and everything in it's place...

I'm positive that I'm at least a little OCD. I'm not sure why but I stick by the old saying, 'a place for everything, and everything in it's place'. I think if everything has a place you won't ever have to look for it. It's comforting me to know that when I get out of the shower my toothbrush will be in the same place it is every day. I like coming home and putting my glittens and keys in the same place, knowing they will be in that exact spot when I need them again. I like having a routine and I don't like it when something changes or interrupts my routine. It upsets me when, for whatever reason, I can't brush my teeth before I get dressed for the day.

My daily routine (M-F) is as follows:
Wake up
Put on glasses
Gather clothes for the day(underwear on top)
Head to the bathroom and turn on the shower
Undress(clothes to the left of the sink)
Shower (wash hair, face, body...in that order)
Towel off (hair, face, torso, right leg, left...in that order)
Blow nose and clean ears
Brush teeth
Flush toilet (even if it doesn't need it)
Get dressed
Astringent
Hair

No one really needed me to go in depth on my morning routine and I thought about erasing it and just continuing this rant but for some reason I couldn't so I kept going. And now I'm not sure the point I was trying to make with this.

I notice my OCD when i see things that aren't symmetrical. For instance, if there are two rolls of toilet paper on dispensers beside each other I feel a need to make them the same size, or if one roll is significantly smaller than the other I will only use that one until it's gone. Only then can I move on to the larger roll. I also hate it when things aren't numerical. Even in drinking games...circle of death...I like EVERYONE's cards to be in order, not just mine. I've gotten better with that because now people put them out of order because they know I hate it...coughsaracough...I will also now accept if they are in descending order or ascending. Which I think is progress. In decorating, if you can't have the same thing or like items on each side of something I have a need for at least the same space to be used on both sides. I'm sure Josh and Sara can attest for my item placement.

I think I feel the same way when someone sets down a set of plans and then they don't execute those plans in the order that have been discussed. I like a plan. I like to know what I'm going to be doing and if I'm not going to know exactly what I'm doing knowing that lets me make a plan in my head that I am just going to wing it and then I feel more in control. It's a controlled spontaneity.

Oh...I think my point was that I'm a little crazy but it's a crazy I'm ok with....maybe not...