Paul pushed me into this with his comment on my post from yesterday.  So Blame Him.

1. I usually only need 3 hours of sleep a night.  That makes it easy for me to work a lot of hours in one day – because I love working.  When I love my work.
2. I don’t eat much – one meal a day, at most.  Some days I just don’t eat.  I weigh 138 pounds.  I weighed 145 pounds when I joined the Navy – 30 years ago.  I have a metabolism from hell.
3. I am a single parent – father.  Got custody of my kids when they were 10 and 12. They are now 18 and 20.  I haven’t fucked them up.
4. I know who I am, and what I want.  Sure, I question myself at times, but basically I am happy being me.
5. I get to teach, and this is extremely meaningful to me.
6. If I can’t make a difference, I can’t work for you.  I need to be an “impact player” – or I take my ball and go home.  It is just how I roll.  In my current role, I am making a difference.
7. I am divorced, and get along with my ex.  We have keys to each others homes.  We are friends.  We live close together, raise our kids together, and work as a parental unit.  No matter our personal history with each other. I got the best of both worlds.  My kids, and a mother involved in their lives.
8. I work at home, whenever I want to – which is most of the time.  It is where I do my best work for customers, so my employer allows it.
9. I live in San Antonio, TX, which is a place I have moved BACK to nearly a dozen times.  I will move again – from my current large home – but NOT from San Antonio.  I am here to stay.  This time.
10. I have a very few employees – but they are really amazing employees, and I appreciate them every day.  They make me look good, feel good, and act better.  What more could you ask of employees?
11. Finally – I am at a point in my life that I know what I want.  I know what I need.  And I work for a company that puts up with me sometimes being a bit crazy   They trust me.  And I trust them.  And THAT is something I have looked for for a long time.

So, Paul – I hope this satisfies you.  It was fun writing, because limiting it to 11 items was tough.

Rob

1. People that can nap, yet still sleep at night.
2. People that are always confident.
3. Cities that have stoplights timed.
4. People that have been in love for decades.
5. People that can garden.
6. Fiber to the home.
7. The energy and inquisitiveness of Youth
8. Anyone with a computer newer than mine.
9. People that are organized.
10. People that are satisfied.
11. (BONUS) People that can spell well.

I was working until the early hours of the morning, and just as I drifted off to sleep, at about 4am, I felt the most gentle brushing of lips against mine.

Then, a moment later, a little lick. And finally a head laid softly against my shoulder, in an attempt to not wake me.

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