that Can Ruin Your Mood: Poop
How Long Since You Last Shaved: AM
The Current State of Your Hair: Messy
The Largest Item On Your Desk/Workspace Right Now (besides computer): Chair
Your Skill with Chopsticks: Decent
Which Section You Head to First In the Bookstore: Discount
...and After That?: upstairs
Something You're Craving: Space
Your General Thoughts On the Presidential Race: blah
How Many Times You've Been Hospitalized this Year: Zero
A Favorite Place to Go for Quiet Time: Hammock
You've Always Secretly Thought You'd Be a Good: Actress
Something that Freaks You Out a Little: Roaches
Something You've Eaten Too Much of Lately: Chips
You Have Never: parasailed
You Never Want To: weaken

Sick of It.

Got a rejection email today. Already beginning to tire of the job search. Time to buck up tomorrow, but right now, I just want my cocoa and my footie pajamas.

In the meantime, Spyder's got another Meme, and I follow Spyder (I think it has to do with the guilt I feel whenever I crush a spider in my apartment), so here I am. She was tagged by So Many Books.

Rules:

1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pgs.)
2. Open the book to page 123
3. Find the fifth sentence
4. Post the next three sentences
5. Tag five people.

The book closest to me today is called The Relationship Cure by John Gottman. He's talking about accepting others and ourselves and pointing to his difficulty in accepting his wife's love of travel:

"And I'm happy that our differences are a source of pride for us, rather than resentment.
Whether we like it or not, life is filled with opportunities either to celebrate or bemoan our differences with other people. Conflicts can arise from our contrasting comfort levels within any of the seven emotional command systems."

Now, since Meesha told me long ago that he didn't do Memes, and since I don't know an awful lot of people, I find it hard to tag people. That, and either you'll do it or you won't. So decide if you want to, and do it.

Only 7?

Spyder tagged me to do this, although she called me Melissa.

a. list seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself
b. tag seven people to do the same
c. do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it"

I also am not sure I know 7 people who are bloggers that she hasn't named. But I'll do a.

1. I love to travel. That was one of my favorite things about my old job - I got to travel on occasion, and twice, I got to travel a lot. Hello, Marriott points and NW miles!

2. I am getting married on October 4th of this year. I think the wedding industry is a big racket, so I'm trying hard not to buy into all the crap.

3. I have an insane fear of getting stung by a bee or a wasp. I've stopped wearing smelly fruity/flowery perfumes just so they'll leave me alone.

4. I had a photo of mine published in a book many moons ago.

5. I am a huge fan of mafia movies and series: Goofellas, Godfather, Sopranos.

6. I break into song throughout the day while making food or coffee, just to make Wiley laugh...
well, and to get a little attention.

7. I call my eye mask my eye patch.

Let's see...who reads this that might do it? Meesha? Logtar? Dan? Aunties Em and Tex, you can do it in the comments section...same for Sis and Lil B.