My Idiosyncrasies

Here's a list of weird things about me:

• I don't like to grocery shop alone because I feel I look too young to be buying groceries and that everyone must be looking at me wondering where my mom is.
• My guilty pleasure is opening a fresh jar of peanut butter and being the first to unseal and put a knife in it.
• The only good part about my job at the theater in Hartford was when I made the coffee each day I'd get to cut open the vacuum sealed coffee pouches and they made that "whoooosh!" sound.
• I can hear electronics when they are on even when they are muted.
• When my parents bought the lakehouse I could hear the high pitched screeching bat deterrent.
• I sucked my thumb until I was 12.
• I still get a kick out of twirling my 24 year old Kid Sister doll's hair between my fingers. (It's best when cold.)
• Zane has to fluff my feather pillow at night because I don't do it as well as he does.
• I like to read labels of products and make sure they have all the letters of the alphabet on them. (This is best done in the bathroom)
• Most often the only missing letter is J. Q and Z are more common than you think.
• I always hoped to marry someone with a last name higher up than Whitehouse in the alphabet. (For my kids' sake in elementary school seating.)
• I thought I mistakenly purchased "boy glasses" when I first got them in 2nd grade because a boy in my class had the same ones.
• Out of the million freckles I have, I pick favorites.
• I absolutely hate tending to plants despite appreciating their existence.
• When I was in grade school I pretended I had an even older brother who lived in our attic. He was cool.
• There is nothing worse to me than a girl who tells you what your Barbie should say.
• My recurring nightmare is trying to run away from something bad and it only coming out in extreme slow motion.
• I still can't comfortably drive in rain after the car accident.
• When I see people's feet I instinctively do a quick count of toes because it always looks to me like people have an extra one on first glance.
• The only reason I went into stage management was because I was rejected as an actor every time I auditioned for 4 years in high school. I would have been a graphic designer otherwise.
• My favorite drink was Hawaiian Punch until my high school boyfriend found out and bought me one every day for 4 months.
• I still can't tell when people are talking on the phone into an earpiece or just a bit schizophrenic.
• If given the option, I will always choose the even number or left.
• I write right handed but play sports left handed.
• Never once this year have I answered the proper age when asked. It's always 24 or 26, never 25. I'm in denial.
• I like to minimize my Gmail window so when it says I have a new message it's like opening up a Christmas present.