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I have this terrible habit which I can't quit. It's terrible but yet I waste time on it. I split my split ends. Help!!! What are your bad and yet so entertaining habits?
i have books i'm in the middle of reading stashed all over the place: in my purse, in the car, by my recliner, on my nightstand, by each tub or john, in the kitchen under a pillow on the windowseat, in the
living room, outside by the hot tub, on the front porch ... i'm hopeless, i think.
we also have decks of cards, scrabble games, etc. in the kitchen windowseat, under the edge of our bed, in the car, on the porch,
in the living room by the fireplace, in addition to in the games cupboard. i carry a double deck of cards in my purse too.
my parents, who were game players too, each had ten silver "betting" dollars, that they made bets with each other with. now, my husband and i use them with equal passion and ferver. we're usually a fairly even match... but not always.
kathy:paw::paw:
I'm a nail biter. It's gross. I don't bite them way down, but I know how gross it is esp. considering how many pathogens/body fluids are in the hospital. Hand washing is great, but it's still not 100% clean. I have been carrying around a small nail clipper in my pocket and anytime I feel the need to bite, I snip instead. Hopefully it works to kick the habit long term.
Acrylic nails cured me but of course I cant have those in nursing.
My cell phone is set to the correct time in my area, which is central standard time. However, the alarm clock in my bedroom is set approximately 23 minutes ahead of the correct time on the cell phone. I've been doing this for at least ten years.I'm weird with my alarm clock. It has to be exactly four minutes ahead of my cellphone. Otherwise the world will fall apart.
Also, I must set my alarm for odd-numbered times. If I must awaken at 7am, I'll set the clock for either 6:59 or 7:01, but never exactly at 7am. If I set the alarm clock for an even-numbered time, I fear that I'll experience doom that day.
I know. I really do know that this is all weird.
Okay, here's my super weird habit...or compulsion, I guess.
If I am, say, doing dishes, and I get an itch behind my right ear and scratch it, getting my skin wet behind the right ear, I then have to do the same on the other side behind my left ear.
I didn't really acknowledge this until I was driving with a friend and had the window cracked and a few raindrops landed on my left arm. I reached over with my right hand, got my hand wet, touched my left hand, and then touched the same spot on my right arm.
I also noticed this a few weeks ago when I stepped in a puddle in flip flops and got one foot wet. Had to go back for the other foot...
Ruby Vee, BSN
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i can't think in a messy patient room -- but my house, on the other hand . . .
and i'm addicted to books. i read them, but i have to have at least a dozen on my bedside table and panic when i run short. my husband likes to remind me of the new year's day i went to barnes and noble to buy books because i only had three left and was afraid i'd run short during the holiday weekend.