Changing me.

Some things are just indisputable in this life, including:

• No matter what my career at any given time, I will never completely stop being a member of the media.

• I love strong coffee, full-bodied wine, sweet tea, cute shoes, thunderstorms, Thai food, British humor, cuddling and losing myself in books.

• I strongly dislike soda (unless my tummy’s sick), oatmeal raisin cookies, being cold and wet, Cool Whip and people who are perpetually negative or who are fake.

• I apologize in advance but I will secretly judge your grammar. We editor types are finicky like that. (Said as I totally realize I lack perfection in this area. So, if you want, you can secretly judge my grammar. And then we’ll be even. )

• I have a mixture of ice water and newspaper ink running through my veins instead of blood. I am always, always cold and generally full of random information and news tidbits.

• Yes, I am only 5 feet tall. Yes, that is short, I know. I like being little. The term is space-efficient, get it right, please. (Har har.)

• I get excited. I mean really excited, complete with crazy hand gestures. Often. About varied and often random things, events and people. Some people might call me high-strung. I prefer “zealous.”

• The glass is half-full, ok? Try to see it that way, you might like it.

• Ballroom dance is the ultimate contact sport.

• Loving someone is often scary. And sometimes sad. But always worth it

• Someday I will own a micro-mini wiener dog and his name will be Earnie. Excuse me, a micro-mini, short-haired, black wiener dog with a snout and floppy ears. And his name will be Earnie.

• I blog because I no longer write for a living. And I can’t NOT write. It’s neurologically and emotionally impossible for me.

• I’m not materialistic by any means, but if I were and could splurge on two frivolous, meaningless possessions, they would be a Louis Vuitton handbag and a pair of Jimmy Choo heels. I’m just saying.

• I don’t understand God. I don’t always know what it really means to follow him. I don’t always do a good job at that. But I do love him.