1. Do you recycle? Yes, I live in NYC, it is the law. Everything is "recycled". The only trash you throw in the garbage is supposed to be organic for the landfill. They give tickets to people who do not comply.
2. Are you spontaneous or a planner? both, used to be much more spontaneous and more and more I am planning. Because of this vacation club I'm in I plan out my vacations 1 year in advance.
3. If you could change anything in the way you were raised- what would it be? No idea.
4. What sound(s) do you love? crickets, genuine laughter, geese, birds chattering, a rushing brook, a howling storm, rain on a metal roof.
5. What do you prefer- sweet or salty? both, a time for everything
6. What was a food you hated as a child, but eat as an adult? tomatoes (I once read that they used to be poisonous so I used that as my excuse not to eat them as a child)
7. If you could pick anyone as a mentor who would it be? The mentors that I had. I'm pretty sure they were the best I could have gotten.
8. Are you an introvert or an extrovert? some of both, I do not like large parties, yet I am a teacher who is very comfortable speaking in front of a class or an assembly.
9. What is the worst gift you ever received? You can't ask this question without also asking what is the best gift you ever received, otherwise we come across as a jackass for answering. So I am going to give you both, the best gift and the worst. The best gift was $5 in a letter. The worst gift was a used car.
Best gift -- I was working as a full time volunteer on a Christian construction site. There was no pay, and after 3 months I had run out of the money I had brought with me. They provided room and board so that wasn't the issue. The problem was my toothpaste had run out. Now as you know this is a slow process, and for the week or two weeks prior to this day I had been aware of it and was praying every day about it. I had taken the tube apart so I could scrape the last bit of toothpaste out. But this morning I threw the tube away. I was now really concerned, praying, because I did not want to be humiliated because I couldn't brush my teeth. When I arrived at the worksite they gave me a letter from my local church and in it a very poor couple (I call them dignified poor) had included a $5 bill in it. That was the best gift I ever got.
The worst - a used car. I was going to college and very much involved in the local church. My parents sent me $300 a month which was exactly enough to pay my rent, food, and bus ticket. The commute was long, about 1 1/2 hours, but I got a seat and was able to do school work on the bus. This brother decided to give me his old car. I told him I didn't want it and couldn't use it but he insisted. I had to reregister the car (couldn't afford that), get it inspected (couldn't afford that), pay for gas, deal with parking (I didn't have time for that), and keep it running (didn't have the money, time or inclination for that). Very quickly the car needed minor work, I left it parked, somehow the tires went flat, I couldn't afford to fix that, and then it was towed away by the city. I was vilified in the church for the way I had disrespected this brothers gift.
10. What do you miss most about being a younger/a child? Footloose and carefree