Prompt Answer: 30 Things

Holy shit. Thirty? Okay, here we go!

• My darling kitty boy, Spock;
• Spending time with my partner, Mellon;
• Spending time with other dear friends like J, Charles, Reffie, and Chelé;
• The smell of a 100+ year old, hardback book;
• The smell of a cinnamon-scented candle being burned;
• Nachos!
• Talking to my Grandma Gator on our weekly Friday phone calls;
• Making cookies;
• Cat-shaped post-it notes;
• Halloween decorations;
• Zero sugar lemon flavored Gatorade;
• A good mechanical keyboard with round cap keys;
• A good dip quill nib, sans real feather lest my dear Spockers decide it is Now A Cat Toy;
• Playing board games with friends, especially Terraforming Mars;
• Watching the movie or re-reading the book of Practical Magic for a hundredth time;
• Cooking tacos;
• Making oven nachos for everyone;
• Going through a used bookstore’s bargain section;
• Going to a museum with a dear one;
• Spending time writing in the 221B Writer’s Chat;
• Going grocery shopping and not having to worry about not having enough money;
• Really bad visual puns (think the ASL sign for “pasteurized milk”!);
• Learning new languages;
• A really nice notebook;
• Saturday morning lie-ins and then going to a late breakfast at the local diner with Mellon;
• Playing Pathfinder with friends;
• Playing Magic: The Gathering even though I’m not very good;
• An empty email inbox;
• A new novel to read or audiobook to listen to; and
• Hugs from loved ones.