Sometimes, Always, Never

This post is stolen from Amber at Girl With The Red Hair. Thanks for the inspiration Amber! 

(Every time I post a meme, I have this internal struggle where I try to decide if people will think that my meme is a cop out for not having anything to write about that day. To which I say, sometimes it is and sometimes it isn't, but you're a big fat liar if you say you read these things and don't immediately want to do one yourself. Moving on.) 

I always...

• ...have a hard time getting up in the morning. Doesn't matter how early I go to bed the night before, if I wake up before 7 I'm cranky, sluggish and sick to my stomach. This isn't just work days either. I could have the most fantastic morning planned, I'll still be groaning when my alarm clock goes off.
• ...say good-bye to the animals when I leave the house, and tell them when I'll be back. Nick used to think this was crazy but he's become slowly brainwashed over time.
• ...make/order more food than I can actually eat.
• ...cry when animal cruelty commercials come on. I also cried at the Planet Earth movie. And Nick has banned me from watching those Animal Cops shows, which I love, because I can't get through an episode without tearing up.
• ...make resolutions that I can't seem to stick to. Like when I joined the gym in JANUARY hoping to be bikini ready long before summer, and it's now JULY and I've barely gone at all let alone 3 to 4 times a week and I'm totally panicked that there's no time to drop some pounds and tone up before my trip to Florida in September, omg WHY DO I DO THIS TO MYSELF EVERY TIME?!

I sometimes...

• ...read entire novels in one sitting. In fact I would say I do this about 70 to 80% of the time. Once I get into a book, I'm totally engrossed and will happily read for hours and hours at a time. I'm also a very fast reader, so this "one sitting" thing is more easily accomplished than you might think.
• ...wish I could go back to school and get my MFA. But I don't really have the money for it right now, and I'm not sure what I'd do with it if I got it. I'd like to get into writing somehow, but the exact path hasn't really sorted itself out for me yet. Maybe an MFA isn't even necessary. Then again, "take a year off and write a novel" doesn't fit into my budget either!
• ...dream of moving to the south. I hate the cold and I spend most of the winter daydreaming of this kind of move. I've also lived in CT my whole life, and I want to try something different on for a while and see how it works for me. I hesitate because I'm not that many years away from wanting kids, and I sort of hate to move far away from my parents because I know what wonderful grandparents they'll be.

I never...

• ...go to bed angry. And I won't let Nick either, though he totally would. I don't like to let a fight fester. An hour or two, max, and I'm ready to talk it out and move on.
• ...yell at Dunkin without feeling tremendously guilty.
• ...miss an episode of my favorite TV shows. Let us not even talk about the time when our DVR inexplicably stopping working for four VERY CRITICAL DAYS and I had no idea until I sat down to watch a bunch of shows that WEREN'T THERE. Dark, dark days.
• ...sleep without a blanket. Even if it's really hot and only a few inches of blanket are actually on me, those few inches are critical to my falling asleep. I can't explain it, it just is.
• ...eat seafood. I've only ever actually tried shrimp (horrifying), fried haddock (ok) and salmon (ick), but I avoid all seafood like the plague. It just doesn't appeal to me, at all, even enough to try a few things. Even the smell just puts me off completely.
• ...shop alone. To me this is no fun at all. All I end up doing is second guessing every purchase. Friends are a critical part of any shopping expedition.

Your turn... What are your sometimes, always, nevers? Leave them in the comments or post them on your own blog!

Comments

[Kathleen]

I always..is all me--every single one..my yellow lab Faith just looks at me when I say.."I will be right back"-I put on the radio for her & blow her two kisses & make sure a light is on. I hv to chng the channel when those commericals come on. Instant water works if I dont.
I sometimes dream of moving south & hopefully will make that a reality in a couple of years. :o)

[Nora]

I'm the same way with the alarm clock situation! I dread it. I have stopped setting my alarms on weekends unless I MUST be up and out of bed.

The smell of seafood makes me instantly sick. I can't stand it!

[LiLu]

As a Masshole gone South, let me tell you, it is a good move... at least it was for me! Every time I go home over Christmas now I can't IMAGINE living in that for months at a time, ever again! :-)

[Cheryl @ Pixie Dusted]

I cried during the Disney Earth movie, too. when the lil elephant was following the tracks the wrong way? ooooh, its hurts my heart. *sniff*

[hautepocket]

i think it is so cute that you've gotten Nick to talk to the pets when you leave. Believe it or not, the boyfriend actually SUGGESTED we say goodbye to the pets and tell the when we will return because-get this-he watched it on Animal Planet! OUT OF HIS OWN FREE WILL. WOOOO for 'training' the boys! ;)

[Jenners]

I think this is a great meme .... very open-ended and you end up learning alot about a person. I totally relate to the blanket thing ... I HAVE to have something on me to fall asleep -- no matter how hot it is. And when your DVR fails you ... there is pain nad horror. Not a good thing. And I'm a pretty fast reader too -- nothing like being able to block out enough time to just dive into a book and stay submerged until you are done. Do it now because when the kids come, those days are over!!

Great meme! I may have to steal it too!

[Angel Appleton]

I LOVE these kinda posts,....they let you know how other people think, and to me thats ALWAYS interesting. I think I will do the same on my blog,-thanks for the great idea.

PS. I ALWAYS say goodbye to my kittys and tell them when I'll be home. I don't always do that for my husband even! :)

[Amber from Girl with the Red Hair]

OH I ALWAYS say goodbye and tell Webster when I'm going to be back before leaving the house, too!

I also have been known to read a really good book in one sitting :-)

Glad you enjoyed the meme!