Wednesday Hodgepodge - Passing The Time

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A hodgepodge is a jumble or assortment of things that might not appear to belong together. Joyce at From This Side of the Pond hosts a weekly link-up called Wednesday Hodgepodge that is a little collection of questions for bloggers to answer just for fun and to get to know each other. I always look forward to chatting with friends over coffee, so pour a cup of your favorite and let's visit for a few minutes!

Here are this week's questions - and my answers - for this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge.

1. Tell me something you remember about being 35.

It seems like a long time ago, and I can't think of any specific event that happened in my life that year. We were settling into the house, and I had a baby girl and three boys aged two, seven, and nine years. I know we went to Disney for vacation that fall because my daughter was just over a year old. I remember that because my almost-three-year-old got lost in the hotel complex and it was a nerve-wracking ten minutes or so until we found him!

 

2. Last time you 'burned the candle at both ends'?

 

Honestly, I do this at least once a week these days! I regularly stay up too late reading even though I know I'll be up at my usual time in the morning and have things I need to do. I haven't been sleeping well anyway. 

3. Are you someone with the 'gift of gab'? Elaborate (which shouldn't be a problem if you answered yes).

 I think so. I know once I get going, I can talk a lot, and generally I'm comfortable with just about anyone on all kinds of subjects. I tend to elaborate on most of my answers rather than keep them short! While I'm pretty good at teaching a class, I'm not so good at moderating a discussion group, because I have trouble being patient through a silence if no one answers a question right away. I also force myself to not answer questions when someone else is the group leader because I don't want to dominate. I have issues. 😅

4. Do you request a special meal on your birthday, and if so tell us what that meal is? Do you want the same kind of cake year after year or will any flavor work? Do you want cake at all? Growing up were birthdays a big deal in your house? Are they a big deal now?

 I don't have a special meal request, as we almost always go out to eat for my birthday. The restaurant is my choice, of course! I love cake of all kinds, so any flavor will work! Since we are usually eating out to celebrate, I will definitely order dessert unless someone else has made a point of baking or buying a cake.

I feel like birthdays were a big deal, but not huge, when I was growing up. It was always a special occasion, and my mum usually made a special request meal for the birthday person (a tradition I continued for my children), and there was always a cake and presents. We didn't have big event birthday parties though. It was more likely we'd invite a few friends over. 

When my kids were younger, I let them choose what they wanted for their birthday dinner. We almost always had cake, and often had them invite some of their friends over. We seldom had big birthday parties.  

 

 My birthday outing in 2019 was The Book Loft and Franklin Conservatory.

Birthday Outing in 2018 was also The Book Loft and Franklin Conservatory. 

Same in 2017.

In 2016, my husband took me on a mini-vacation for my birthday, and it included a surprise day at Longwood Gardens. (By now, you may have noticed that my birthday probably falls very near Christmas.)

I think this was 2013. We were in Ontario over Christmas, so I requested a day at Niagara Falls for my family birthday outing.

5. 'Age is just a number' . . . agree or disagree? Tell us why.

 

I agree. It's an important number, but not defining. I don't feel like I'm old enough to be in my mid-50s and yet . . . here I am. It doesn't seem possible that I was old enough to need a knee replacement, or that retirement age is on the horizon for me and my husband. I don't think my parents are as old as the numbers designating their age, and I know quite a few people who seem far older than the number of years they've been alive. Physical age and 'Attitude Towards Life age' don't always line up!

6. Insert your own random thought here.

I don't know how I do it, but I somehow manage to take three to four times as long to get something done as I estimate it will take. My "just a few minutes more" to finish something I'm working on―like this post―usually winds up being closer to an hour. I need a task timer and some accountability. My tagline:

How have you been passing the time lately? Leave a comment and let me know!

I'm sharing in this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge at From This Side of the Pond.

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