Areas of my expertise.

Today I was having a chat with my Scotland daughter, in which I made the claim that one of the things I was known for was taking my time getting up in the morning. (other things I am known for, according to me: red lipstick, my on-the-fly rhetorical touch. Also poetry prize winning, but that's really only for the period between August 2014 and April 2015.)

Today, I was also good at

• granola making
• being super productive in my super quiet house
• reading and writing comments for ALL of my English 2010 students on their final projects. That's right: ALLLLLLLLLL.
• retrieving packages from the porch
• answering Shaun T when he said, from the television, 'I wanna hear you say it!' ('I can do it!')
• listening to Lemonade like it is my job (mostly while I was working out at, and on my way home from, the gym).

Things that are not the area of my expertise:

• equanimity in the face of officious sounding emails
• tidiness, obviously
• being able to accept the inevitable as, you know, real.

But I am expert at

• choosing an outfit with extra insouciance and double-extra sparkle for a slightly swanky evening event ('cocktail attire'). (N.B.: I am truly sorry I do not have a picture of this outfit. Mostly I'm sorry for myself. And sorry for my Outfit Archives, which will have to accept words and memories [tulle skirt, bejeweled tee, tuxedo jacket, all grey; extra fancy new shoes] instead of the ocular proof.)
• eating a Pop Tart after the dog walk
• opinion mongering (I'm so good at this!)
• blue sky thinking (also expert at this!)

So, you know. If you need an expert in any of the above, you know who to call.