Five Question Friday

I am so thankful that is already Friday! I love Fridays!
Here's my Five Question Friday, to celebrate!

1. Is love at 1st sight possible?

I think so. With Dakota, the moment I sat next to him in class  I just felt (and this is totally cheesy, but dude, I keep it real.) fireworks. I had to get to know him.
I don't think I was old enough to know what love really was (I thought I did then, but I was 17. I was not always the smartest!)

I think it is, at least initailly, infatuation at first sight. You can't really love someone until you really know them. I always think I couldn't love him more, I am always proven wrong. He always ends up doing something even cuter / sexier / smarter (or he just shoots his bow.. seriously. Sexiest thing ever. Don't believe me, look at Hawk Eye. I rest my case.)
2. How did you choose your pet's name?

Well, I didn't get to name Scooter. Then again, neither did Dakota. His mom named her before they figured out she was a girl.
Our poor cat has a boy's name. Some people say it is unisex, but  I think it is TOTALLY a boy name. Poor thing.

But don't tell her that. She has teeth. And knows how to use them.

Loki, on the other hand, we did name. And boy, was it difficult. When we first decided to get a kitten  I thought I would be getting an orange one. I was going to name him Aslan. Like from Narnia. Perfect, right?

Well, guess what. We didn't get the orange kitten. We got this grey, fluffy, little hunk of love.
Dakota wanted to name him  Alduin, Destroyer of Worlds. I'm sorry, dude, but I'm not naming my cat after a DRAGON.

Instead, I named him Loki, after my favorite villain. Kinda funny now that I think about it, but Alduin is the God of Destruction, and in Norse mythology, Loki is the God of Mischief.

Either way, I think we are setting ourselves up here. What do you think? Does he look evil?



3. What are you considering giving up (cable, home phone)?

Soda. I have done it so many times. The stupid thing is, I feel so much better when I don't drink soda. But I keep going back to it. Any ideas why?
Do I just get to addicted to things too easily?
4. How much do you pay your babysitter?

Well, we don't have any kids, but I would pay at least minimum wage. If I couldn't afford it, that's the good part about having my Mama nearby.

And Dakota's parents. And his grandparents.

I think we got it covered.
5. How "young" is old enough to babysit?

Well, when  my brother and I were kids we didn't really get babysitters outside of our family, due to one really bad experience with a babysitter when I was a baby. (I'll tell this story later on maybe, but I had a seizure and the woman DIDN'T CALL MY MOTHER. She thought she was too busy at work. Needless to say, my mom reported her. That's just not good.)

We mostly stayed with my grandma before she passed away.

But on weekdays and what not, and after we got past 11 or so (after Grandma passed away), we were latch-key kids. I honestly think that it helps kids learn to entertain themselves. Don't get me wrong, we went to Boys and Girls club for many years. But at that point we were old enough to stay on our own. And since my brother and I were only 18 months apart, it wasn't like I was really watching him. It was more like making sure the house didn't burn down.

I think with my kids, I will do something similar. I would like to keep them with family for the most part. At least until  I can trust a babysitter. And probably around 12, I will let them stay at home alone for a few hours. But, I know when I become a parent, that could totally change. That's parenthood for you.