My blog swap partner is Bridget McNulty from South Africa and, inspired by my own 52 Things List, she has provided one of her own. For her site, I wrote a guest post on the perils of a hyperactive metabolism a.k.a. my attempt at making insulin issues funny.
1. If I had my way, I'd do nothing but read all day.
2. My favourite spot to read is in my hammock, on my verandah, in the sun.
3. When I first moved to Cape Town, I thought people were crazy for making such a big deal about Table Mountain.
4. Now I think it's pretty cool and I like showing off that we can see it from our apartment.
5. My favourite drink is tea.
6. I had to wean myself off it 2 months ago.
7. I was on 5 to 7 giant mugs a day and I had to get down to one so I could travel to the USA for 3 weeks and not be constantly grumpy.
8. I was constantly grumpy for a week while I got over my caffeine addiction.
9. In 3 weeks I'm cutting all my hair off.
10. I can't wait. No bad hair days ever!
11. My boyfriend is extremely sad about it.
12. I thought he was being ridiculous till he got his hair cut short, and now I understand how he feels.
13. This afternoon I'm starting a crash course in Spanish.
14. I hope I haven't lost my flair for languages.
15. We leave to go on a Round-the-World trip 6 weeks yesterday.
16. Which means 6 weeks today we'll arrive in South-East Asia.
17. That is so freaking cool!
18. I've always been a homebody, but now I'm ready for an adventure.
19. If I was staying put, I think I'd feel claustrophobic.
20. One of the things I'm enjoying most about prepping to go is clearing out my stuff.
21. I'm getting rid of all the things I don't love.
22. It's very cathartic.
23. I'm curious to see how my control-freak tendencies cope on the road.
24. I'm a recovering control-freak.
25. Not recovering that fast.
26. I'm also a recovering over-achiever.
27. It takes a long time to change the language in which you speak to yourself.
28. My cell phone is ringing.
29. That was a TV producer who might let us talk on her health show before we leave on our trip.
30. The trip is all about promoting positive diabetes awareness.
31. I'm a Type 1 diabetic.
32. I was diagnosed very dramatically, very late, 2 days away from a coma.
33. I've written about it so much that I sometimes don't think it actually happened to me.
34. I find it strange that words can take on a life of their own.
35. I've never been on TV.
36. But one of my favourite things to do is be interviewed on the radio.
37. I feel like it makes me far more interesting and articulate, for those ten minutes or so.
38. Then I go back to real life.
39. I think I'm going to miss eating normal food while we're travelling.
40. I am one of the most boring eaters I know.
41. If I don't take time out to be alone, I get spiteful.
42. I can recognise myself being spiteful, but that doesn't make me stop.
43. When I've had enough alone time I feel like a glass that has been filled up.
44. I also like to sleep. A lot.
45. I hate it when people give me a hard time about sleeping (on average) 9 hours a night.
46. I'm slowly coming to realise that every person is completely different.
47. What works for me might not work for you, and vice versa.
48. I have no idea what my life will be like a year from now.
49. Today is my mom's birthday.
50. She is one of my top 3 favourite people in the world.
51. I think I can be irritating to be friends with.
52. I'm the luckiest girl in the world.
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