Tagged- 6 Quirks

I was tagged for this list of 6 quirks by my friend Lisa about two days ago. I have been straining my brain to think what quirks I have, and every time I think of one I have written it down so I won’t forget. Now to all of you readers out there, you will think that these are weird, but to me they are perfectly normal. Although, as I look back over this “normal” quirks list I will not be surprised to find that some of you will no longer claim that you know me.

Quirk #1: (This one is the longest one because I am really passionate about this) I am a sheet freak!!! Yes, a sheet freak. Since Andrew and I got married this quirk has caused a great deal of bedroom stress. I don’t know where to begin with the making of the bed. I have to tuck the bottom of the sheets into the bed TIGHT. During the night if the sheets are pulled up to far above my head it wakes me up. I have been known to jump out of bed in a huff at all hours of the night to pull the sheets down and tuck them back in. I cannot get into my bed at night unless it is made. I make the bed as soon as I roll out of it in the morning, and if by some chance it is not made all day I cannot just crawl into the sheets and go to sleep, no. . . I have to make the bed and then turn the covers down before going to bed. I also change the sheet often; I just sleep best in clean sheets. I have gotten better after having children, but I used to change the sheets at least 2 times a week. Having children has lightened me up a little bit, but I still change them at least once a week. None of this 2-4 week sheet bachelor life for me. The last thing is I have to have nice sheets. I cannot sleep on cheap “sandpaper” sheets. They have to be %100 cotton. Yes, they are expensive, but luckily my Mom shares this weird quirk and often gives me sheets for Christmas. (Most people would not like sheets as a gift, but I LOVE it.)

Quirk #2: I am also a towel freak. I have gotten better on this too. I used to use 3 towels when I showered, but I have cut it down to two. I just don’t understand how to shower with one towel. I have to have a body towel and a head towel, and they cannot get mixed up. (I usually use different colors so I can remember which is which the next day) I have a body towel to dry off my body with and then of course the other is to dry my face, wrap around my hair and head. I cannot stand the idea drying my face and putting a towel on my head that I dried my hinny with. SICK! I know most people are 1 towel users, and I feel like Crammer on Seinfeld when he goes into a mens shower at the gym to take notes on how to take a shorter shower. I need to watch someone after a shower to find out how they use one towel. (especially those with long hair, how do you dry off without your long hair getting you all wet?)

Quirk #3: I sleep with a pillow between my knees. I cannot sleep with my legs touching each other and I have this round smiley face pillow my sister gave me years ago for Christmas and I have to sleep with it every night between my knees. I keep it right under my side of the bed and pull it out every night when I crawl under the nice crisp (not wrinkled) sheets. I can make due with a blanket or substitute pillow when we are away from home, but I never sleep as well.

Quirk #4: I keep lists, calendars, and planners but once I’ve written something down, I generally don’t look at it again. I just make a mental note. When I taught school my mental notes occasionally failed me and got me into a few binds. Oops!

Quirk #5: I categorize my shopping list. (This is the list I keep and look at over and over) Here is an example. Let’s say I am going grocery shopping to Walmart. I have my list split into where things are located in the store such as dairy, fresh produce, meat, boxed and canned goods, paper products, ect. The problem is I make my list on a piece of paper as I think about it thoughout the week, then I have to rewrite my list before going shopping, and I usually end up going back and forth across the store anyway so I am not sure that my departmentalized list even helps.

Quirk #6: This weird habit manifested itself in high school when I was taking keyboarding. (The most useful class I’ve taken in all my education.) Anyway, when we learned the correct fingers to use when typing I started “air typing”. I would mentally type everything I read or heard. In a conversation with someone my fingers where always moving because I was typing the conversation. I quickly learned which fingers to use when typing because I practiced in the car, at home, at church, at the mall, in class, everywhere. Just when I thought that this habit went away I started in my Deaf Education degree and began sign language. You can guess that I started finger spelling everything. Sometimes I still find my fingers moving when I am driving along in the car, I am just spelling all the road signs. Strange Hu?

Tag you’re it- I challenge you to top those quirks: Brandi, Angela, Allison, Lindsay, Megan, Melanie, Trish, Alicia, Shelley, & Mom.