i am neurotic.

i have to set my workspace up the same way everyday so i can work frantically, let the order deteriorate and set it up the right way again.

i have to play and beat windows solitaire before i can do any real work at the office. i also have to do this before working after coming back from lunch.

I hate, detest, despise and otherwise dislike paper clips that are bent out of shape (even slightly) and perfectly formed ones that are rusty or otherwise discolored. I absolutely refuse to use any of them but also can’t bring myself to hurt their feelings by throwing them away. So there they sit in little piles on my desk!

i can’t use navy blue pens. They almost make me mad. I feel like they should be black and it bothers me. if i’m forced to use one i get in a bad mood.

Sometimes when I am in long meetings or presentations, I have to count the number of syllables in the words the presenter is saying, with my fingers or toes, or I get very nervous.

When I was in school, and now with my work, I need to number all of the pages of any notes I take. The pages on the right must be odd numbered and the pages on the left even. If I see them numbered otherwise, even if the notes are not mine, I become nauseous.

I can’t use the water in the kettle after the cleaner has been in at work, I fear she has sprayed windex or some other cleaning substance inside to get secret revenge from her boring life.

Every morning at work I have to check my email. This isn’t too unusual, but if there is no email I have to send one to myself.  I have to send and receive this email before I can do any work that day.

If I use the bathroom at work, I have to wash my hands in the middle sink, and use the soap dispenser on my left. I then must dry my hands using a total of six paper towels. first with three, then two, then finally with one.