What irritates you about the home you live in? I really like our house. It’s gorgeous – a well-kept Victorian. I do get irritated by unfinished projects – like, when we replaced the floor, we didn’t put the baseboards back everywhere. That is annoying. I also get irritated when I step on a dead mouse,…

Describe the happiest day of your life. This is another prompt where I immediately feel bad for not having a single answer! But from another angle, I’m lucky to have so many happy days that it’s impossible to choose one. My wedding day was dope. That was really a good one. That whole weekend was…

What color describes your personality and why? Hmm, interesting question. While I don’t always take well to these prompts, I do appreciate being nudged to think about things a little differently. In a course I did last summer, one of the things we were supposed to do is imagine ourselves, like, not our bodies, but…

What’s your favorite meal to cook and/or eat? I don’t have a favorite! How could I choose!? I like cooking and I like eating as well, so I maybe I’m supposed to have one, but I don’t. It really depends on how I’m feeling at any given moment. I cook Hello Fresh a lot, which…

Do you have a memory that’s linked to a smell? Aren’t most of them? Ok, I have a specific one actually. There’s a certain combination of diesel and/or airplane fuel, cigarettes, and cold that reminds me of hugging my dad after he’d come home from a worktrip. He had this grey leather jacket that he…

What fear have you conquered? Hmm. I guess being confident in my own opinions enough to assert them pretty consistently? I have phobias that I have definitely not conquered (like, fear of heights, brrzt) and actually, conquered is a pretty strong term here. I have improved, which is all I think any of us can…

What is your preferred mode of travel? Sometimes I think I’m indecisive because I don’t have a ready answer for this (see also: favorite song). I think part of the reality is that I don’t think too much about modes of travel, and I am ready to be delighted by any of them. For really…

If you had a billion US dollars, how would you spend it? Reduce world hunger and homelessness.

What chore do you find the most challenging to do? They’re all the worst! The absolute worst! As soon as you finish the dishes, someone tosses a marinara-encrusted bowl into the sink! As soon as all the laundry is nearly done (11 loads later), humans in the household are changing for bed! IT NEVER ENDS!…

How do you define success? I feel like I’ve answered this before, but perhaps not. Success is doing what you wanted to do or needed to do, and doing it well. Having a high impact. Being satisfied with how your time was spent. Sometimes success is getting two shoes on a kid before one or…