i am neurotic.

When I play Solitaire, I have to place the aces in the boxes in a very specific order – spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs, from left to right. In my mind, spades are the most important suit, followed by hearts, etc. I get irrationally irritated when I see people playing Solitaire with their suits all willy-nilly.

Whenever i make a sandwich i have to have mustard on the left piece of bread because I like mustard the best and I’m left handed, mayo goes on the right because it’s my least favorite and I’m a little right hand prejudiced, i only put a dime sized amount of mayo too. Cheese must go on top of the mustard because it’s yellow and meat goes on the mayo because the fat matches the mayo. i never put tomato or lettuce because they don’t match anything and its confusing. only after my sandwich is done do i remove the crust. I know it’s sad but i can’t be happy any other way.

When I make a purchase and receive dollar bills and coins, I get upset when the cashier puts the change on top of the bills. It should be the opposite. I tell them it’s easier for the change to go in my pocket while the bills go in my wallet.

Books, folders and notepads. They all must be stacked in a way that the largest item is on the bottom and as you go up the pile, the item gets smaller and smaller. If a large dictionary is piled on top of two tiny notebooks, it freaks me out and it must be rearranged in a proper manner.

I’m a cashier, and my money HAS to all be facing in the same direction, and color coordinated. If I take over someone else’s drawer, I can’t ring up the next customer until it’s right.

Whenever I buy a sandwich(or have a sandwich I have not made myself) I immediatly have to take it apart, take things out and completely re-organize it to my liking. One time I just left my sandwich and walked out because I watched the person make it and could tell it was beyond repair.

You know how the saying goes “salt and pepper”? I HAVE TO DO THE OPPOSITE! If I see someone put salt on before pepper I can’t eat it no matter how good or expensive the food is. I dont know why….

I am usually never neurotic about being messy and keeping things tidy, but I cant seem to go to sleep if clothes are hanging up to dry in my room. I have to either put them in a wardrobe or place them outside my room otherwise i would sit there and stare at them. It freaks me out. I find it uninhabitable.

I have to take my vitamins in the morning in order of size. First the fish oil as it’s the largest, followed by the multi-vitamin then followed by the probiotic. If I even think about taking them in a different order I feel all weird, like maybe they won’t work.

My boyfriend arranged his spring dress shirts in color order and while he was out to work, I reorganized them into a more “correct” color spectrum allowing for more logical transitions between “problem” shirts. He immediately noticed when he came home and smiled at me appreciatively.