It's been a while since I've written, I've been fighting the awful cold/flu that has been going around. My family got it, passed it to me, I went home again and gave it back. It's an awful cycle and being in class only makes it worse when you're in a closed room with other students who are sick! The weather in Boone isn't helping either. It's been a mild winter, barely any snow but that hasn't stopped the overcast days and the rain. I'd rather be in a Winter Wonderland than a Soggy Mess.
Anyway, today was an interesting day. In my Abnormal Psychology class, we learned about OCD and immediately my mom popped into my head. We always pick on her for being OCD but today, I realized that I also have some OCD tendencies. Growing up, kids always refuse to believe they are anything like their parents and I did the same. I always heard, "Kyra, you look just like your mom." Or I would hear my mom say, "Watch, you're going to end up being an English major." In order to spite her, I decided to become a Psychology major and then changed to a Pre-Art major before realizing, my passion is and has always been English, just like my mom. So, now we shared something in common but until today, I didn't realize how much in common we really share. I have never thought of myself as OCD and I still don't but the fact that I have any similarities to the same disorder my mom has is interesting to me. I never realized any of my quirks until they were pointed out to me. I eat my food in a specific order. For example, if I were to have steak, mashed potatoes, asparagus and apple pie for dinner, I would eat each item of food completely until moving on to the next. I would finish the steak before moving on to mashed potatoes and so on. I very rarely mix my food and I never thought that was "abnormal" until my grandma pointed it out to me. I shower the same way every time. I shampoo, and while the shampoo is in my hair, I wash my body, then I rinse the shampoo, and put in the conditioner. While the conditioner is in my hair, I shave my legs. I rinse completely and get out of the shower. I never switch it up and it never changes, I mean I didn't really think there were multiple ways to take a shower but then it was pointed out to me that I never change it, not even by a beat. The most interesting new quirk I've discovered is my writing. Not writing like this but while I am watching TV, I will write certain words with my finger on either myself, a friend's arm or my laptop if I'm watching NetFlix. I didn't notice it until I heard "Kyra, what are you writing?" and then I saw my fingers moving and I had to finish the word I was writing. It's weird but so cool. I don't mind at all being like my mom, I hope I end up a lot like her and then my daughter can tell me about all of the weird quirks she has similar to mine! :)
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