Alright so my friend Jacqueline- you know, the one that watched me try to buy a pizza with a coupon- has inspired me to do an interview with her! She sent me five questions whic I have to fully answer. Oh- and here’s the fun part:

If you would like me to interview you just leave a comment and I will email you the questions! Here are the directions:

1. Leave me a comment saying, “Interview me.”

2. I will respond by emailing you five questions. (I get to pick the questions).

3. You will update your blog with the answers to the questions.

4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.

5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

Let’s get started. Here’s what Jacqueline asked:

1) I seem to remember you wanting to be a weather girl when we were younger.  When and why did that change?

Yes! Yes I did want to be a weather girl! You have an amazing memory! Besides my family I’m pretty sure you’re the only person that remembers that. I used to LOVE (yes- LOVE) watching the weather channel in grade school and even in part of junior high. I so wanted to be a weather girl. I thought it would be the best.job.ever.

I think that changed for me because we had career day in junior high and a real life meterologist came to our school and answered all my our questions. As it turned out- you need a lot of math and science to be able to read a teleprompter and point to a screen.

Huh.

Anyway- that was sort of when I realized that maybe the life of a weather girl wasn’t meant for me. I was never very strong in science and math- but we’ll get to that better.

2) What did you get your degree in?  Do you ever wish you had gotten a degree in something else?  Why or why not?

I got a BA in Communications with emphasis in Public Relations and a minor in political science.

At the time, I really wanted to use my degree to eventually become a campaign manager, or a press secretary- something where I could definitely utilize both skills.

Like a lot of people, what I’m doing now has nothing to do with my degree. I always wondered how people went to school for one thing and did another for a living, but now I know- it just sort of happens. I wish I could do something in the PR field. I think it would be so much fun and I think I’d be good at it, but at this point I’ve started a whole different career path. I’m not saying I don’t like what I do- because I do, but that’s sort of the background on the degree thing.

As for whether I wish I got my degree in something else- yes and no.

I joke with Will all.the.time that I wish I would have become a doctor or pharmacist or vet or something like that because at this point I would be done with school and making a ton of money. However- the truth is I would have hated every minute of it.

I do think my sister’s degree plan is very interesting too.

3) What was the best thing about living in Kuwait?  The worst thing?  Do you miss living there or just miss living near your family?

The best thing about living in Kuwait is definitely the location and the opportunities it affords you. I know a lot of time I lamented about how much I wanted to be home, but at the same time- I really liked living there. I loved being able to travel because we were close to so many interesting places. There are so so so many things I loved about Kuwait, but you only asked for one.

Oh- but can I please say one more?

please?

The safety. I felt incredibly safe in Kuwait. I could have left my doors unlocked every night and would have not worried. I know you guys might think it’s crazy, but it’s true.

The worst thing?

By FAR the heat.

The heat was the absolute worst thing hands down and no question about it.

There were other negatives, but that’s definitely the worst!

Your last question about whether I really miss living in Kuwait or just being near my family is something I go back and forth on. In fact- it’s a question Will has asked me before!

I really do miss living there. I had a lot of hell (mostly because of my job… actually all because of my job), but a lot of fun too. I don’t think I would have enjoyed it near as much had my family not been there too. In fact- we never would have gone had it not been for them! So- I waiver a lot…

4) What is your favorite thing about Will?  What does he do that really bugs you?

My favorite thing about Will is that he truly is my knight and shining armor. He is my protector and defender.

I’m very passive aggressive and I’m also a nonconfrontational peacemaker. What a bad mix, right!? For that reason a lot of times I let people take over and because I want to be nice and not be confrontational- I let them (and then am annoyed later because of the whole passive aggression in me!)

Anyway- Will has given me a voice. A lot of times he sticks up for me and defends me. He takes care of business (like he makes the “angry” phone calls when something is charged wrong, when our cable is out, etc) a lot of times. However, he has defintiely “made” me start sticking up for myself too. He has given me courage and I really love that about him. It’s been uncomfortable for me- but a really good thing. So- that’s my favorite thing about Will. His ability to take the lead. He takes really good care of me.

Somewhat on the same token- one thing that bugs me about Will is that he’s “always right.” Because he does have such a strong personality and tends to be more hard side love, he thinks that his ideas and viewpoints are the best. When we argue it’s very annoying.

5) What is the biggest lesson that you’ve learned in life thus far?

Wow! This is a really hard one. If you were to ask me this once a month it would probably be different every time depending on what was going on in my life. I mean, there are so many spiritual lessons I’ve learned throughout life. So many hard “life lessons” I’ve learned…

Too many to narrow it down to one.

I’ll simply say one of the best I’ve learned is “Life’s Too Short.”

I tend to be caught up so much in the here and now and I allow silly things to bother me, and Will always reminds me that Life’s Too Short.

He’s right.

It’s the small things in life that matter- playing with my dogs back in America, watching TV with Will right next to me, taking trips others thought we shouldn’t- all of these things make up who I am. There are so many of the things in my life I wouldn’t have done but did because I’ve begun to realize that life is too short and I should live it to the fullest while I’m here. “Our life is but a breath.” I think the Bible says that exact phrase. It truly is but a breath- and so I want to make sure to inhale extra big while I’m here.

So there I go! This was fun, Jacqueline!

If you want to do the same let me know and we’ll play.

Have a good weekend.