will all the other weirdos please stand up

sometimes i wonder if i portray myself correctly on this blog.  it's hard for those reading it to see how much time is spent taking tons of pictures of which i only like one or two, & then even those are edited in photoshop.  a blog can so easily be used to frame this image of someone that isn't real... to make our lives look like the way we wish they were.

i think i'm pretty forthcoming in my blog about who i really am, but it occurred to me that in my everyday life i do some really weird stuff, & i'm wondering if i'm the only one.  so here are some random facts about me.

1.  i hate getting out of the shower.  so much that i have to force myself to get out by counting down from thirty to zero every single time.  when i reach zero, i make myself shut off the water without thinking about it.  if i didn't do this, i would probably spend all day under the hot steamy water.

2.  i hate getting in the shower.

3.  after i hit publish on a blog post, i re-read it.  then i'll edit it, fixing typos, wording, grammar, etc. & then re-publish.  then i do it again.  i probably do this at least four or five times with each post.

4.  i am not at all photogenic.  not. at. all.  however, i have decided that i have a "good side" & will strategically stand showing that side when pictures are taken.  ever notice that all my pictures show the right side of my face?  not a coincidence.  the picture seen above is of my "other side."  now you know why i stick to the right side.

5.  i hate getting ready for bed.  hate it.  i will stay up an extra hour or two past the point of tiredness just because i don't want to go get ready for bed.  taking out contacts, washing my face, brushing my teeth... blech.  all of it.  i've realized i need to force myself to go get ready for bed way before my bedtime, & then i stand a chance of actually going to bed at a decent hour without putting it off.

6.  i have nightmares about slugs.  i went to school & majored in wildlife ecology so you'd think i'd be ok with all sorts of creepy crawly things.  i even worked for the forest service studying newts & salamanders where i had to reach under rotten wood, pick them up, & measure them.

but to this day, i have a reoccuring nightmare about slugs.  i literally had this dream last night.  they were congregating in my house, & then when i started picking them up {with tissue of course} to throw them out they slithered in all different directions.  i am seriously getting creeped out with goosebumps as i type this.

7.  i don't like snails either.  they're just slugs with shells.  creepy.

8.  i am ocd about my handwriting.  when i was in junior high, high school, & college i spent many hours experimenting with writing letters all different ways until i had a style i liked.  my handwriting is a bit different, & now sam calls it my "hieroglyphics." 

9.  i, like most girls, wish i had more clothes.  but i hate shopping.  i am really trying to get better at it, & seeing so many different styles on the blogosphere has helped give me some ideas, but i totally admire people with an innate sense of style & fashion.  color me jealous.

10.  i'm having a really hard time thinking of a number ten, but i really feel like this list should go to at least ten.  no?  ok then, i'm done.

this has been no mom talk monday.  thanks for stopping by!


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