I dreamed last night that my brother was being deployed to Afghanistan and the entire family got together to say goodbye to him, including a couple of less-than-friendly relatives. It was an elaborate and complicated dream, full of our worry and regret.

Then I began to wake up, and in that half-wakened state I thought, “Whew! What a relief it was all just a dr… Oh, crap.”

Antique Mommy and Beck recently did a Random Things About Me meme. Strictly speaking, nobody tagged me, but it’s an easy post for the sleep-deprived. If it interests you, there is also my list of 100 Things About Me.

1. I deliberately use countrified words like addlepated, hankering, pixillated and kerfuffle in everyday conversations. They are great words. I want to keep them alive.

2. Despite the fact that I wear a size 10 shoe, I have the smallest feet in my family.

3. Occasionally I get a hankering for movies of the Mormon persuasion. I’m not Mormon - not even remotely - but I think their movies are funny.

4. I love demolition derbies. They are loud, wasteful, exciting and open to anybody with an old car and a little know-how. In other words, they are quintessentially American. I love them.

5. I hate beets.

6. In college, I won second place in the university’s Bad Love Poetry Contest with the following gem:

Romance
is
a lot like my
dead cat Patches.
She loved me and
cuddled me
but then she broke her leg
and the splint kept falling off,
so my mom had her put to sleep.

7. There have been a few times in our marriage when I was awakened suddenly out of a deep sleep and called my husband by my brother’s name. I cannot explain this. I am only grateful that I have never dated anyone with my brother’s name.

Wanna try the 7 Random Things About Me meme? Feel free. I tag Pieces and Meredith.