About Me (Long Version)

Expat. First-and-only-time mother. Nerd.

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I live on the west coast of Scotland and it’s fitting that I’m pale as a ghost – someone might mistake me for a local. I do like haggis, even the vegetarian kind.

I play online games although I’m on a hiatus induced by motherhood. EDIT: I’m currently playing Goal Line Blitz. Edit: And PMOG. And back to playing World of Warcraft. Still waiting for the “next big thing” to come along and make us turn into online semi-zombies instead of the sleep-deprived zombie roles we’re trying to perfect at the moment.

Yes. I am a nerd. Full-fledged nerd of the “I met my man online and married him” variety. Mainly it’s MMOs but every once in a blue moon something else will find its way onto my hard-drive. To take the dork status to new heights, my husband is a scientist. I think his intelligence is downright sexy. He can’t explain in any sort of detail exactly what he does or my eyes would glaze over.

And with that out of the way, I’m also a slightly obsessed Fantasy (American) Football Sports freak. I’m not terribly good but I just won the league last season and it’s fun to beat up on the guys. We religiously watch NFL every Sunday in-season while I watch my fantasy team on the laptop. I’m not slightly obsessed; I’m thinking “disturbed” is a more accurate term.

I also dabble in cooking relatively edible cuisine.

And, I play at being a brown-thumb gardener. I blame it on the weather: living in Scotland could be the reason. Apparently, cats don’t help either.

As well as those and my other drool-causing interests, I am the proud mother of a nerdspawn or at least she will be once she grows up: We’re trying all we can to ruin her from the get-go. Poor soul.