Quirks, 5 years, 16

The other morning the radio station that wakes us up was doing a bit where people wrote in about some of thier quirks. It got me thinking about some of mine.

For the first 32 to 33 years of my life, almost every single meal included a big pile of applesauce on the plate. The applesauce would get mixed in with almost any food. Applesauce and beans, yummy, applesauce and mac n cheese, even better. Steak, vegtables, chicken, it all went with applesauce. However I ended the practice a couple years ago when I was looking for slop in my diet. Applesauce is little more than pure sugar and empty calories so I nixed it, cold turkey.

When I go to bed at night I kick out the sheets at the bottom of the bed if they are tucked in and stick my feet out. For some reason it is more comfortable for me to sleep with my size 13’s in open air.

Into my 20’s I used to sleep on my stomach all the time, now I can hardly stand to lay that way for more than a few minutes. When I did sleep on my stomach, I often would pull the pillow up and instead of laying on it, I would flop it on top of my head and sleep under it.

In my youth I went through a phase when I absolutely would not step on a crack. I didn’t want to break my mom’s back.

I hate trying to fall asleep in a room with dead silence. I tend to hear and concentrate on every single noise then and can’t fall to sleep. In our room we have an air cleaner going that provides constant white noise.

I compulsively rub my index fingers and thumbs together which has maintained callouses on them for my entire life.

I have a bad habit of biting the inside of my cheek, I do it without thinking and it seems to have gotten worse since I got the invisalign braces.

I eat most meals at my computer desk. There is enough space for a plate and a permanent drink coaster resides there.

We drink 3 gallons of milk a week.

On weekday mornings I will have cereal. On weekends, holidays and days off I splurge and have pop tarts, probably the worst food I eat and one of the few major junk foods I eat regularly.

Most weekday nights even though I went to the gym during the day I will normally supplement it with doing extra small bits of exercise at night.

These are only a few that popped into my mind.

Today I am given my 5 year pin at work. It’s rather amazing to me that I have been down here 5 years already. It seems like last week Rich and the crew were helping me load up the 26 foot truck to the ceiling with junk at Wertz Storage in Wernesville. I remember Rich climbing the mountain of crap at my mom’s condo and moving it forward to make more room for more crap. I remember the tedious drive down with my dad driving the truck that only could go 60-65 mph tops. I remember the joy, excitement and fear of my first few days down here. It doesn’t seem all that long ago. But alas, half a decade has passed already. Living here hasn’t been exactly what I thought it might be but it’s still good enough to make me not regret my decision. Check back in another 5 years.

Speaking of my work anniversary, it is one of the many things that has coincided with my magic number, 16. I was born on December 16th. My mom on November 16th, and my sister on October 16th. (grandma was off a day being born on September 17th) When I started my 11 year career at Entre / Ameridata / GE it was on October 16th. When I started my job here in Florida it was August 16th. When we closed on our house in Florida, it was July 16th. 16 seems to pop up in major events in my life. It’s a strange coincidence that I only started paying attention to in my adulthood.