Ages ago, Kelli tagged me for a meme and I am just now getting around to it. Sorry for the delay, Kelli!

The idea with this meme is: List “6 weird things about you”, then tag six other people to do the meme. Sadly, coming up with six weird things about me was not difficult. In fact, for me the process was more like “pare down the long list of weird things about me into only six items.”

1. I have “eye issues.” As in, I cannot stand to have anything get close to my eyes — I totally freak out. In fact, the first time I passed out, it was in the eye doctor’s office. He had dilated my eyes, and was moving in on them with some kind of machine, and the next thing I knew, I was waking up on the floor and he was laughing, saying, “Whoa – thought we lost you there.” If there is something in my eye, no one else can get it out – I have to get it out myself. I also wear glasses, and while I like the idea of contacts, I’m afraid I’d never be able to wear them; I can’t imagine sticking things in my eyes every morning.

2. I have a special way of eating Lucky Charms. First of all, I don’t remember the last time I ate them – it’s been quite a while. But when I do, I have to eat them in order. First, the oat cereal things, and then the marshmallows. The marshmallows are usually eaten two at a time, by type (e.g. hearts first, then moons, although I don’t really have a particular order for the types). I promise I’m not this weird about everything I eat, but some foods are just calling out to be eaten a certain way! (Or…maybe I’m just weird.)

3. I tend to accidentally cut myself with kitchen utensils. Not all the time, but often enough that my husband is sometimes nervous when I start wielding the santoku knife. I’m actually very careful when I’m cutting things, but when I go to clean the knife, I apparently abandon all sense of cutlery safety. Neosporin and Band-Aids are my friends.

4. There is a very long list of foods I don’t like. Many of these foods are normal, everyday-type things. And I’ll eat them if I’m at someone’s house and they’ve served them to me. But given the choice, I pass them by. They include: pickles, mayonnaise, olives, mushrooms, most seafood, cauliflower, Doritos (I know!! But give me plain old chips any day.), most herbal teas… I could go on for quite some time, but I’ll stop here.

5. I am an unbelievably light sleeper. The tiniest creak, a car going by on the road outside, our cat jumping down from the bed to the floor – any of these can wake me up instantly. Also, I fall asleep at night just fine, but once I’m awakened, it takes me for.ev.er. to get back to sleep. This is one thing I’d love to change about myself. It would be awesome if I could fall asleep, stay asleep, and sleep through normal nighttime noises more easily!

6. I am so-very-much not a girly-girl. I hate wearing heels, I’d live in jeans and sweatshirts if I could, I don’t own a single pink item of clothing, I don’t like “dressing up and going out,” and I don’t wear much jewelry (I have a few pieces from Chad that I love and wear regularly, but other than that, I don’t know the meaning of the word “accessorize.”).

I hope I didn’t scare away all my readers with those six confessions of my weird-ness!

Hmm…. who(m) shall I tag?

I’ll tag… Jennifer and Dianne (because they’re stuck with knowing me IRL, so they always get tagged by me), and I’ll tag my two brothers-in-law who blog (Garr and Byrn) -because they have been slackers in their blog habits and it’s time for them to get going on that again… that leaves two more to tag. I’ll leave those two slots open – whoever would like to share six weird things about themselves, go for it! Be sure to let me know, though, so I can come read your list and not have to feel like I’m the only weird out there. As always, I’m never offended if my tag-ees have no desire, time, or inclination to do the meme – no pressure!