Five Things

I was tagged by "Flying Pink Elephants" to play "5 Things". I like being tagged - it offers me a chance to blog without pondering a topic. What a relief.

5 things found in my room:

• MY BED! God, how I love it. I don't get to spend nearly enough time in it lately, so I think about it all the time. Cream-colored flannel sheets patterned with autumn leaves...cotton comforter from Target that I just bought this summer, but feels like it has been washed a thousand times. Orgasmic.
• Cozy sofa with brass reading lamp;
• The beginnings of my black and white photo gallery;
• Books I've hung onto since I was a kid: "Anne of Green Gables", the "Little House" books, "Narnia", "Winnie the Pooh";
• Unused bottles of perfume on my dresser. I'm not a big perfume person - patchouli, if anything. But every time my MIL comes to visit, she brings me a bottle.

5 things I’ve always wanted to do:

• Scuba dive;
• Ride in a helicopter;
• Take a nice, long canoe trip in the Boundary Waters in September. Maybe 8-10 days;
• Go to medical school so I can join "Doctors without Borders" and be useful;
• Visit the places my students are from: Mexico, Vietnam, Tibet. Not like a tourist, though; like a member of the family.

5 things in my bag (I'll do my carry-all, 'cause my purse is so boring):

My carry-all is genuine fake patent leather. It has a slinky woman in silhouette cavorting on a chile pepper. It says "Muy Caliente!"("Very Hot!") It is beyond tacky and utterly inappropriate.

• Flash drive in a Ziploc bag, 'cause I lost the cap;
• "Energy" mints, with caffeine. The can in which they are contained has a satisfying rattle. Unfortunately, it takes 8 mints to equal a cup of coffee. Geeze.
• Leatherman tool;
• Receipt from "Hair by Edie" (I went there today. Being shampooed by Edie is almost as good as going to bed.)
• Ancient bottle of hand lotion so gross and crusty that it once tested positive for explosives at airport security, necessitating a pat-down. I've been frisked.

5 things found in my wallet (this is REALLY boring):

• A tiny booklet called "The Basics", which tells me how to use my cell phone; then the remaining contents are all cards....
• Pink punch-card for 10 free spinning classes at the rec center. I need to use it before it expires. The pressure.
• Cards, cards, cards: voter registration, credit, debit, rec center membership, city library, county library, health insurance, dental insurance, driver's license, Costco;
• Oh, and a little money;
• And a blank check, folded small in a hidden compartment.

5 things I’m currently into:

• Uh, blogging.
• Photography. I'm trying to learn. I wish I could move to Florida and apprentice myself to Seagrape. She's incredible.
• Making terrariums (or, is it terraria???), which is my upcoming project with my daughter's Brownie troop next week. Pray for me.
• My knees. My friend M. had knee surgery last week, and ever since I've had...knee awareness. Ooooh. Is that a twinge I'm feeling right now? Could it be (gasp!) the meniscus? I'm being so nice to my knees this week.
• Tequila

There! Whew! OK, I'll tag 5 friends now, per the rules of the game. Anyone else want to play? Please do!

• Jess
• Shirley
• Joann
• Elizabeth
• Alice