before i get into my car to drive,i walk all around my car and make sure there's no lil bunnies,birdies or kitties that might be around my wheels.
it looks like i'm making sure no one has left a bomb around my car.
thats what i imagine people are thinking when i see them seeing me
doing my pre-drive tire inspection.
they either think i'm checking for a bomb or my tires but really,i'm making sure there's no lil critters around my tires before i get in to drive.
this probably came to be because i had a friend who accidentely ran over his own cat when he got into his car,backed it up(right over the cat)and then got right out knowing he'd run something over,and sure enough,it was his own cat.
i even think alot of times that there might be a baby or very small child that might be laying there alongside my tires.
this is extremely paranoid behavior,i know,but i just cant help it.
it is a must do ritual.
also,i tend to double,triple and quadruple check things like,making sure the toaster oven is unplugged,my house door is set on locked(when i'm getting ready to leave),and i always check that my car doors are all locked after i park somewhere even though i always leave em all locked.
when i had a gas oven,i used to double and triple check that all the burners and everything were properly turned off.i'd also lightly press against the doors of the refrigerator and the freezer to make sure they were properly closed.i did this extra stuff at my former residence.i dont do this at my new residence so that shows that my ocd has lessend since moving out of ny and into pa.thank god for that.
i also used to turn the house door handle back and forth like 10x and push the door a few times after i locked it and closed the door everytime i was about to leave the place for awhile(ex-go to work or to the store).
now,i just turn it a few times after i set it on locked,just to make sure the lock mechanism works properly.
oh,...in public restrooms,i use the portion of paper towel that i dried my hands with to open the restroom exit door.i hold the door with my foot and i throw the balled up paper towel into the garbage while my foot is holding the restroom exit door open.....i'm a character.
obviously though,....
i have ocd....some days its worse than other days. |