I've Been Tagged

My friend Shokufeh has tagged me to come up with six weird things about myself. I can only think that I find myself to be a perfectly normal person but there are things that others have pointed out to me that they call peculiar.

Here I go.

1. I get immensely irritated by bad PowerPoint presentations. I want to halt the entire fiasco that's about to happen, take the speaker aside and tell them to redo their slides. Don't read what's on the slide word for word; don't put too much on there that we can't read it all before you go to the next slide; don't write out information when you could put it in a table or chart format; don't use too many pictures; and don't use those silly sound effects unless you're surrounded by 8 year-olds.

2. I hate, hate, hate to have things lying around--especially if they are around my house. It bothers me to see toys thrown everywhere after playtime just as much as it bothers me to see clean pots and pans sitting out on the counter top--and don't get me started on socks or piles of papers with no home. My motto (which happens to coincide with the Montessori one) is that there is a place for everything so everything should be in its place.

3. I have to eat small things in pairs. For example: grapes, Cheerios, almonds, raisins must all be eaten in pairs. If I am only given one, I will bite it in half so I can have a pair. If it is too small to be halved, I won't take it.

4. I can't go to bed without brushing my teeth. It just seems gross. No matter how late it is or how tired I am, I brush my teeth.

5. I find it insulting that anyone would smoke, drink excessively or swear around my child. Of course, I was gravely insulted many times during Mardi Gras and I bit my tongue. I honestly don't remember so many people smoking when I lived in NOLA. As for us, Gusi does see us having a beer or wine every now and then but nothing ever extreme and we certainly don't smoke. A swear word will escape once in a while (like when we stub our toe) but it is rare and we always apologize to each other and to Gusi.

6. Even though I grill the staff working in the gym nursery (I've gone to several over the last few weeks trying to find the perfect gym) on all questions related to hygiene, sanitation, infant CPR and child development, I know that there is NO WAY I will leave my child with them. I should save my time and theirs but it's good to see how much supposed caretakers really know.

I don't think the reverend dr. esq has done this meme, so I tag her.