11 Things You Might Not Know About Me

Eleven things you might not know about me (in no particular order):

1. I do an impressive Wicked-Witch-of-the-West laugh.

2. I love to dance in my living room.

3. I'm very spiritual, but I don't believe in God.

4. Mark and I are happily and purposefully child-free.

5. I tend to over-explain myself. 

(For example, after writing #3 and #4, I want to tell you that I don't believe in God, but I believe in kindness, compassion, tolerance, awareness, and acceptance; also, I love my nieces and nephews beyond words, and I enjoy other people's children--it's lovely to be a free-roving mentor to children.)

6. I'm still close to my 3 best friends from middle and high school.

7. I thoroughly enjoy gatherings of 4-8 people; I dislike large parties.

8. I went to college (Indiana University) on a volleyball scholarship.

9. I've been a strict ovo-lacto vegetarian for 23 years, yet bacon still smells good to me.

10. I enjoy word puzzles; my favorite: the New York Times acrostic.

11. We do not have TV reception, but we binge-watch three series via DVD: Dexter, Downton Abbey, and Sherlock.