Realms of the Raven

1. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
3. At the end of your blog post, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
4. Don't forget to add a comment telling them they're tagged and to read your blog.

So my eight random things:

1. I have no visual memory. When I close my eyes and think of someone, I don't "see" anything. I even dream in words.
2. I collect ravens.
3. I have seven cats at the moment and they are spoiled rotten. This doesn't count the 50+ cats my husband and I have trapped, tested for disease, immunized, sterilized and released and feed to this day -- all on our own dime. The perils of cat rescue.
4. I have a 20 year old son and a 6 year old son.
5. I'm also quite introverted, like many of the other authors I know. I have a decent "game face" that I can put on when needed but it's exhausting to wear for too long.
6. I'm a software engineer by day and have worked at one of, if not the, largest software company in the world since 1995.
7. I have way too many hobbies but one of my favorites is making jewelyr - finnicky jewelry a lot of the time like beaded amulet bags that take thousands of tiny seed beads and chain mail jewelry where I have to open, weave in, and close hundreds or thousands of little metal rings.
8. I have a bad case of "the mark of the Volunteer" - I really want to help my friends and sometimes pay the price for being TOO helpful with no time of my own.

I have no idea who to tag who hasn't already been tagged (and who wouldn't kill me). So of anyone would like to do this meme, feel free!