Wildacres List
/Remember when I spent that horrendous week alone in a cabin in the woods on a writer's retreat? I was flipping through a notebook yesterday and found a list I'd made while there and decided that would be today's blog entry. So without further ado...
The Wildacres "Things I've Learned About Myself" List
- I overeat when nervous (an entire box of Wheat Thins disappeared in my first twenty minutes in the cabin)
- I'm a horrible packer (Forgot: Bras, dental floss, shampoo)
- I'm not yet ready to run UP a mountain
- I'm a bit of a prude. (The cabin had a wall of windows--with no curtains or shades--that faced the wilderness. Someone would have to go to a LOT of effort to scale the mountain in order to stand in front of the windows and see something, but I still felt uncomfortable changing in front of them at night)
- I love my life and the people in it
- I allow myself to fill my life with distractions - e-mail, radio, TV
- I am not a night owl
- Even when I have all the time in the world, I still won't cook
- I can kill a monster-sized spider all by myself if I have to
- I keep a neat and tidy cabin even though I have the option of being a complete slob
- I like sleeping with the windows open instead of air-conditioning
- I love my husband
- Hiking spectacular scenic trails by myself is nowhere near as fun as sharing the experience with someone else
- I'm turning into one of those people who starts showing up at hotels with their own pillow
- I may be starting to prefer the beach over the mountains
