[A is for age:] 37 - Today!
[B is for beer of choice:] Uff Da Bock, or maybe Belgian Red, from the New Glarus Brewing Company (or nearly anything else they produce)
[C is for career:] Lawyer. Writer. Once and future activist.
[D is for favorite Drink] So many choices…coffee, very good beer, watery apple juice, or really good chocolate milk.
[E is for essential item you use everyday:] Large Mug
[F is for favorite song:]
[G is for favorite game:] Right now? Build a tower of blocks so Noah can knock them over.
[H is for hometown:] Milwaukee, Wisconsin
[I is for instruments you play:] None well, but I did take piano for 3 years, and “saxette” for 1. (A saxette is a cheap red and white plastic picolo-type instrument.)
[J is for favorite juice:] Publix Greenwise 100% organic apple juice, cut 25% juice/75% water
[K is for kids?:] YES!
[L is for last kiss?:] Lots on Noah as we played this morning.
[M is for marriage:] Spiritually, with a big party, and recognized by our families and communities, yes; recognized by any form of government, no. But we do have a DC registered domestic partnership and a VT civil union.
[N is for full name:] If you must know, and you don’t know, click on the writer link. (Especially if you are a librarian.)
[O is for overnight hospital stays:] In reverse chronological order: From Feb 9-14, 2006, when Noah was born; 1.5 nights (we went in around 3 or 4 am, I think) in 8th grade, for severe menorrhagia that had me blacking out from blood loss most times when I stood up; ??? when I was 18 months old for a tracheotomy due to a throat infection.
[P is for phobias:] Scary movies. Maybe also bugs.
[Q is for quote:] “Imagine the difference between these two marriage proposals: The first goes, ‘I want to marry you, because I love you, you make me so happy, I want you to spend the rest of your life with me.’ The second goes, ‘I love you, and I want to marry you, and spend the rest of my life causing your life to work for you.’” (A paraphrase of the real quotation that inspired Jill’s proposal, and indeed, our vows and our entire marriage.)
[R is for biggest regret:] Having been so serious and rigid as a young person. I wish I’d realized how much fun I could have.
[S is for sports:] Sprouts? What?
[T is for time you wake up:] 5 am, then 5:30 am, or whenever Noah gets up.
[U is for updated question because I didn’t like the original one; what’s most unfair?] That my marriage isn’t recognized by my government.
[V is for vegetable you love:] Broccoli, brussels sprouts, and basically anything that my eating causes in Noah unbearable gassiness.
[W is for worst habit:] Nit-picking
[X is for x-rays you’ve had:] Horrible ones of my fallopian tubes, also neck and back (post-car-accident), left wrist, twice, 1 year and 1 day apart (confusing the hospital to no end) when I was in the 5th and 6th grades. Teeth of course. Mammo and innumerable follow ups to try to identify the teeeeeeny-tiiiiiiiny, too-small-to-be-biopsied lump. Maybe others I don’t remember.
[Y is for yummy food you make:] Most of it, thanks! But if I have to pick one item, it’s roladen just like Oma used to make. (Don’t click on the link if you’re veg/vegan and have a weak stomach for meat on meat recipes, this is 100% cholesterol. And don’t google roladen looking for recipes, the first full page of results make it completely wrong, with horrifying ingredients like pickles. The linked recipe isn’t exact, but it’s tolerably close to Oma’s.)
[Z is for zodiac sign:] Sagittarius