Friday's feast #19

Appetizer - Name something you would categorized as weird

The behaviour of some people you care about, when things go well for you. In most cases, it's a badly dissimulated envy; but in other cases I would even say it's anger. They actually want you to fail, or at least not to be very successful, so they can feel better about themselves ("See? I told you they weren't going to make it"). I will never understand why people can be so miserable.

There was a time when I even entertained the idea that we might be to blame for some of those reactions we observed. I know better now.

Soup - What colour is the last piece of food you ate?

Yellow, as in French fries from Burger King. I took Gaby and the kids there after we picked up Gaby from the place where she teaches Spanish. It was late (9 PM), but we hadn't had dinner yet, and what the heck, it was our anniversary. We're still going out for dinner tomorrow, but this one we shared with the kids. And believe it or not, I picked a special place: we sat exactly on the same bench in which Gaby and the kids waited for me while I was having my first job interview in Waterloo, on March 30th, 2001.

Salad - On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy being alone?

I would say "7", but careful here. I consider myself a loner, even though I enjoy being with my family tremendously. But I spent a lot of time on the road, and I kind of enjoy it sometimes. I'm not a fan of not having anybody around or anybody to talk to between 5:00 PM and 2:30 AM (see Dessert) when I'm in a hotel; but I do try to get the best of it. If the hotel has a swimming pool, I will go swimming for a good hour, hour and a half. It there's a Jacuzzi, I will spend another hour there; same goes for the gym. I like going out for dinner even if it's by myself. For me, there's nothing worse than being home alone for dinner.

Main Course - Fill in the blank: I will __________ vote for _________ in ________.

I will not vote for president in USA. Simply because I'm Canadian! :-)

Dessert - Describe your sleeping habits

Bad. Very, very bad. I barely sleep. I've been always like this. I remember that when I was a teenager, many times I actually stayed up all night and went straight to school (it would be mostly on Sunday nights, who knows why). I will never go to bed before 2:00, 2:30 AM (see Salad), and even then I will sleep while listening to the radio (AM radio) or some music with my headphones. It's like I cannot sleep if the room is quiet.

When I'm in a hotel room, I leave the TV on all night (volume is low, though, so I don't bother the neighbours). I don't understand how can I function with 5 hours of sleep every day (because I get up at 7:00 or 7:30 AM), especially considering that I suffer from obstructive sleep apnœa.

But as I said, I've been always like that, my father was like that, and I'm sure that at least my oldest brother is like that. And I also know that my wife hates it, my sister-in-law hates it and my stepmother probably did too, even though she can't hear well! :-)

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