25 - Weird Quirk of Mine

25 - weird quirk of mine

As if!!  Seems almost every blog in this challenge has revealed something weird about me. I am in Florida with family. This will be the end of my blog challenge exercise. I am fairly certain no one's day will be ruined hearing that bit of news. I hope, if you have been keeping up, that you won't be too disappointed in me for quitting a week early.  If you are, sorry about that. Have a little chocolate.

When I read this challenge, I knew exactly what I would write about. Truly, I have myriad quirks. I doubt seriously that I am unique in this. The ones I cannot recognize on my own are quickly brought to my attention by Mr. L and my children. This one, however, is only observable by me.

When I read books at night, as I begin to nod off, my mind creates characters and events and inserts them into the story. At the moment, I am reading two books; a novel, The Love Season, and a nonfiction account of the days leading up to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln entitled Killing Lincoln. I try not to read the Lincoln book when I am sleepy as parts of the information I am gathering will be used on my tours, and I would rather not share some made up character or event with eager 4th grade Learners. The Love Season will not be damaged by new characters and events, but having said that, it is most confusing to resume my reading the next day wondering where so and so is and why that event is not mentioned again.

I have a friend from elementary school who wrote in the comments after the post on my bad habits, "....they (your blogs) make me feel like I'm not as crazy as I sometimes think I am..." I love that. It always makes me happy to provide a public service; making others feel better about their own crazy.

As always, blogging seems quite an exercise in ego. To imagine that I have anything of any importance to say seems a bit misguided. Actually, I really think I blog for myself. This has been a fun challenge for me. Those of you who have had kind words, I greatly appreciate them. I chuckle when I think of another friend who shared the blog of my favorite quotes, saying it was his favorite of all the "What Now" blogs. I teased him that his favorite was the one where 95% of the words were not mine!

So, day 25- a weird quirk - check

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