i am neurotic.

I cannot stand to back-track when doing things. For example, I must plan out my route (i.e. to run errands) so that I do everything in a certain order and don’t cross the same path/go back to the same place. I usually spend more time planning my route than actually doing the errands. Maybe I just like saving gas.

I am positive that the world will spin off course if the Tupperware isn’t stacked in a precise order by size.

I just realized I do this but when I check the blogs that I read daily, I check them in alphabetical order. They aren’t saved in my bookmarks or anything, I just type them in like that.

I have this big fear of forgetting things. I constantly use post-its to write down little lists of things i have to do, things i need to get, music i want to download, or even things that interest me. I can never have any of these same things on the same post-it and every list has to be a different color. Needless to say, I own a lot of post-its and my planner is filled with them.

i have all of the movies i want to see listed in a little notebook. and i have to watch the movies in the order i have them in the book. thank god for netflix where i can order them in the order of my list.

I use about 10-12 different programs everyday at work. I open every single one of them in a specific order and then minimize them at the bottom of my screen for easy access. If I accidentally close out of one of the programs or I have to shut it down for whatever reason, then I have to shut every other program down and then pull everything back up again to keep them in their order.

All the teeth of my keys on my key chain face the same way. I also order them by size, so that if i were to hold all my keys at the same time, with the flat side facing up, they go from smallest to biggest, from left to right.

When doing word search puzzles I have to find the words in order there listed. If my eye happens to see one lower on the list I will ignore until it’s that word turn.

when I shower I have to wash each part of my body in the same exact order every time: shampoo, face, conditioner, torso, left arm, right arm, groin, right leg, left leg, back, and behind.

Whenever my party and I are given fortune cookies at a chinese buffet at the end of our meal, I have to close my eyes while I mix them up and blindly choose one.  I’m not allowed to see my fortune until I eat the cookie and wash it down with the remainder of my tea. The fortunes I like go in my wallet.