Things you do that other people think are weird

I don't mind sleeping close to someone, but I can't fall asleep if I'm touching anyone. Unless I'm dead exhausted. Otherwise, I'm such a light sleeper that I don't want to fall asleep on an arm for when they have to move it and it wakes me up.

 

I am not a good sleeper.
I have trouble getting to sleep. I usually sleep two hours or less, then wake up and read for 15 minutes. Goes on all night.
I'm a very light sleeper, so every noise and movement wakes me up.
I don't like to be crowded on the bed.
And I like it to be on the cold side in the bedroom.

 

I can never wear just socks. The second my shoes come off, so do the socks. It doesn't matter how cold it is, I can never sleep in socks.

 

More sleeping stuff:

I can't have socks on.
I have to have SOMETHING on me to start the night, at least a sheet. I generally start bundled up with sheet, blanket and comforter. But I kick a foot out to cool off.
I have to sleep on my side. I can't sleep on my back, and I can only sleep on my stomach if I've already been asleep.

 

Interesting how when you think you're the only person who has a tendency, as Elaine Benes might say, but then you realize that there's plenty others like you. I figured I was the only one who ate each food separately before moving on.

Mine:

a) I don't own a microwave. I hate any and all foods that come out of it. I'm one of those people who will take 25 minutes to heat up a hot pocket in the oven.

b) Our long hallway has three light switches that control the lights. All three have to be in the down position when the lights are off. If two are flipped to on and the lights are off, I will walk down and flip them so they're all pointing down.

c) The shower curtain has to be closed at all times. Sometimes when I'm on the throne, I'll turn the shower on to hot because I hate the quietness of the bathroom and I like it steamy in there.

d) I always have a fan going when I sleep. If I can't sleep, I'll break out this Hankscraft vaporizer that my parents bought for my newborn brother in 1971 (still in the original box!). The sound of it knocks me out in 5 minutes every time. I actually looked forward to getting colds as a kid because I loved the sound of it and I knew I would sleep well. When I moved out, I made sure that came with me.

e) In my state-of-the-art surround-sound home theater, I have an 8-track player hooked up to it. It gets used more than the CD player.

 

OMG, I love you. I just had this conversation tonight. I have one, because it came with my apartment. But I cooked some Stouffer's mac and cheese for 65 minutes the other night just to have it done in the oven.

 

Haha, thanks IJAG.

I actually want to prepare a good meal when making dinner and I'm not going to have something that is soggy and/or rubbery (when all four of your grandparents emigrated from Italy, you learn that dinner is not to be made quick). The only thing for which I could possibly imagine using a microwave is popcorn, but I still use a hot-air popper.

 

Me too. I'm the only person I know who owns a hot-air popper. I also occasionally actually buy Jiffy Pop and do it on the stovetop.

 

I do two things that I think are exceptionally strange. The first borders on indescribable. I'll be walking along, and my foot will come up toward my hindquarters, and my hand will go down to meet said foot. I don't know if I'm kicking my hand or slapping my foot, but I do it, right foot then left, and just keep on walking. I've done it for years. It doesn't happen often, but when it does, it's super weird.

The other thing is that I don't like to do an activity — almost always a walking-related one — with one side of my body more than the other. For example, if I'm crossing the road, and I'm stepping on the white stripes with my right foot, halfway across I'll take a short step so I'm walking on the white stripes with my left foot. That way it's even.

 

I wear my watch on the wrong wrist. I'm a righty and I always wear it on the right wrist. One of the remnants of the OCD of my youth.

 

Didja know JiffyPop was invented by a Nashville Scout Master with cerebral palsy, who wanted to make popcorn on a campfire for his Scouts?

 

I wear ascots at weddings.

Seriously.