I admit it. I’m weird. But I guess you are too. At least a little bit.

by Pam Harris, "blind" writer

No real reason for this photo except I couldn’t find anything in my library. Plus I’d much rather share photos of my younger self than my current self!

How weird am I? Well, read the list, and you tell me.

  1. I’m not a huge fan of chocolate. I’ll eat it but don’t love it. I’d rather have vanilla.
  2. Although met teen and college years were in the 70s, I prefer music from the60s.
  3. I don’t particularly like hamburgers or pizza. I can eat them, but it would be fine with me if I spent the rest of my life without eating either.
  4. I love, love, love to go for long fitness walks.
  5. I love aerobics like the old Jane Fonda exercise tapes and Jazzercise.
  6. I’d rather iron clothes for an hour than unload a dishwasher for five minutes. I actually enjoy ironing. Stand in front of the TV and have a talk show on or listen to an audiobook, and I am perfectly content.
  7. I liked Elvis when liking Elvis wasn’t cool.
  8. I don’t love retirement.
  9. Going to the beach and doing nothing more than sitting on the beach and going out to eat does not appeal to me. I’d rather be spending some time on the beach then going and doing other things. I think I posted about how much better our trip to the Outer Banks in 2018 was than any trip we’ve made to the Gulf.
  10. I thrive on change. I’ve been fortunate that most changes in my life have been positive ones, but I would never be the type to work in the same job for 40 years. Too boring.
  11. The idea of moving doesn’t bother me. Part of it is actually appealing. Maybe because I moved around quite a bit the early years of my life.
  12. I love broccoli. Really. Without cheese sauce.
  13. Speaking of which, I’m not a huge fan of cheese. I definitely don’t like cheeseburgers.
  14. I also love Brussels sprouts, Cracker Barrel turnip greens, and most vegetables.
  15. I don’t like just sitting and watching television. I like to be doing something while the TV is on. Before vision loss, I used to put jigsaw puzzles together while watching TV. Or I worked on a cross-stitch project. Or I did a lap quilt project. Can’t do any of those things anymore, but I have learned to use a loom to make crocheted caps for premature babies and cancer patients, so I’m enjoying that.

I could keep going, but how do I rate on the weirdness scale? Pretty high, I bet.

What about you? What is your “weirdness” factor?

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