Friday, August 19, 2011

Did I Remember To Lock the Locks?

As most of you ladies and gents already know from past posts, I have a few OCD tendencies.

Well, not exactly a few, it’s more like a few too many.

Today, I thought I’d share another one I’ve kept secretly hidden, until I realized that I’m not the only person who has this obsessive compulsion.

Wednesday evening, I was talking on the phone (for TWO hours) with my faaaaaabulous fellow blogger Chrissy @ I Shoulda Been A Stripper.

Throughout these past years, she and I have jokingly come to the conclusion that we were twins separated at birth because the two of us have so many similarities and idiosyncrasies to our personalities, it’s uncanny.

One being, that we love black jelly beans.


Two being, that we hate being hot and would much rather participate in the March Of The Penguins.


Three being, that we frivolously use the F-word when talking with one another.


And four being, that we share an OCD tendency to check and recheck our front doors to make sure they’re locked before going to bed at night.

Now I can only speak for myself, but I truly think I have a MAJOR issue with this.

Here’s how goes……

Before I brush my teeth at night, I will walk over to my apartment door and check to see if both locks are locked.

Then, after brushing my teeth I will go back and check the locks AGAIN.

Then, after getting in bed I will inevitably think to myself, “Oooops….did I check the locks to make sure they were locked?” So I’ll jump out of bed and triple check them.

Now what’s really weird about this is that I live in a high rise apartment building on a 20-something floor, and have a 24-hour security guard sitting in the lobby to make sure no one enters the building without being a resident or signing in as a guest.

So, I ask you…..what am I so concerned about even if I did forget to lock my door? It’s not like some ax murder could easily walk into my building, get into an elevator, come up to my apartment and CHOP me into pieces during my sleep, and then steal my precious troll doll collection and sell it on eBay.

And not only do I check to make sure the locks are locked before I go to bed, but whenever I leave for work in the morning after already locking my apartment door, I will walk over to the door while waiting for the elevator and check TWO or THREE times to make sure I locked them.

Sometimes even while walking to work, I’ll think to myself, “Holy shit…did I remember to lock the door before I left?” There have even been times when I walked all the way back to my apartment building to check them.

I kid you not!

So my question is…..what the HELL is wrong with me????

Oh wait, I think I just answered my own question.

That’s right……I’m OCD!

Have an awesome weekend everyone!

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