Go ahead and tell her you're a fling wing pilot from AK and an agnostic, dyslexic, insomniac, who stays awake nights contemplating the meaning of DOG and she wiil understand---take it from me, I know, I married a Sicilian 
That's what always make you feel well thinking about pilots. we are a special category and we can remember we are not alone!

By the way, did you find the meaning of dog?!?