Eunice came into work yesterday. Although we have no one staying in our cottage, we try and give her some work when we can. She cleans my dad's cottage and also helps Elizabeth with the ironing. Yesterday, she gave the lounge a big spring clean which is great - except that she left all the pictures at an angle so I feel like I am on a ship being tossed on gigantic waves. When I straighten all the pictures, Sian tells me that I am OCD (I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).
She may be right, although I don't know how many people could put up with pictures at the wrong angle. Surely it's quite natural to want them to hang straight? There are other things I might be a bit OCD about. One is that I cannot, absolutely cannot, go to bed with the cupboard doors open. Even as a child, I could not do it. If I see a drawer open, I will close it and I like plates to be stacked in such a way that the largest are at the bottom of the pile and the smallest on top.
I always shake out the car mat before I get in, even if I am not driving and I don't like crumbs in the jam. I also have to remove dead leaves off plants if I see them and I have even been known to 'clean' rocks. When I see a collection of leaves, dirt or sticks in the cracks and hollows, I love cleaning them out. When it rains and mud splashes up onto flower pots, I also love wiping the dried mud off.
One thing that drives me completely bananas though is when people don't hang clothes properly on the line. Trousers must NOT be hung upside down, pegged on the bottom of the trouser legs; shirts must not be pegged on the shoulders and everything, besides socks, needs to be pegged on the line with two pegs and pulled quite taut.
Does that make me OCD? Probably.
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