300WP Questions: #17 What area of your life do you tend to enjoy in excess instead of moderation?
Muse: Christina (I don’t give her nearly enough attention; it was nice getting to journal about her today)
So... This may sound childish, but I don’t really care. I’m a forensic scientist for 40 hours a week; I deserve my fun.
I collect shiny things. Glitter, semi-precious metals and stones... basically if it catches my eye, I get it; there is no moderation. I have quartz and bismuth and all kinds of pretty things on my bedside table, and another fifty pieces or so inside one of the drawers.
One time I was doing one of those silly little questionnaires online and I was asked ‘what mythical creature would you be if you could pick one?’. I was gonna go with ‘mermaid’ and then Nick comes in out of nowhere and jokes that my ‘affinity for hoarding shiny things’ would make me a dragon. ‘Indisputably’. And it’s been an ongoing joke since then. He put a little three-inch tall model dragon next to my gemstones to ‘protect my hoard’ while I’m at work. One time I brought home an emerald and he said “looks like Chrystophylax has returned with an addition to the hoard”. And when I gave him the confused face he continued, serious as can be, with “that’s your dragon name”.
Now I’m obligated to keep the collection going. Even if I suddenly lost interest in it--which I won’t--the ongoing joke between me and my husband about it is too good. I just need to find some kind of corny nickname for him based on his interests, since he calls me Chrystophylax every time I come home with something new.














