Monday, August 01, 2005
-I like patterns. I have officially established the work routine
I like taking my lunch break either at 12:30 or 1 o'clock. Not 12:32, or 1:08. I like knowing that the full half hour will end at a whole number. I don't want to do all of the subtracting and adding to figure out when my lunch should end. I guess I'm just picky that way.
-I do NOT trust alarm clocks. The best alarm clock is the eternal one inside all of us. What if you set your alarm clock and it doesn't go off, and you're late to work?? Oh the horror! If I'm working the next day, usually I'll tell myself to wake up at 7:35. And that gives me 10 minutes of leeway till 7:45 when I am actually supposed to wake up.
-I Love lists.
On my days off, I must make a list at the beginning of each day so that my whole day doesn't get wasted because of my meandering between the tv and the computer. And the best part about a list, is getting to make huge check marks by the accomplished tasks. What a ravishing delight. Or, if you aren't a check mark person, you always can opt for the obnoxiously thick mark out of said finished item.
-i HATE being surprised by unaccounted for complications. But then isn't that life?
Sometimes, when I was younger, my mom would come into my room and dust my bookshelf, and she would move my figurines around. Now, granted she moved them a quarter of an inch, but still, I would come in, huff (sometimes preceeded by a stomp...but my mom quickly eradicated that habit), and move them all back to their previous positions. I still don't get it why that bothered me so much. Hmm...oh well.
-I always have multiple plans on hand, as well as possible scenarios, that have been thoroughly worked out in my head. This kind of helps to eliminate the aforementioned possible complications. When I go into a meeting, pre-planned conversation, or outing, I already have a list (there are those lists just popping up again) of possible questions to ask stored in my head, or possible ways that the rendez-vous could develop, which, lucky for you, have all been mentally pre-tested so they are fool-proof and good to go.
Amdist all of this, I am not neurotically organized. Although, I did color-organize my closet once (it was only once...sheesh...lay off already).
And although I love routines, I enjoy making time [within my routine] for unplanned activities. Of course I'm free to hang out...oh wait, only from 6-8, or 9-11. I'm also not one of those compulsively obsessed people who shove their weird idiosyncrasies into your face. My mental lists, routines, and scenarios are all hidden from the world. To an outsider, I am just seen as an average girl, but what lies inside is something altogether unique to behold.
I guess I just like the world ticking a certain way. Preferably by my time table.
[and now i ask myself, why did i post this?]9:52 PM 4 Falling Stars
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