Blogocentric Formulations

Three Things #4: Don't Leave Home Without It

I'm piggybacking on Tornado Dodger 's prompt for blog posts about "three things" in a variety of categories. I'm not sure if this is going to be a daily thing, a "post them all this weekend" thing, or a "whenever I get around to it" kind of thing, but I'm committed to blogging about everything on her list. For reference, the categories are:

Theme: Three Things
Three things you can’t go without.
Three celebrity crushes.
Three favorite book characters.
If you had to evacuate your home because of a natural disaster, what three things would you take with you?
Three pet peeves.
Three things you’d do if you weren’t so afraid.
Three favorite TV shows.

I might as well take these in descending order, so here are the three things I would take with me during a home evacuation.


My wife. I mean, c'mon. You didn't honestly think I'd be like, "Oh dear, save the television! You're on your own, honey!" did you? In the event of any kind of evacuation, emergency situation, etc., making sure my wife comes with me would be priority #1.


My cat. A close second would be our cat, Dora. For much the same reason as my wife, I just couldn't bring myself to prioritize stuff over an actual life. I can get a new computer, a new book collection, a new car. I'm not really not the kind of person to stress too much about material things so, as you'll see in a moment, is really going to put me in a bit of a pickle when I have to pick a #3.


??? I truly and honestly don't know what my third thing would be. There are obviously things that have significant sentimental value (our wedding photos, a leather-bound volume of all the Lord of the Rings books that I was gifted by a former boss, my signed Avengers: Infinity War poster that I got on my last day of work at the company, my college diploma, etc.) that I would love to save if it was a situation where I had, say, two hours to throw a bunch of stuff in the car and hit the road... but in a true "you have two minutes to grab what you can and exit the building" kind of a situation, I'm not sure any of those things would immediately pop into my head. Is my wife safe? Is my cat okay? Do I have pants on? Okay, then let's get outta here.


Hmm... now that I think about it, I suppose I just found my answer for #3... pants.