My Oddities

I'm a light switch Nazi. If there are two, it's important to me to have them both going in the same direction if possible. I'll walk in the dark for a while to make sure they are pointing the same way.

Toilet paper needs to come out on top.

No crumbs on the floor. If I have to brush my feet off after walking across the kitchen, it's time to sweep.

I like my sleep, but if I don't manage to get a few physical things (includes going to the park, playing with kids, or exercising) done by lunchtime then I'm bugged. Especially if I can't get out that afternoon.

When I eat corn on the cob I clean that cob off!  Compare mine to what yours usually looks like and tell me what you think.  :)

When in a crowd of people who don't know each other, I end up trying to be funny and always end up being loud.  I think I do it because I'm just as anxious to help others feel at ease/not feel left out as I am about feeling a little uncomfortable myself.  There is a part of me that is ashamed of this loudness and another part of me that says, "Who Cares!!"

I still dislike the dentist and shots.  I put up with them because I know they help me, but I still don't like them.

My brain works so much faster than my mouth that I often find myself getting tongue-tied over simple phrases.  I wish I could tell you how often this happens.  I've lost count.

My behavior weighs in just as heavily on the goofy side as it does on the cultured/elegant side.

My spirit is currently at war with itself as to whether I want to end up in the country or in a suburb of a big city with lots of neighbors. There are bonuses both ways.

I like to have a general outline of things that need to happen and priorities and then fly by the seat of my pants.

I am an aqua-phobic.  I have a really hard time with water when I can't see the bottom, don't know the depth,  or when I don't know what kinds of creatures live in it. 

I'm just now starting to master the skill of making my bed on a daily basis.... Sorry mother.

I also can't do underground things very well.  I had my first breakdown in the Utah mines on a choir trip in high school and haven't been the same since.

I clean my plate.  All of it.  I even scrape it clean with the fork to get as much as I can.  I inherited this quirk from my Dad.  Now nearly all of my siblings do it and it drives my mom nuts.

I still have a dream of being a voice for a Disney character someday.  Who knows, right?  At this point, I'll probably end up being a Mother Gothel persona.  I've gotten too old to do the pretty D.I.D. (Damsel In Distress).