Disordered Alignment

2/19/2016

Yesterday I was settled into my bedroom reading corner when I caught sight of the bed. An urge to toss my book aside, leap up, and straighten the bedding engulfed me; how could I focus on reading in the face of such misalignment?

I'm predisposed - passed down from both sides of the family - to be a bit...anal. Okay, maybe more than a bit. I set my yoga mat to be exactly parallel with the lines of the tile floor. I keep paperwork in labeled notebooks (with matching labels.) The toilet paper rolls over the top, the flatware has designated areas in the drawer... I like order. I crave order. I need order.

I tried to continue reading. I kept looking at the bed. I took the picture. Finally I left to read in another room.

Today I laundered the bedding and remade the bed. Order is restored.

#150orless #misalignedorder

13 Comments

Dee Dee Chumley link

2/20/2016 05:46:43 pm

LOL! I don't think I'm quite as... structured (I prefer that to anal :-) as you, but, yes, that crooked bedspread would've driven me crazy. And I truly thought I was the only person who had to have my pilates mat running perfectly parallel with the lines on the floor! If it isn't aligned, I feel crooked the whole time I'm exercising. Btw, love the new picture!

Natine link

2/21/2016 08:16:38 am

Hahahahaha, Dee Dee. I may have used the word "structured" had I thought of it. Glad you like the picture. I am still not comfortable looking at my big old face on the site, but I felt the time had come to take ownership. It's only been three years... ;-)

Bonannie

2/20/2016 07:45:36 pm

Ditto, the picture is a nice touch. While I too prefer my TP to roll from the top I remember my sister Nancy's response to one of those silly tests that decides personality based on over/under. "Heavens, I'm just glad there is TP."

Natine link

2/21/2016 08:18:00 am

Oh, good one, Bonannie! And a good point. But I am my mother's daughter in that regard, and she feels less than a case of back-up TP is not enough. HAHAHAHAHAAHA...

Shel Harrington link

2/21/2016 12:52:43 am

Clearly the gene skipped me. Except for the folded towels. In the midst of my chaotic world, the folds of the towels MUST be aligned!

Natine link

2/21/2016 08:19:09 am

I thought of mentioning the gene-skipping thing, Shel, but I couldn't fit it in within my 150-word limit. Hahahahahahahaha...

Kate

2/21/2016 10:30:14 am

When you have some time, would you PLEASE come and organize my paperwork?? 😬

Natine link

2/21/2016 03:16:24 pm

Of course, Kate! Organizing someone else's stuff is way more fun than doing my own! ;-)

Ginny

2/21/2016 03:13:06 pm

HAHA.Maybe you can pass some of your "structure" down to me!! As i type at my desk I have just enough space for my arms to sit without bumping into my "To Do" piles! I have concluded that I must have senior ADD because I can always find something to distract me from those pesky piles!!

Natine link

2/21/2016 03:18:22 pm

The first secret, Gin, is to move those to-do piles somewhere else. The illusion of organization helps - hahahahahaha...

cmk link

2/21/2016 05:24:24 pm

I'm not quite as anal (I use the word often) as I once was, but in my heyday I would have put you and your structuredness to shame. I do believe I tried, at one time, to put all of the leaves on our maple tree in order. Yes, I was bad...but I'm MUCH better now. ;)

Natine link

2/21/2016 06:11:49 pm

I don't know, CMK. I follow your FB page. I think you have a ways to go in recovery...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

cmk link

2/21/2016 08:59:23 pm

Yeah, you very well could be right. ;)

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