You turn into this panty-showing, floor-touching, bent-over-at-the-waist grind monster, and everything is a blur of rubbing body parts and pulling up on your strapless dress.

My mother was raised on the Navajo reservation by her grandfather (a Navajo medicine man) and would always tell me stories about her childhood. However, most fascinating to me were her stories of skinwalkers, which she was always very hesitant to talk about — let alone write about.

13. You will never have any money at all, ever.

Garbage men (and women) have it rough.

Your actual idea of torture would be if someone forced you to go to sleep before you were able to clean your kitchen.

30 minutes before closing, people will show up to swim laps. And they will be sure not to leave one minute before they have to.

1. Read during a big life change (good or bad)

“I just need like a double quarter pounder with cheese no onion and a diet coke half the ice. In my mouth. Now.”

Mornings where you can spend an hour just checking your email, sipping your coffee, and not really thinking about anything for a little while.

Back at home means back to old rules.