What do you listen to while you work?
I listen to when I’m at work?
I usually listen to hyped up music that gets me in the mood.
So, my sometimes stressful nightshift is not so bad.
So maybe some Bruno Mars and Becky G and Adele and Andy Grammer and anything that makes me feel good and energetic.
I love music but sometimes I do listen to audiobooks and podcasts.
What’s your go-to comfort food?
Comfort food? It would be chocolate or ice cream, which melt the sorrows or frustration away.
But lately, ice cream and water is my saving grace with all this heat outside.
Ice cream may be a moment on the lips and a lifetime on the hips, but it’s worth saving, as changes are being made all around.
What’s your favorite game (card, board, video, etc.)? Why?
My favorite board games and games as a child were Monopoly and the game clue and Candy Land. 7up was a good one, and Scrabble.
Then came video games on my sega like Sonic the Hedgehog and the Animaniacs and an educational game of brother bear and sister bear.
And then onto PlayStation games like Kingdom Hearts and now I play Sims 4 on PC and Hogwarts on PlayStation.
But when I’m not doing that, I’m reading and writing.
These games are in my memories, and maybe one day I will play them again.
You when time stopped and the memory of that day was imprinted in my mind as if nothing before and after it will ever be the same.
Nothing can top the sparkle in your eye, the goofiness of your smile, and the depth of your voice as your laugh seems to touch the deepest parts of your soul as I embraced the joy you pointed my way.
Your energy is so pure and bright, shining down like the sun, sometimes too bright to deal with, but other times, your company is all I want, as some days seem longer than others. No One can match your energy.
Even on my worst days, you still can get through my darkest cloud and make me see the light in things.
As the blessing of a rainbow shines around me, I am at peace again as long as you can stay around and brighten up my day.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes
What foods would you like to make?
Would I like to make? Um, something delicious and new for me.
Like a dessert like
Some yummy and healthy too. Maybe I will make it soon.
Happening around me tonight.
As the silence settles around me like a blanket wrapped around me on a cold night, I feel no words flowing through me as if they have all been put to rest.
The feeling of not having them around feels like such a significant loss.
The words and emotions I crave to express aren’t around as life blends into a dull gray.
Life is moving, and things are happening, but my creative spark seems to be taking a break from it all.
Maybe this isn’t her season, and I must respect that as I find other things to say and do.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes
Dogs or cats?
I will always choice Dog as I have always loved dogs and have wanted different types of dogs, like golden retrievers and German shepherds.
There are just so many cute and friendly dogs I have met and played with.
Now I spend my free time playing with my dog whose a family dog.
He has his own voice and uses it quite often and like head rubs way to much.
But his a good and loving dog and makes the world a brighter place. Ten years of fun and getting trouble when no one’s watching. He loves to nap most days and play fetch now and then and loves his walks outside smelling everything insight.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes
Which activities make you lose track of time?
Me lose track of time?
Reading and playing video games, writing and TV shows and movies.
Lately, it’s been video games as I get into the new Hogwarts.
Then it would be reading because I can’t get enough of the great books I have read lately or so far this year.
I would also say TikTok and Instagram sometimes I get sucked in. But some of the reels can be useful and educational, but I try to stay away, or I won’t get anything done.
I am trying to use my time wisely lately. As I have so much, I want to get done this year.
So, let’s all get lost in the things that will help us grow and improve this year.
What bothers you and why?
Me and why?
We’re all human, so of course, there are tons of things that bother us.
I think what bothers me is liars who continually make up lies and put you in stressful situations because they don’t want to show up.
The ones who lie and try to look for you to help them out in the lie because they don’t want to look bad.
Or maybe it’s because they lie so much they can’t keep things straight.
Or I love it when they lie about something that you happen to witness with them, and you play dumb because you don’t want to be a part of their lie, and you know the truth.
I try not to let the liar and their bad habit bother me too much but it’s hard to forget something that keeps happening.
It bothers me, and I don’t rely on those people. Because they will break your trust and disappoint you, and they don’t care how they hurt or stress you out, for in their eyes, it’s all about them.
So why bother worrying about it, for it doesn’t bother them anyways.
But I know at the moment, I am angry and tired and stressed, but I get through the day, and later on, it doesn’t bother me until it happens again.
Like an endless cycle of lies and wasted energy on someone who will never learn as long as you are around, I guess you could always play their game on them, but who is that helping in the end?
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes
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