I am so refreshed. Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the need to post something interesting on a regular basis? It adds to my already fragile and anxious state of being. So when I take a few days off I feel so good.
Anyway, I’ve decided that I’m weird. A co-worker and I always joke that everyone is weird. That’s what makes the world an interesting place. Wouldn’t it be crazy if we were all the same. BORING. Anyway, I’ve been thinking lately about some of the things that I think make me weird.
For example, I can’t stand how some people say the word “huge”. I am the kind of person who deliberately stresses the “h” in huge. But there are lots of people out there that simply say “uge” with the “h” silent. I drives me nuts. I don’t know why.
Then there’s the fact that cabinet doors must be shut. The hubby suffers from “leaves the cabinet doors open” syndrome and it makes my insides ruffle. Maybe it’s the fact that I don’t like to look at what’s in the cupboards. They’re not messy, in fact they’re rather neat and organized but dammit - shut the doors! Can you imagine if I lived in one of those new retro type houses that didn’t use doors. Argh!
Another thing that drives me crazy is when someone (either at home or work or wherever) uses the microwave and opens the door before all the time runs out. Then you go to use it and you wonder why it’s not entering your time. Only to find out that the jack ass before you left 5 seconds remaining on the timer. It’s just sitting there blinking over and over and over. (Am I starting to sound crazy?)
Then there is the fact that I my morning routine is done in the same order. Every. Single. Day. Even in the shower, the order of operations is the same. If I even differ just a tad from the norm, I could quite possibly forget to brush my teeth or put on deoderant.
Finally,(and this one’s a doozy) going to the bathroom HAS TO BE the last thing I do before I fall asleep. I simply cannot get into bed and watch tv for a while then fall asleep. Nor can I get into bed, get out of bed and get a glass of water and then get back into bed. I must go to the bathroom first. Regardless if I just went 2 minutes before. Seems silly right?
I’m pretty sure that there are a handful (not too many) of other things that make me weird but I am willing to embrace my weirdness and roll with it. I’m also really glad that everyone else is weird too. We come in all shapes, sizes, colors and levels of weirdness and that’s what makes life interesting.
Tell me, what makes you weird?
My kids say I’m weird cuz I like Opera music and metal. It’s a weird combination I know. There are so many more things that make me weird, but I can’t think of any of them right now.
I hate it when people leave the cupboard doors open too. I’ve seen houses where the cupboard doors are just glass and that would make me crazy.
Have a great day!
I twist my hair. I mean I can literally tie knots in it and then can’t get them out. My hair is always shorter on the left than the right by about a half an inch to an inch. I try to spread it out but that doesn’t really work. It’s a nervous habit but I do it when I am bored or just to have something to do with my left hand.
Another thing that drives me nuts is that my husband can change the tiolet paper roll but he won’t throw away the cardboard center. He also puts the roll on upside down. I constantly change it. I like it to come off the top, he puts it on so it comes off the bottom. I can hunt for the end forever in the dark.
I think they call it OCD. I think most people have those tendencies. I say most and I really mean the people I know which wouldn’t actually qualify as “most” in the grand scheme of things. Maybe I just know a lot of weirdos.
I favor my left side. Walking, running, chewing, always the left side. No clue why. Just one of my quirks..
Oh, God…how much time have you got?
I sleep with about 6 pillows all around, underneath, and beside me….they have to be a certain way and then I can fall asleep.
I’m constantly straightening the towels on the handle of the dishwasher & oven…da boys dry their hands and leave ‘em all wadded up in a ball…makes me cray-zee.
Oh, and btw….I say “huh-you-ge” when I’m excited…but no matter what, there should always be an H.
A little OCD never hurt anyone.
I have plenty of quirks, all of them unpleasant. Sometimes I chew with my mouth open. Also, no matter how warm it is, I have to sleep with covers and I have to be facing the bedroom door.
ditto on the bathroom before bed routine. NO freakin idea why. Ditto on the kitchen cabinets.
Yeah, I come from a family where we’re all a little OCD.
I sleep with a billion pillows, can’t relax till I have all my chores done, can’t leave messes on the counters. And I sleep practically sitting up (sinuses and migraines). Yes, we’re all weird…
My weirdness comes when watching cartoons. Though I’ve watched it a gazillion times, I always watched it when opportunity comes. My wife gets irritated by this attitude.
Ugh… the “uge” thing is annoying because it sounds like they really need to blow their nose. Just do it already and then pronounce it correctly! The only time this is acceptable is when the person is a native Spanish speaker, or some other language where h’s are always silent. Hehe.
The microwave thing is annoying too because not only can’t you input cooking time, but you can’t see the correct time of day when they leave it like that! Grrrr.
Our license plate reads: Weirdos.
Really, it does.
I also cannot stand to have the kitchen cabinets left open, and my son and husband don’t know how to shut them. It’s amazing I haven’t gone off the deep end yet.
There are uge uman beings in New York. That’s where they stand “on” line, also.
well there’s the usual fretting that i’ve left the iron on. and i eat a certain amount of a certain combination of almonds, crackers and dried cranberries every single day (specific brands of each, as well). when i travel, i take it with me. once i went to mexico for 3 days and worried the entire time i’d left a space heater on and the whole house would be burned down (it wasn’t). that might be it. well, a lot of things bug me too. my husband also doesn’t shut cabinet doors. so irritating! he also won’t rinse out the kitchen sponge after wiping up a mess. WHY?!?! there is no answer.
Oh, the need to post… I don’t know what I was thinking when I decided that I should post every single weekday. Well, I do. I thought it would make me a better writer, which might come in useful someday. But it is stressing me out too often. I think perhaps that is one of the ways I am weird just now. There are probably about three hundred more.
Oh, I hate when people leave time on the microwave too, it throws off my microwave mojo when I have to hit cancel before I use it or can’t see the clock.
You don’t even want to go there with weird on me, I’m definitely a weirdo. I won’t drink after people, get mad when people take a slice of pizza with the toppings I picked, kick open doors in public restrooms or use a napkin to open them, blah blah blah.
And I haven’t posted in over a week and it’s killing me but I have to catch up on my reader before I can post.